Re: windows xp sp3 update does not install?

(cross-post added to WU)
"mesaforgot" <> wrote in message
news:53A503C1-5995-4C05-8801-...
> i have susessfully downloaded sp3 for xp home edition, when i go to
> install
> it, it goes half way through the installation and when it get s to the
> part
> where it is installing a catalog it stops and tells me that the
> installation
> was unsuccesful. when i check up on the windows update website it tells me
> that there was an error code 0x8007f01e. and to try again. i've done this
> 3
> times now and i get the same result. it told me to use the free update
> live
> help, but when i go to that page it tells me i have to pay.


Yes. You're a bit late for the free support from MSFT for XP users. ; )

And you have a fairly infrequently seen code.

http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/.../msg00876.html

(BING search for
(8007F01E OR 0x807F01E) (MSFT OR MVP)
)

Also, you're in the wrong newsgroup. Probably most appropriate would be XP
Perf & Maint but you would also get some answers in the WU NG.
Cross-posting to the latter for convenience.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
----

0x8007f01e: STR_CATALOG_INSTALL_FAILED
The version of Windows you have installed does not match the update you are
trying to install.

Start | Run | (type) WINVER | [OK]

Write down the full, second line of text you see in the resulting window.
Now post that text in a reply to this post.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


> "mesaforgot" <> wrote in message
> news:53A503C1-5995-4C05-8801-...
>> i have susessfully downloaded sp3 for xp home edition, when i go to
>> install
>> it, it goes half way through the installation and when it get s to the
>> part
>> where it is installing a catalog it stops and tells me that the
>> installation
>> was unsuccesful. when i check up on the windows update website it tells
>> me
>> that there was an error code 0x8007f01e. and to try again. i've done this
>> 3
>> times now and i get the same result. it told me to use the free update
>> live
>> help, but when i go to that page it tells me i have to pay.