Win XP SP3 fails to install and causes LAN to malfunction

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M Shafaat

Hi,
I run Win XP Pro SP2.
After the automatic Win XP SP3 update failed, I tried in all the 3 ways
instructed by Microsoft to redo it without success. I get the error message
"Access is denied" after all tries . The same thing happened with my laptop.
So it seems that this is a very common issue affecting many people.



This has also caused my LAN no to function well. By restarting both the
modem and router, I coul come out to the Internet, BUT still the other
machines on the LAN cannot read the content in my machine and this is very
important for me.



Please help with both these issues.
Regards
M Shafaat
 
I run Win XP Pro SP2.
After the automatic Win XP SP3 update failed, I tried in all the 3 ways
instructed by Microsoft to redo it without success. I get the error message
"Access is denied" after all tries . The same thing happened with my laptop.
So it seems that this is a very common issue affecting many people.



This has also caused my LAN no to function well. By restarting both the
modem and router, I coul come out to the Internet, BUT still the other
machines on the LAN cannot read the content in my machine and this is very
important for me.


Please help with both these issues.
Regards
M Shafaat
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You are likely using an account that does not have rights to update to
SP3.

- Thee Chicago Wolf
 
Hi,
If you mean that my Windows has an illegal licence, it's wrong. If so, the
automatic update would not work in other cases, while it functions always
very well usually. Besides, if I am "using an account that does not have
rights to update to SP3", why does Windows Update suggests and tries to
install SP3 on my computer?



I am sure that this issue is very common because MS has done a insufficient
work with SP3.



One consequence of this is that I have to close the Windows Automatic
Update, so that even other good and needed updates will be closed off, in
some cases with security issues.



Regards
M Shafaat
 
If you mean that my Windows has an illegal licence, it's wrong. If so, the
automatic update would not work in other cases, while it functions always
very well usually. Besides, if I am "using an account that does not have
rights to update to SP3", why does Windows Update suggests and tries to
install SP3 on my computer?
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No, I mean that if you are not using an account that has Administrator
rights, it will fail with that message.

- Thee Chicago Wolf
 
OK, I understand. But I use an account with administrative rights for doing
this.

Regards
M Shafaat
 
OK, I understand. But I use an account with administrative rights for doing
this.
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Well, some may disagree with it but you can run the installer (as the
Admin account) in safe mode and see if it complains about rights.
Sometimes it doesn't matter if an account has admin privileges, The
Admin account *should* be the one doing the install.

- Thee Chicago Wolf
 
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