SP2 Stuck in checking product key screen?

i called microsoft today and got an activation key, and everything worked up
till now, but now i can't install sp2, sp1 installed with the other updates
with no prob. anyone have any advice or fixes?

SP2 installation hangs at "Checking product key" phase

Posted by another user who got a response from MS Support:-

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There are 3 steps which we have to do to get the SP2 installed.

Steps are:

1) Please go into the CMD prompt (Start/Run --> cmd.exe )

2) Then type cd /d %windir%\inf and make sure we are in that directory.

3) Then type ren oem*.inf oem*.old, it will go back to the prompt after
giving you some error (Do not worry about it)

4) Then type ren oem*.pnf oem*.old1, it will go back to the prompt after
giving you some error (Do not worry about it)

5) Then goto start - run - type "%windir%\inf" and you will see the files in
the folder.

6) Then find the file by name INFCACHE.1 and take a backup of it to desktop
(by copying it to desktop) and delete the INFCACHE.1 from c:\windows\inf.

7) Close all windows and reboot the computer to safe mode and start the
installation of SP2 and it should go fine.

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I would check to make sure you do know what your product key is before
attempting anything especially if it's an OEM version.

And just to throw this in: What to Know Before You Download and Install
Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/s...hattoknow.mspx


"cw" wrote:

> i called microsoft today and got an activation key, and everything worked up
> till now, but now i can't install sp2, sp1 installed with the other updates
> with no prob. anyone have any advice or fixes?