Hi Cop, try here:
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm#C...Service_Pack_2
Cannot install Service Pack 2
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Cryptographic service and related errors
Some of the possible error messages are:
Cryptographic service error
Error 0x800710D9 Unable to read from or write to the database
"Cop" wrote:
> I am trying to load XP SP2 both from Windows Update aand from a fresh copy
> locally, and afte runpacmkinhg and backing up files I get the error "Unable
> to read from or write to the database". There does not seem to be any
> informtion on this anywhere.
>
> Can anyone help