Error Code: 0x8000700005 with sp3 install solved

The following helped me after 5 failed attempts to install xp sp3. The
source is at the bottom. During part of the process you will be entering the
info under a C:
prompt screen. Just do it exactly as below even if you are a novice like me
using the non-Windows screen.

How to download and run SubInACL

Here are some steps that can be used to download and run the SubInACL tool
to repair file and registry permissions that are often needed to successfully
install programs on Windows, particularly for MSI-based (Windows Installer)
setups:

Download SubInACL tool and install it from here
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en. ;

By default it will install to c:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools
Go to the Start menu, choose Run, type cmd and click OK
Type notepad reset.cmd and click yes to create a new file named reset.cmd
Copy and paste the following contents into reset.cmd and then save and close
it (or download it from this location on my file server and rename it from
reset.cmd.txt to reset.cmd):

cd /d "%programfiles%\Windows Resource Kits\Tools"
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %windir%\*.* /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f

Type reset.cmd and press enter to run the SubInACL tool (you will need to
have adminstrator privileges for this to run correctly). This tool will take
several minutes to run
After reset.cmd completes, try to install the product that previously failed
to install correctly on your system
When is SubInACL useful

I have found that the SubInACL tool is most useful when a setup package
fails with error code 5 or 0x5 or 0x80070005. All of these error codes mean
Access Denied, and this type of error code is often caused by missing ACLs
for the Administrators group or the built-in System account. The Windows
Installer service runs with System account permissions in most cases. If the
System account does not have sufficient permissions to access the file system
or parts of the registry, an MSI-based setup package will fail with an Access
Denied error.

SubInACL can also help resolve Internet Explorer script errors caused by
incorrect access control permissions for specific user accounts on the system.

Source: Aaron Stebner's Weblog :
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archi...04/739820.aspx

Also:

Error message when you try to install Windows XP Service Pack 3: "Access is denied" or
"Service Pack installation did not complete"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949377

Also see:
How to reset security settings back to the defaults
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313222


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"yarddog" <> wrote in message
news:0DC0F40E-B5EB-4EB5-BD5C-...
| The following helped me after 5 failed attempts to install xp sp3. The
| source is at the bottom. During part of the process you will be entering the
| info under a C:
| prompt screen. Just do it exactly as below even if you are a novice like me
| using the non-Windows screen.
|
| How to download and run SubInACL
|
| Here are some steps that can be used to download and run the SubInACL tool
| to repair file and registry permissions that are often needed to successfully
| install programs on Windows, particularly for MSI-based (Windows Installer)
| setups:
|
| Download SubInACL tool and install it from here
|
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en. ;
|
| By default it will install to c:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools
| Go to the Start menu, choose Run, type cmd and click OK
| Type notepad reset.cmd and click yes to create a new file named reset.cmd
| Copy and paste the following contents into reset.cmd and then save and close
| it (or download it from this location on my file server and rename it from
| reset.cmd.txt to reset.cmd):
|
| cd /d "%programfiles%\Windows Resource Kits\Tools"
| subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
| subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
| subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
| subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
| subinacl /subdirectories %windir%\*.* /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
|
| Type reset.cmd and press enter to run the SubInACL tool (you will need to
| have adminstrator privileges for this to run correctly). This tool will take
| several minutes to run
| After reset.cmd completes, try to install the product that previously failed
| to install correctly on your system
| When is SubInACL useful
|
| I have found that the SubInACL tool is most useful when a setup package
| fails with error code 5 or 0x5 or 0x80070005. All of these error codes mean
| Access Denied, and this type of error code is often caused by missing ACLs
| for the Administrators group or the built-in System account. The Windows
| Installer service runs with System account permissions in most cases. If the
| System account does not have sufficient permissions to access the file system
| or parts of the registry, an MSI-based setup package will fail with an Access
| Denied error.
|
| SubInACL can also help resolve Internet Explorer script errors caused by
| incorrect access control permissions for specific user accounts on the system.
|
| Source: Aaron Stebner's Weblog :
| http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archi...04/739820.aspx
|
|

Were you using XP pro or XP home when you used the tool? I have XP Home
edition but the system requirements only mention XP Pro as being OK to apply
the tool to.

I'd love to know if you pulled this off with XP home because I've tried
everything and have the sames permissions problem as you.

Thx.