Problems with XP Service Pack 2

I went to the Microsoft Update part of the site and it said that I had the
high-priority update to XP Service Pack 2 to install. The information read

Download size (total): 0 KB *
Estimated time at your connection speed: 0 minutes *
(*Downloaded; ready to install)

so I clicked on the install update button, accepted the terms, and it
seemingly began to install (i.e. the green install bar moved all the way
down) but as soon as it finished, it said that Windows XP Service Pack 2 had
not been installed.

Does anyone know what is wrong or how to fix this?

Hi Jeremy. The best way to verify what the Windows Update procedure failure
is telling you is to obtain the update itself downloaded to your machine and
install it. Now the likely place for the SP2 that you have already
downloaded is in C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download. You should find
a exe file in there called WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe or you can get it
here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...dbe-3b8e-4f30-
8245-9e368d3cdb5a&DisplayLang=en

Run that. It will likely fail but the error message you get will be more
explanatory then what you get through the Windows Update site. Post that
error message here.

--
George Hester
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"Jeremy XP" <Jeremy > wrote in message
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> I went to the Microsoft Update part of the site and it said that I had the
> high-priority update to XP Service Pack 2 to install. The information read
>
> Download size (total): 0 KB *
> Estimated time at your connection speed: 0 minutes *
> (*Downloaded; ready to install)
>
> so I clicked on the install update button, accepted the terms, and it
> seemingly began to install (i.e. the green install bar moved all the way
> down) but as soon as it finished, it said that Windows XP Service Pack 2
had
> not been installed.
>
> Does anyone know what is wrong or how to fix this?

Download SP2 from the MS Download site and install manually

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/s...hattoknow.mspx
http://support.microsoft.com/default...r=windowsxpsp2
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Peter

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"Jeremy XP" <Jeremy > wrote in message news:86EA4F6B-4DED-4E0C-ADA1-...
>I went to the Microsoft Update part of the site and it said that I had the
> high-priority update to XP Service Pack 2 to install. The information read
>
> Download size (total): 0 KB *
> Estimated time at your connection speed: 0 minutes *
> (*Downloaded; ready to install)
>
> so I clicked on the install update button, accepted the terms, and it
> seemingly began to install (i.e. the green install bar moved all the way
> down) but as soon as it finished, it said that Windows XP Service Pack 2 had
> not been installed.
>
> Does anyone know what is wrong or how to fix this?