Access denied SP2

I am trying to install SP2 and when the process is half way through I recieve
a window that says access is denied. Please help. Since I have tried this
download I am also recieving a Program C error on Internet Explorer

I am facing the same problem. Were you able to resolve it?. I have run
ad-aware 6 and spybot mulitple times but I still get the same error on
installing SP2.

"Teddie3" wrote:

> I am trying to install SP2 and when the process is half way through I recieve
> a window that says access is denied. Please help. Since I have tried this
> download I am also recieving a Program C error on Internet Explorer

Welcome to the club. Several people on this group have given several
suggetions all of which I followed.
Torgeir Bakken has been very responsive and I appreciate it.
However, I'm afraid that there exists some machines that will never let sp2
be installed. It may be for our own good that Access to sp2 is denied. I
live with it.

"Teddie3" <> wrote in message
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> I am trying to install SP2 and when the process is half way through I
recieve
> a window that says access is denied. Please help. Since I have tried
this
> download I am also recieving a Program C error on Internet Explorer

Same with me. I've tried two times. It goes into uninstalling after that and
that never stops. I've put it off after 2 days the second time. At restart
gor a blue screen and an error message. Was able to save the system using
beta info on the MS site. Looks like installing sp2 when there is spyware on
the system causes the error message. However, the spyware they meant was not
on my system.
Don't know what to do next. Just don't install it at this stage.

"Teddie3" wrote:

> I am trying to install SP2 and when the process is half way through I recieve
> a window that says access is denied. Please help. Since I have tried this
> download I am also recieving a Program C error on Internet Explorer

"rogganet" wrote:

> Same with me. I've tried two times. It goes into uninstalling after that and
> that never stops. I've put it off after 2 days the second time. At restart
> gor a blue screen and an error message. Was able to save the system using
> beta info on the MS site. Looks like installing sp2 when there is spyware on
> the system causes the error message. However, the spyware they meant was not
> on my system.
> Don't know what to do next. Just don't install it at this stage.
>
> "Teddie3" wrote:
>
> > I am trying to install SP2 and when the process is half way through I recieve
> > a window that says access is denied. Please help. Since I have tried this
> > download I am also recieving a Program C error on Internet Explorer

I've had the same problem after failed attempts, reading all of the advice
on "Access is denied" in this forum and other sites. Finally gave up after
trying to install SP2 from CD I ordered from Microsoft. Thought I got away
with just the aggravation of spending hours on my computer trying to get it
back to the same state it was in pre-SP2 attempts. Now I'm unable to
download my bank statements into Quicken using Internet Explorer 6 when it
worked just fine in SP1. I wonder how many other SP2 problems I've yet to
discover. I guess the warnings after the failed SP2 install/uninstall about
Windows may not function properly is just a waste-basket term for all of the
known and unknown consequences of attempting SP2 installation. Perhaps the
only users that should allow this installation to occur are the technicians
with extra time on their hands who don't mind debugging the SP2 release. The
rest of us with problems after SP2 are stuck with computers that could not
have been damaged or incapacitated more by the very
spyware/viruses/trojans/worms/malware that SP2 was "designed" to prevent from
happening. I wish I could go back to SP1, turn off my updates, and forget
about SP2. The only advantage to SP2 that I can see at this point will be
the stimulation to the economy by rich people with crippled SP2 machines who
now have to pay a fortune to a technician to diagnose and restore their
computers to their previous level of function.

Here is what the Microsoft chat tech told me to do for
this problem.

1.Click Start and then Run.
2.Type regedit and click on OK.
3.In registry Editor window right on "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT"
key and select Permissions.
4.Now on the Permissions window click on "Advanced" button
which is just above Apply button.
5.Now select option "Replace permission entries on all
child objects with entries shown here that apply to child
objects" and click on Apply and Ok.
6.Close all the windows by clicking on Ok button to save
the changes.

Restart in safe mode and try to rerun the SP2 update.

I am trying it now. I will try and let you know if it
works.

Joe .....

>-----Original Message-----
>I am trying to install SP2 and when the process is half
way through I recieve
>a window that says access is denied. Please help. Since
I have tried this
>download I am also recieving a Program C error on
Internet Explorer
>.
>

Well, I cannot get my computer to restart in safe mode.
Must be this Microsoft Wirelesss keyboard, and the drivers
not being loaded to accept the F8 keystroke during the
reboot process. Guess I will have to hook up the regular
keyboard and try it again tomorrow.

Sorry I could not confirm that this fixed the problem. I
will try and report my findings once I am able to get back
in.

Joe .....

>-----Original Message-----
>Here is what the Microsoft chat tech told me to do for
>this problem.
>
>1.Click Start and then Run.
>2.Type regedit and click on OK.
>3.In registry Editor window right on "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT"
>key and select Permissions.
>4.Now on the Permissions window click on "Advanced"
button
>which is just above Apply button.
>5.Now select option "Replace permission entries on all
>child objects with entries shown here that apply to child
>objects" and click on Apply and Ok.
>6.Close all the windows by clicking on Ok button to save
>the changes.
>
>Restart in safe mode and try to rerun the SP2 update.
>
>I am trying it now. I will try and let you know if it
>works.
>
>Joe .....
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I am trying to install SP2 and when the process is half
>way through I recieve
>>a window that says access is denied. Please help.
Since
>I have tried this
>>download I am also recieving a Program C error on
>Internet Explorer
>>.
>>
>.
>

Teddie3 wrote:

> I am trying to install SP2 and when the process is half way through I recieve
> a window that says access is denied. Please help. Since I have tried this
> download I am also recieving a Program C error on Internet Explorer
Hi

It might be a registry access issue.

Please see the the "Access denied" section here:

http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm#C...Service_Pack_2


--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

Joe Mulvihill wrote:

> Joe Mulvihill wrote:
>> Here is what the Microsoft chat tech told me to do for
>> this problem.
>>
>> 1.Click Start and then Run.
>> 2.Type regedit and click on OK.
>> 3.In registry Editor window right on "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT"
>> key and select Permissions.
>> 4.Now on the Permissions window click on "Advanced"
>> button which is just above Apply button.
>> 5.Now select option "Replace permission entries on all
>> child objects with entries shown here that apply to child
>> objects" and click on Apply and Ok.
>> 6.Close all the windows by clicking on Ok button to save
>> the changes.
>>
>> Restart in safe mode and try to rerun the SP2 update.
>>
>> I am trying it now. I will try and let you know if it
>> works.
>>
>
> Well, I cannot get my computer to restart in safe mode.
> Must be this Microsoft Wirelesss keyboard, and the drivers
> not being loaded to accept the F8 keystroke during the
> reboot process. Guess I will have to hook up the regular
> keyboard and try it again tomorrow.
>
> Sorry I could not confirm that this fixed the problem. I
> will try and report my findings once I am able to get back
> in.
Hi

I suggest you try to install SP2 without going into Safe Mode
(after adjusting the registry permissions).

You can use SubInAcl.exe to change the registry permissions as
well, see the the "Access denied" section here for more on this:

http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm#C...Service_Pack_2


--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx