XP Service Pack 2 Update

I'm trying to update our computer to SP2. Currently we just have XP with NO
service packs installed. (I just started working for this company, and I was
shocked to see they have not installed any SP's.) When trying to install the
SP update I get an error message: "Windows is unable to validate the
Update.inf file - Please check that the Cryptographic service is running?"
[Error number: 0x8024D00C]. Please help........

Go here
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...efault810.mspx
and order SP2 on CD - it would be easier to use to update multiple systems.

Then go here http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=89 and then
into the AutoPatcher XP August forum and download AutoPatcher for XP (200+Mb
file) - it has almost everything you'll need to update things after SP2 is
installed.

"MonteNOS" <> wrote in message
news:ED5C5776-C834-44BC-9143-...
> I'm trying to update our computer to SP2. Currently we just have XP with
> NO
> service packs installed. (I just started working for this company, and I
> was
> shocked to see they have not installed any SP's.) When trying to install
> the
> SP update I get an error message: "Windows is unable to validate the
> Update.inf file - Please check that the Cryptographic service is running?"
> [Error number: 0x8024D00C]. Please help........

Previous threads in this newsgroup about this problem/error:

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...rt=0&scoring=d
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)


MonteNOS wrote:

> I'm trying to update our computer to SP2. Currently we just have XP with NO
> service packs installed. (I just started working for this company, and I was
> shocked to see they have not installed any SP's.) When trying to install
> the SP update I get an error message: "Windows is unable to validate the
> Update.inf file - Please check that the Cryptographic service is running?"
> [Error number: 0x8024D00C]. Please help........