Re: win xp, KB873339 won't install

"MichaelTheStalwart" <> wrote in message
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> Hey Everybody,
> I'm still having the same problem. Is there anybody out there
> experiencing the same difficulty? Somebody please write me. See the
> following issue:
>
> For some reason I can't install the windows xp update KB873339.
> I've downloaded the actual package and tried to install it manually, but
> it always returns the same message:
> "Setup cannot copy the file update_SP2QFE.inf"
> I located this file and checked its properties; the file is not Read only
> nor is it Hidden. Somebody please help me.

What I would do is try running FileMon to see what the update is
trying to do with that file.

Also since you are in the install phase of the update you should have
a .log file for it which gives more details about the error.

A search of the web interface with just: KB873339 MVP
gives one more potentially useful tip which you may not have tried yet:
try the install during a safe mode boot. E.g. MowGreen advised JAK
do that in case an AV program's interference was the cause of the
symptom.


>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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