SP2 Upgrade failures

I was just wondering if any one could help me with this.. The company i work
for is now upgrading from XP pro SP1 to SP2 and so far of about a 100 PC's
that i have done about 20-25 have failed .. I have found this
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885626 link with the same symptoms but this
fix has not worked for me as of yet.. All of the PC's are IBM's models
8303-8171-8183-8215. I am installing SP2 from the network.. I would greatly
appreciate any hints/tips or insight to why this is happening.. so far all my
searches have lead to a dead end i thought the above link was it but as i
mentions that did not work for a cple of PC's that i have tried..
Thanks

Luis Aponte wrote:
> I was just wondering if any one could help me with this.. The
> company i work for is now upgrading from XP pro SP1 to SP2 and so
> far of about a 100 PC's that i have done about 20-25 have failed ..
> I have found this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885626 link with
> the same symptoms but this fix has not worked for me as of yet..
> All of the PC's are IBM's models 8303-8171-8183-8215. I am
> installing SP2 from the network.. I would greatly appreciate any
> hints/tips or insight to why this is happening.. so far all my
> searches have lead to a dead end i thought the above link was it
> but as i mentions that did not work for a cple of PC's that i have
> tried..

Dual Posted. Must be using the Web Interface. =)

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With no disrespect, if SP2 "must be" installed from a web interface, why is
there a freely available Redistributable? I have had no issues with SP2
upgrades however I am one to only trust what I have in my hands (no network
installs). One might try to burn SP2 to a cd and install locally. Yes, a
hassle, but much more secure and accurate.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Luis Aponte wrote:
> > I was just wondering if any one could help me with this.. The
> > company i work for is now upgrading from XP pro SP1 to SP2 and so
> > far of about a 100 PC's that i have done about 20-25 have failed ..
> > I have found this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885626 link with
> > the same symptoms but this fix has not worked for me as of yet..
> > All of the PC's are IBM's models 8303-8171-8183-8215. I am
> > installing SP2 from the network.. I would greatly appreciate any
> > hints/tips or insight to why this is happening.. so far all my
> > searches have lead to a dead end i thought the above link was it
> > but as i mentions that did not work for a cple of PC's that i have
> > tried..
>
> Dual Posted. Must be using the Web Interface. =)
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

Luis Aponte wrote:
> I was just wondering if any one could help me with this.. The
> company I work for is now upgrading from XP pro SP1 to SP2 and so
> far of about a 100 PC's that I have done about 20-25 have failed
> .. I have found this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885626 link
> with the same symptoms but this fix has not worked for me as of
> yet.. All of the PC's are IBM's models 8303-8171-8183-8215. I am
> installing SP2 from the network.. I would greatly appreciate any
> hints/tips or insight to why this is happening.. so far all my
> searches have lead to a dead end I thought the above link was it
> but as I mentions that did not work for a cple of PC's that I have
> tried..

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Dual Posted. Must be using the Web Interface. =)

1troubleshooter2another wrote:
> With no disrespect, if SP2 "must be" installed from a web
> interface, why is there a freely available Redistributable? I have
> had no issues with SP2 upgrades however I am one to only trust what
> I have in my hands (no network installs). One might try to burn SP2
> to a cd and install locally. Yes, a hassle, but much more secure
> and accurate.

No disrespect taken, as you misunderstood my reply.

My reply had nothing to do with the question at hand and everything to do
with the fact that this question appears in this group twice within 9
minutes of each other... Same person, same title, same post. The Web
Interface I spoke of is the Microsoft Web Interface to these newsgroups. I
was commenting on the fact that a message or two it relays to the user can
be confusing and the user
subsequently reposts the question. Thus I said...

"Dual Posted. Must be using the Web Interface"

The identical post has some really good people already on it.

And while - yes - you can order the CD and/or download your own (search -
you will see I recommend that over the web install every time) - most home
users do nothing but visit that web page and/or depend on automatic updates
and many will *never* know there is a full distributable file and many -
when they find out - are taken aback by the "for IT professionals" stamped
all over the download page.

As for your distrust in network installs - I rely and trust them entirely.
Intranet installs save time and effort. A good network is the key to a good
computing environment these days. Internet installs.. Not so much -
download, save and then run.

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html