Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 will not install

It hangs at the inspecting and sometimes it hangs at the backing up registry
screen of the service pack 2.

Here is the log file from the service pack 2:
[svcpack.log]
14.859:
================================================== ==============================
14.859: 2007/03/28 10:10:34.137 (local)
14.859: c:\0086bef65d81408747\i386\update\update.exe (version 6.3.4.1)
14.859: Service Pack started with following command line:
14.875: In Function GetBuildType, line 1170, RegQueryValueEx failed with
error 0x2
14.938: Return Value From OnACPower = 1
14.938: OnACPower returned value( 0x1 ) which is Equal To 0x1
14.938: Condition succeeded for section OnACPower.Section in Line 1 of
PreRequisite
14.953: InternalFileName of C:\WINNT\system32\HAL.DLL is Not Equal To
halcmpx.dll
14.953: Condition succeeded for section CustomHalUnisysBlock.Section in Line
2 of PreRequisite
14.953: InternalFileName of C:\WINNT\system32\HAL.DLL is Not Equal To Unisys
CMP Server ACPI HAL
14.953: First Condition in CustomHalUniSysBlock.Section2 Succeeded
14.953: Condition succeeded for section CustomHalUniSysBlock.Section2 in
Line 3 of PreRequisite
14.953: InternalFileName of C:\WINNT\system32\HAL.DLL is Not Equal To
HALSRAAC.DLL
14.953: Condition succeeded for section CustomHalStratusBlock.Section in
Line 4 of PreRequisite
14.953: InternalFileName of C:\WINNT\system32\HAL.DLL is Not Equal To
halce52.dll
14.953: Condition succeeded for section CustomHalMarathonBlock.Section in
Line 5 of PreRequisite
14.953: Service SpUpdSvc Not Registered in SCM 0x424
14.953: Condition succeeded for section SpUpdSvcBlock.Section in Line 6 of
PreRequisite
14.953: Start is Present
14.953: SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSDTC\Start is Not Equal To
Specified Value
14.953: Second Condition in MSDTC.Not.Disabled Succeeded
14.953: Condition succeeded for section MDSTC.Check.Disabled in Line 7 of
PreRequisite
14.953: C:\WINNT\system32\DRIVERS\elxsli2.sys is Not Present
14.953: First Condition in Emulex.Driver.Compat.Check.Section Succeeded
14.953: Condition succeeded for section Emulex.Driver.Compat.Check.Section
in Line 8 of PreRequisite
14.953: C:\WINNT\system32\DRIVERS\ql40xx.sys is Not Present
14.953: First Condition in Qlogic.Driver.Compat.Check.Section Succeeded
14.953: Condition succeeded for section Qlogic.Driver.Compat.Check.Section
in Line 9 of PreRequisite
14.953: HotfixRefreshRequired is Not Present
14.953: First Condition in HotfixRefresh.Registry.Check.Section Succeeded
14.953: Condition succeeded for section HotfixRefresh.Registry.Check.Section
in Line 10 of PreRequisite
975.125: Message displayed to the user: Are you sure you want to cancel?
975.125: User Input: YES
988.891: InstallInfCatalogFile: Installing
c:\0086bef65d81408747\i386\update\SP2.cat as _000001_.cat...
988.906: VerifyTargetFileSize: Unable to verify size as Source = NULL for
file c:\winnt\_000001_.cat
988.969: InstallCatalogFile: InstallCatalog failed for
c:\winnt\_000001_.cat; error=0x000006ba.
988.984: InstallInfCatalogFile: Installation failed; error=0x00000002.
988.984: IsInfFileTrusted: ValidateSingleFileSignature Failed:
STR_FAILED_INF_INTEGRITY
988.984: Service Pack 2 Setup encountered an error: Setup could not verify
the integrity of the file Update.inf. Make sure the Cryptographic service
is running on this computer.
989.000: DeleteCatalogFile _000001_.cat failed with ERROR 1722
989.000: CleanupTrustedInfFile: GetFileAttributes for
C:\WINNT\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\oem118.cat
failed: 0x2
989.000: UnRegisterSpuninstForRecovery, failed to delete SpRecoverCmdLine
value, error 0x2
989.000: DoInstallation: Failed to unregistering spuninst.exe for recovery.
989.000: Service Pack 2 Setup canceled.

"Sabo, Eric" <> wrote in message
news:
....
> It hangs at the inspecting and sometimes it hangs at the backing up registry
> screen of the service pack 2.

> Here is the log file from the service pack 2:
....
> 988.969: InstallCatalogFile: InstallCatalog failed for
> c:\winnt\_000001_.cat; error=0x000006ba.


Calc says 0x06BA = 1722

<cmd_output>
F:\>net helpmsg 1722

The RPC server is unavailable.
</cmd_output>


Perhaps that's why? ; )


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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