Well I solved this myself - feel lonely that noone answered my question but
anyway here's now I fixed it, just in case anyway reads this thread later.
Seems like the Windows Installer installer executable had to run as SYSTEM
user not Administrator.
Anyway I logged on to the domain as a user with Administrator priviliges and
first created a command window which was running as SYSTEM, like this:
From Start menu click Run to get a command prompt. They type:
AT xx:xx /INTERACTIVE CMD.EXE<enter>
(xx:xx should be 24 hour time, two minutes in the future from your clock)
Then wait two minutes and a new command window opens with SVCHOST in the
title bar. In that command window you type:
> CD {folder which contains the downloaded executable for Windows Installer}
Then run the executable:
> WindowsInstaller-kb893803-v2-x86.exe
And it installed OK.
"VikingMan" wrote:
> I have recently done an upgrade reinstall of Windows XP Pro SP2 to
> remove an error I had with scripting. The scripting problem is fixed
> now but now I cannot get to Windows Update and Automatic Updates
> doesn't seem to be working. I expected after doing the reinstall that
> I would have a lot of updates to install.
>
> After I reinstalled XP I took an image of the system partition.
>
> When I first logged in as Administrator I saw no yellow shield icon and
> the Automatic Updates service was stopped. I tried to access Windows
> Update I had to install two extra peces of software because it said
> they have changed the web site. These installed OK and the yellow
> shield appeared in the system tray. Then I finally got through to the
> screen where it says "Express Install" or "Custom Install" and clicking
> Custom Install it said I have to install "Windows Installer 3.1" and
> "Windows Genuine Advantage Tool". When I started the install it said
> it couldn't install and I had to restart the computer. When I
> restarted the yellow shield reported I need to download Windows
> Installer 3.1 again and when I did that it wouldn't install, it asked
> me to restart again. So I was blocked at that point - Windows
> Installer couldn't install.
>
> I then tried downloading the KB893803 Windows Installer 3.1 v2
> executable installer file from the MS KB
> (WindowsInstaller-kb893803-v2-x86.exe). I restored the drive image to
> its just-reinstalled-XP state, and tried running this executable to
> install Windows Installer 3.1v2. It bombs out with the error "Access
> is Denied".
>
> My system is set up as part of a domain, but I am logging in on the
> local machine only as Administrator.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
>
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