Installing Updates In XP SP2 Which Fail

Setting up after loosing everything to rootkits, I hit the problem every one
seems to find that you can download, but not install. I read everything here,
tried most things, and nothing worked. Desperation after some 26 hours of
trying took me to START\CONTROL PANEL\ADMIN TOOLS\SERVICES I checked through
everything on the list, and if it looked relevant, set it on AUTOMATIC
(Double click gives you the options window) In my case it would seem that the
culprit was OFFICE SEARCH ENGINE which was set on manual. I am now happily
downloading and installing. Try it, if it looks relevant, then turn it on. It
is improbable you wlill wreck anything, and well worth a try.
--
William S

>> It is improbable you wlill wreck anything, and well worth a try.

William,

You *really* need to learn which Services need/should be set to
Automatic, which ones should be set to Manual, and which ones need to be
set to Disabled on boot or your system will be rooted again ... and VERY
SHORTLY.
Setting a Service incorrectly won't necessarily 'wreck' anything but it
may well prevent the system from being protected or functioning properly.

The 'Office SOURCE Engine' is required in order to install Critical
Office updates *only*.
Here are some articles that will help you learn what Services are/do :

Default settings for services
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d....mspx?mfr=true

Windows XP Services Default Settings Guide
http://tweakhound.com/xp/defserv.htm

Windows XP Services
http://www.ss64.com/ntsyntax/services.html

And, here's a searchable list of Services so one can determine whether
they are legit or not :
http://www.castlecops.com/O23.html

Good luck !

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
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Never Forgotten
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William wrote:
> Setting up after loosing everything to rootkits, I hit the problem every one
> seems to find that you can download, but not install. I read everything here,
> tried most things, and nothing worked. Desperation after some 26 hours of
> trying took me to START\CONTROL PANEL\ADMIN TOOLS\SERVICES I checked through
> everything on the list, and if it looked relevant, set it on AUTOMATIC
> (Double click gives you the options window) In my case it would seem that the
> culprit was OFFICE SEARCH ENGINE which was set on manual. I am now happily
> downloading and installing. Try it, if it looks relevant, then turn it on. It
> is improbable you wlill wreck anything, and well worth a try.

Dear William,
I am trying to install XP Service PK 2 to windows 98, and it went threw the
first two stages of I believe 5 of them. when it was in stage 3 stating
"installtaion in progress" well it stayed there for more than 5 hours
supposingly istalling & downloading? Finally I had to shut my PC off and I
couldn't shut it off the normally way, I had to do it from the tower & push
the button. what am I doing wrong? I am a beginner sorta speak with the PC
lingo & some things I read over & over & still don't understand? Perhaps you
can make it simple layman terms. Can you help?? Thank You Injindin
--
Din Din Downloading whoa as me with the windows XP?


"William" wrote:

> Setting up after loosing everything to rootkits, I hit the problem every one
> seems to find that you can download, but not install. I read everything here,
> tried most things, and nothing worked. Desperation after some 26 hours of
> trying took me to START\CONTROL PANEL\ADMIN TOOLS\SERVICES I checked through
> everything on the list, and if it looked relevant, set it on AUTOMATIC
> (Double click gives you the options window) In my case it would seem that the
> culprit was OFFICE SEARCH ENGINE which was set on manual. I am now happily
> downloading and installing. Try it, if it looks relevant, then turn it on. It
> is improbable you wlill wreck anything, and well worth a try.
> --
> William S

You're welcome, William. I didn't have the heart to inform the OP that
installing SP2 to a Win 9x system wouldn't work no matter WHAT.
Maybe installing Vista would be better ? <w>
(BTW, that IS a joke)

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
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*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
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William wrote:

> INJINDIN.
> Still a bit green myself in a lot of areas, but this one would seem fairly
> straightforward I think. Windows 98 was written a lot earlier than XP so the
> XP service pack 2 is not compatable with 98 in any way or form, as far as I
> am aware.
> Greater minds than mine may have other things to say, but I would think that
> your problem is simply that XP SP2 is just not compatable, and will not run
> under Windows 98.
> Do not despair, I teach electrical and electronic apprentices about
> hardware, software is something else entirely. I promise you that getting it
> wrong and having to find out the hard way is the best way of learning. The
> amount of effort you have to put in makes sure you never forget. Some of the
> experts take a lot for granted, such as being able to navigate to the various
> places you need to go, so do not tell you how to get there. Keep at it,
> because you are learning all the time.
> Best of luck for the future, and I hope this was of some use to you.