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Answer» I've got WINDOWS XP and service pack 2 installed. Up till a few weeks ago I was getting the auto updates from windows. Then I had some problems with java updates. I was told that windows installer needed to be reinstalled, which I did, no luck with java updates, but then I was getting windows updates when I shut down, saying they would be installed before windows closes. This has happened 3 times so far and the updates have not been installed . I tried a manual install and I was told to update the window installer which I did. I thought I had downloaded several security patches but after each was downloaded they failed to install. Then I tried service pack 3 and it seemed to download but afterwords it said it too had failed to install. I am stumped. Re-register the Windows Update DLL with the commands below It worked for others with the same problem. Good luckThanks....did it and it seemed to have worked as I downloaded service pack 3, and it installed and started to update when it was copying new files I got a message saying Windows service pack KB 936929 window update of system files cannot copy atapi.sys.It asked if I wanted to go ahead with the install, I did. About half way into the setup I got a "service Pack 3 setup error access is denied" Not sure what that is? So it uninstalled everything and at the end I got a message saying the service pack install was not completed and windows xp may not work properly. So I did a reboot and it seems windows is STILL working properly ( Thank god)...very perplexing. Edit/Delete MessageYes, SP.3 still generates errors on some systems, don't know why, but after I installed all updates since SP.2 it (SP.3) installed without problems. Good to know that re-registering the update dll's solved your original problem. Good luckGet a decent FIREWALL...not win.ooooActually I still don't have service pack 3 installed and after the message saying that XP may not work properly I don't know if its worth it. Are you saying that the Windows firewall caused the problem ? The Access denied message I got when I tried the install?Whilst AGREEING with Merlin that you should have a better firewall than the one supplied with XP I don't understand what he is inferring in his post. You may already have a third party firewall running, it's not been mentioned in any of the foregoing posts, and I doubt if the XP firewall has any bearing on your problem with SP.3. Have you installed all the post SP.2 updates Suggestion: Download SP.3 manually to your hdd then you won't have to re-download to re-install it.I assume I have all of SP 2 updates. I have to keep remembering that I need to use IE to check this information, I use Firefox so Its hard for me to keep track. I have Security Update for Windows XP (KB946648) I don't have Windows XP Service Pack 3 (KB936929) and I did get this error code Error Code: 0x80072F78 Thanks |
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