Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (KB900325

I cannot get this to install. It "fails" but there is no indication of why.
Please, any ideas?
Thanks

"Crashed in Dash Point" wrote:

> I cannot get this to install. It "fails" but there is no indication of why.
> Please, any ideas?
> Thanks

i get the same thing every time and if i dont get it workin i wont be able
to upgrade to MP11

Same here. I opened a support incident with MS the other day (free
for Windows Update). I have a freshly installed PC (MCE2005) and
can't friggin' believe this is happening. Every suggested fix online
has failed for me. I spent hours/days working on this, time of which
I really don't have for this nonsense.

These are my symtoms:

-- \WINDOWS\mcsetup.log --
Generic Package: 04/10/07. 22:03:01
Looking for existing install of the generic package
Creating Process: WindowsXP-KB899337-v2-x86.exe /quiet /norestart
Process returned 0x00000643

Function (ExecCmdInThread) Post Message for Package id : 1043.


-- \WINDOWS\MCSetup_UI.log --
10:02:22 PM : Initializing 1st package.
10:02:22 PM : Install package 1 [Hotfix for Windows XP (KB895572)].
10:02:38 PM : Install package 2 [Hotfix for Windows XP (KB895572)].
10:02:50 PM : Install package 3 [Hotfix for Windows XP (KB891593)].
10:03:01 PM : Install package 4 [Hotfix for Windows XP (KB895961)].
10:03:12 PM : Install package 5 [Hotfix for Windows XP].
The update to Media Center was not successful. The computer will now
be restarted and restored to the state it was in before the update.
Please try the installation again, or contact your hardware
manufacturer for assistance if the problem persists.
10:03:24 PM : Rebooting the machine.
10:03:24 PM : Checking Exit Code.
10:03:24 PM : MCinstaller returned exit code - 1603
10:03:24 PM : Exiting


These are consistently occurring regardless of what changes,
uninstalls of hotfixes, etc are made to my PC. I asked MS support
what the last install package is all about. Maybe they will show some
integrity and answer the question instead of providing additional
textbook responses.
If I get anything helpful I'll update.

OK, so here is the best method for installing Rollup2...manually.

http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archi...nter-2005.aspx

Days and days of annoyance with this installation, finally, I can move
on!