Windows XP windows service pack 2

[michael555]

I was updating my windows xp to service pack 2.

Got this error


Acces denied and it removed the update files.

 

[itsme]

If your having problems now leave it at SP1 and use windows update for SP1 only, don’t bother with SP2 unless you reinstall XP and set yourself as administrator then it should update to SP2?

 

[michael555]

If your having problems now leave it at SP1 and use windows update for SP1 only, don’t bother with SP2 unless you reinstall XP and set yourself as administrator then it should update to SP2?

Windows will not let me update anymore.

keeps asking to update to service pack 2.

 

[muckshifter]

Windows will not let me update anymore.

keeps asking to update to service pack 2.

And so you should.

 

[Canes Venatici]

Taken from another forum (here) with exactly the same problem...

While installing SP 2 you received an error stating "Access is denied". The install then stops and is rolled back.

The following three approaches to be tried in order have been suggested by MS. Note that you should be trying the install from and Admin acount:

1. Try using a different Admin acount.

2. Use an Admin account and install from Safe mode.

3. Use SubInAcl. The following is from an MS representative. It assumes that you have installed your system on C:\ so that subinacl is installed at C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools. Adjust this if you've installed XP in a different partition.

1. Download and install subinacl from:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...56-d8fe-4a91-93cf-ed6985e3927b&displaylang=en

2. Create a file named reset.cmd in C:\Program Files\Windows Resource
Kits\Tools folder.

3. Edit the reset.cmd file with the following content.

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=systems=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=system=f

4. Enter into CMD prompt.

5. Enter the following commands one at a time and click Enter.

cd\
cd "C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools"
reset.cmd

6. After a few minutes by processing subinacl, please test the problem
again.

Hope that helps.

 

[JohnLuva24]

Updates and hotkeys under XP1

If your having problems now leave it at SP1 and use windows update for SP1 only, don’t bother with SP2 unless you reinstall XP and set yourself as administrator then it should update to SP2?

Hey on my computer I have like 30 updates and hotfixes in my add and remove programs under xp1. I installed sp2, can I delete those updates and hotkeys?