trying to update windows home to sp2

trying to update windows home to sp2
I get an error thats says
service pack 2 setup error
Unable to read from or write to the database


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Error message that you receive when you try to update a Windows XP-based
computer to Windows XP Service Pack 2 by visiting the Windows Update Web
site: "Unable to read from or write to database"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=915169


"help" wrote:

> trying to update windows home to sp2
> I get an error thats says
> service pack 2 setup error
> Unable to read from or write to the database
>
>
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>

help wrote:
> trying to update windows home to sp2
> I get an error thats says
> service pack 2 setup error
> Unable to read from or write to the database

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