Thank you Graig! I had this issue for over a week, finaly I found your
solution!
Thanks,
Steven Bink
http://bink.nu
"Martin" <> wrote in message
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> Craig
>
> I managed to install W2003 SP1 by doing the following (I am not sure
> what exactly corrected the problem)
>
> 1.) At the command prompt, type the following commands, pressing ENTER
> after each line:
> net stop cryptsvc
> ren %systemroot%\System32\Catroot2 oldcatroot2
> net start cryptsvc
> exit
>
> 2.) Deleted all files in
> %systemroot%\System32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}
> that begin with tmp*.cat.
>
> I had SP1 lockup on the first atempt, after that it undid the install
> and kept failing to install SP1.
>
> Martin
>