Re: Windows XP service pack 3 will not install

[Crosspost to WU newsgroup]

Was a beta build of SP3 ever installed on the machine or is one still
installed?

Did you just reinstall Windows on the machine in question? (I know you've
said in a later reply that it's running WinXP SP2.)

Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft
Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you perform a new Windows XP
installation or you repair a Windows XP installation
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144

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How to troubleshoot an unsuccessful installation of WinXP SP3
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950718

WinXP SP3 - Read all prerequisites for a successful installation
http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron...tallation.aspx

Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for
Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09. Chat and
e-mail support is available only in the United States and Canada. Go to
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...spx?gprid=1173 | select "Windows
XP" then select "Windows XP Service Pack 3"
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

S Dotson wrote:
> Hi, I have three computers in my home and two of them download and
> installed
> sp3 without any problem. The third (all of them are using xp pro)
> downloaded the sp3 update and when the computer was rebooting, the message
> came up "set up was interrupted. Restoring prior configuration." I tried
> disabling my antivirus program and installing sp3 again that the same
> thing
> occurred. I ordered the CD from Microsoft and tried installing sp3 again.
> Same thing happened again. I went to C:/windows and looked in the spv3
> file
> and found the following:
>
> 449.656: Service Pack 3 installation did not complete.
>
>
>
> 250.297: Service Pack 3 Setup encountered an error: The update.ver file
> is
> not correct.
>
> 251.281: Service Pack 3 Setup encountered an error: The update.ver file
> is
> not correct.
>
> 251.375: Service Pack 3 Setup encountered an error: The update.ver file
> is
> not correct.
>
> 251.812: Service Pack 3 Setup encountered an error: The update.ver file
> is
> not correct.
>
> 252.469: Service Pack 3 Setup encountered an error: The update.ver file
> is
> not correct.
>
>
>
> 257.984: Service Pack 3 Setup encountered an error: The update.ver file
> is
> not correct.
>
> 259.422: Service Pack 3 Setup encountered an error: The update.ver file
> is
> not correct.
>
> 259.594: Service Pack 3 Setup encountered an error: The update.ver file
> is
> not correct.
>
> 260.344: Service Pack 3 Setup encountered an error: The update.ver file
> is
> not correct.
>
> 261.438: Service Pack 3 Setup encountered an error: The update.ver file
> is
> not correct
>
>
>
> Can anyone help me with this update.
>
> Thanks, Starlin

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message news:O8iwHA%...
> [Crosspost to WU newsgroup]

Apparently this incident was resolved by booting in safe mode...

http://www.microsoft.com/communities...968&sloc=en-us

BTW I'm wondering if XP Perf & Maint might have been
a more relevant newsgroup to cross-post this to? ; )


Robert
---


>
> Was a beta build of SP3 ever installed on the machine or is one still
> installed?
>
> Did you just reinstall Windows on the machine in question? (I know you've
> said in a later reply that it's running WinXP SP2.)
>
> Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft
> Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you perform a new Windows XP
> installation or you repair a Windows XP installation
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144
>
> =======
>
> How to troubleshoot an unsuccessful installation of WinXP SP3
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950718
>
> WinXP SP3 - Read all prerequisites for a successful installation
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron...tallation.aspx
>
> Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for
> Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09. Chat and
> e-mail support is available only in the United States and Canada. Go to
> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...spx?gprid=1173 | select "Windows
> XP" then select "Windows XP Service Pack 3"
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
> S Dotson wrote:
>> Hi, I have three computers in my home and two of them download and
>> installed
>> sp3 without any problem. The third (all of them are using xp pro)
>> downloaded the sp3 update and when the computer was rebooting, the message
>> came up "set up was interrupted. Restoring prior configuration." I tried
>> disabling my antivirus program and installing sp3 again that the same
>> thing
>> occurred. I ordered the CD from Microsoft and tried installing sp3 again.
>> Same thing happened again. I went to C:/windows and looked in the spv3
>> file
>> and found the following:

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