SP2 installation fails to complete

During SP2 installation, I get an error message saying "Access Denied",
followed by "Service Pack 2 installation did not complete". Anyone know why
this is, and how to work around it?

Background info:
I had a working system with SP2 installed. Then following a hardware failure
(DIMM failed), I reinstalled windows XP as a repair installation from the
original CD (pre-SP2). Then automatic updates downloaded SP2 and attempted
to install it, but failed as described above.

Try this:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/acdensp2.htm

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Andr0cles" <> wrote in message
news:E0F3F3D4-941E-455D-9B2F-...
> During SP2 installation, I get an error message saying "Access Denied",
> followed by "Service Pack 2 installation did not complete". Anyone know
> why
> this is, and how to work around it?
>
> Background info:
> I had a working system with SP2 installed. Then following a hardware
> failure
> (DIMM failed), I reinstalled windows XP as a repair installation from the
> original CD (pre-SP2). Then automatic updates downloaded SP2 and
> attempted
> to install it, but failed as described above.

After much persistence, I have finally achieved success. So thank-you for
your pointer to the KB article id 873148. In fact, it took me eleven
attempts before the installation finally succeeded. Each cycle of
installation and restore following a failure took about an hour, so this was
about an eleven hour operation. Along the way, these are the registry keys I
had to set permissions on:

vnd.ms.radio
ADCCtl.ADCCtl.1
IMsiServer
.msi
.msp
.hta
.ivf
HCP
ADOX.Catalog
ADOX.Column
.dsn

Anyone had to do this more than eleven times?

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:

> Try this:
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/acdensp2.htm
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> http://www.dts-l.org
>
>
> "Andr0cles" <> wrote in message
> news:E0F3F3D4-941E-455D-9B2F-...
> > During SP2 installation, I get an error message saying "Access Denied",
> > followed by "Service Pack 2 installation did not complete". Anyone know
> > why
> > this is, and how to work around it?
> >
> > Background info:
> > I had a working system with SP2 installed. Then following a hardware
> > failure
> > (DIMM failed), I reinstalled windows XP as a repair installation from the
> > original CD (pre-SP2). Then automatic updates downloaded SP2 and
> > attempted
> > to install it, but failed as described above.
>
>

I am having the same problem with reinstalling sp2.After deleting it.To see
if that would fix my other problems.Like when I install aol security center,
it would reconize windows xp sp2 firewall.I would have to choose to delet
that to have aol security cener. Still today I can't fix the prblem. Can you
help? Thank You.

"Andr0cles" wrote:

> During SP2 installation, I get an error message saying "Access Denied",
> followed by "Service Pack 2 installation did not complete". Anyone know why
> this is, and how to work around it?
>
> Background info:
> I had a working system with SP2 installed. Then following a hardware failure
> (DIMM failed), I reinstalled windows XP as a repair installation from the
> original CD (pre-SP2). Then automatic updates downloaded SP2 and attempted
> to install it, but failed as described above.