Error Installing XP SP2

[blackhawk4evr]

I have done many updates of XP SP2, and never had this problem. The problem was during the install process of the service pack 2, I recieved an Access Denied which stopped the install. There were no error codes when given.

Has anybody ever come to this problem, and does anybody know of a fix?

 

[linney]

A couple of things to look at.

You receive an "Access is denied" error message when you try to install Windows XP Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;873148&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.ph...ghlight=&sid=8b7e2f86d3b8ff54cc018acf7239352e

"Registry Access Denied"

http://langa.com/newsletters/2004/2004-11-18.htm

"Access Denied" error when trying to install SP2

http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7796&view=next

 

[bcastner]

From MS-MVP Jim Byrd:

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.

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[blackhawk4evr]

I have been looking for the resource kit for XP. Does anybody know where I can download it from?

 

[linney]

See if there are any links from these. If you can't find the XP kit you could try the Server 2003 tools.


Windows Deployment and Resource Kits

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/

Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en

 

[s0121]

The only time I had a problem installing SP2 was when First I forgot to install SP1.

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