STILL can't install XP Service Pack 2!

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I’ve about had it! I’ve tried every fix that I can find. Yes, I started with
873148. I’ve turned on verbose and found a registry key that appeared to be
the trouble. I’ve changed the permissions: the SYSTEM, administrators, and
myself all have been give full control. I’ve changed the permissions
similarly in both HKLM & HKCR. I’ve been designated the owner. Likewise with
C:\windows. I’ve tried it in safe mode. And of course I swept for spyware &
viruses. I even did a repair install of Windows XP along with Service Pack 1.
So what do I do now???
SC
 
SC said:
I've about had it! I've tried every fix that I can find. Yes, I started
with
873148. I've turned on verbose and found a registry key that appeared to
be
the trouble. I've changed the permissions: the SYSTEM, administrators, and
myself all have been give full control. I've changed the permissions
similarly in both HKLM & HKCR. I've been designated the owner. Likewise
with
C:\windows. I've tried it in safe mode. And of course I swept for spyware
&
viruses. I even did a repair install of Windows XP along with Service Pack
1.
So what do I do now???
SC
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What exactly happens? It's not easy to tell from here.

Have you tried slipstreaming your XP CD and doing a repair install?

HTH
-pk
 
SC said:
I’ve about had it! I’ve tried every fix that I can find. Yes, I
started with 873148. I’ve turned on verbose and found a registry
key that appeared to be the trouble. I’ve changed the permissions:
the SYSTEM, administrators, and myself all have been give full
control. I’ve changed the permissions similarly in both HKLM &
HKCR. I’ve been designated the owner. Likewise with C:\windows.
I’ve tried it in safe mode. And of course I swept for spyware &
viruses. I even did a repair install of Windows XP along with Service
Pack 1. So what do I do now??? SC
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Hi SC,

Ramesh's article usually helps registry permission issues when
installing SP2 for Windows XP.

Reset the entire registry permissions to defaults
http://winonline.blogspot.com/2005/11/reset-entire-registry-permissions-
to.html

Good Luck
 
Are you trying to install from a download or from a CD?


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Hope this helps.

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Thanks all for the suggestions.

I did a repair install and then tried to install SP2 which I had downloaded.
I didn’t want to wait 6-8 weeks for the CD.

I haven’t tried to slipsteam it. Will this avoid problems that a repair
install alone won’t? A repair install doesn’t really bring the registry back
its original state.

Yes, I tried to reset the entire registry using the subinacl.exe method
mentioned in Ragesh Srinivasan’s blog. Yet access to the same registry key
was still denied according to setupapi.log.

SC
 
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