I was advised by a friend that if I uninstall XP Service Pack 2 then
reinstall it, that could solve the problems I am having with validation. I
told him that I cannot acces Microsoft Update, Windows Update (still, despite
all the advice I have been given)and my PC did not come with a disk but he
said that didn't matter.

Now I am stuck with Internet explorer 6, service pack 1 and am unable to
download SP2. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I think you should consult the experts who hang out at:
microsoft.public.windowsupdate

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Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2007


"JohnBoy25" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:51C0732A-8331-4F9D-8263-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I was advised by a friend that if I uninstall XP Service Pack 2 then
> reinstall it, that could solve the problems I am having with validation. I
> told him that I cannot acces Microsoft Update, Windows Update (still,
> despite
> all the advice I have been given)and my PC did not come with a disk but he
> said that didn't matter.
>
> Now I am stuck with Internet explorer 6, service pack 1 and am unable to
> download SP2. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You can find links to download and manually install most of the updates and
patches here including IE7 http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/index.html
Scroll down to the Windows XP section.

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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"JohnBoy25" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:51C0732A-8331-4F9D-8263-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I was advised by a friend that if I uninstall XP Service Pack 2 then
> reinstall it, that could solve the problems I am having with validation. I
> told him that I cannot acces Microsoft Update, Windows Update (still,
> despite
> all the advice I have been given)and my PC did not come with a disk but he
> said that didn't matter.
>
> Now I am stuck with Internet explorer 6, service pack 1 and am unable to
> download SP2. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the links Harry, but XP has went into deceptive mode. I did
download Service Pack 2 eventually but it said it couldn't complete the
installation. No explenation given so I have no indication of why it failed.
Memory space is not a problem either. Without SP2, there isn't a lot I can do.

Forgot to mention that I have Home Edition.

"Harry Ohrn" wrote:

> You can find links to download and manually install most of the updates and
> patches here including IE7 http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/index.html
> Scroll down to the Windows XP section.
>
> --
>
>
> Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
> www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>
>
> "JohnBoy25" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:51C0732A-8331-4F9D-8263-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I was advised by a friend that if I uninstall XP Service Pack 2 then
> > reinstall it, that could solve the problems I am having with validation. I
> > told him that I cannot acces Microsoft Update, Windows Update (still,
> > despite
> > all the advice I have been given)and my PC did not come with a disk but he
> > said that didn't matter.
> >
> > Now I am stuck with Internet explorer 6, service pack 1 and am unable to
> > download SP2. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>

=?Utf-8?B?Sm9obkJveTI1?= wrote:
>
> I was advised by a friend that if I uninstall XP Service Pack 2 then
> reinstall it, that could solve the problems I am having with validation. I
> told him that I cannot acces Microsoft Update, Windows Update (still, despite
> all the advice I have been given)and my PC did not come with a disk but he
> said that didn't matter.
>
> Now I am stuck with Internet explorer 6, service pack 1 and am unable to
> download SP2. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#1
http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#4

Thanks - but I've been advised about that and many other things I can do to
the registry before to no avail. I've ordered an SP2 disk from microsoft so
hopefully once that arrives I'll be back on track.

"Plato" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?Sm9obkJveTI1?= wrote:
> >
> > I was advised by a friend that if I uninstall XP Service Pack 2 then
> > reinstall it, that could solve the problems I am having with validation. I
> > told him that I cannot acces Microsoft Update, Windows Update (still, despite
> > all the advice I have been given)and my PC did not come with a disk but he
> > said that didn't matter.
> >
> > Now I am stuck with Internet explorer 6, service pack 1 and am unable to
> > download SP2. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#1
> http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#4
>
>
>

A friend of mine gave me his Service Pack 2 disk to try after I told him
about the problems I was having but that hasn't worked.

All I got was 'Access Is Denied' and then it uninstalled again. I'm fast
running out of ideas!!

"JohnBoy25" wrote:

> Thanks - but I've been advised about that and many other things I can do to
> the registry before to no avail. I've ordered an SP2 disk from microsoft so
> hopefully once that arrives I'll be back on track.
>
> "Plato" wrote:
>
> > =?Utf-8?B?Sm9obkJveTI1?= wrote:
> > >
> > > I was advised by a friend that if I uninstall XP Service Pack 2 then
> > > reinstall it, that could solve the problems I am having with validation. I
> > > told him that I cannot acces Microsoft Update, Windows Update (still, despite
> > > all the advice I have been given)and my PC did not come with a disk but he
> > > said that didn't matter.
> > >
> > > Now I am stuck with Internet explorer 6, service pack 1 and am unable to
> > > download SP2. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#1
> > http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#4
> >
> >
> >

"JohnBoy25" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:ED7E85EB-D6E4-4BB6-8106-(E-Mail Removed)...
>A friend of mine gave me his Service Pack 2 disk to try after I told
>him
> about the problems I was having but that hasn't worked.
>
> All I got was 'Access Is Denied' and then it uninstalled again. I'm
> fast
> running out of ideas!!

As Ron mentioned, you should be posting to
microsoft.public.windowsupdate.

Until then, did you try the solution from:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873148
"You receive an 'Access is denied' error message when you try to install
Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1"

This post is actually in microsoft.public.windowsupdate. I had a look at that
solution provided but I didn't quite follow it I'm afraid. On step two, where
exactly do I find ' Hexadecimal' as it certainly wasn't there when I clicked
on setup. Unless I'm doing something wrong but given the instructions, my
understanding is that it's there as an option.

"Daave" wrote:

> "JohnBoy25" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:ED7E85EB-D6E4-4BB6-8106-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >A friend of mine gave me his Service Pack 2 disk to try after I told
> >him
> > about the problems I was having but that hasn't worked.
> >
> > All I got was 'Access Is Denied' and then it uninstalled again. I'm
> > fast
> > running out of ideas!!
>
> As Ron mentioned, you should be posting to
> microsoft.public.windowsupdate.
>
> Until then, did you try the solution from:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873148
> "You receive an 'Access is denied' error message when you try to install
> Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1"
>
>

I'm not sure which instructions you are referring to. Can you post a
link?

And you didn't say if you tried this page:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873148



"JohnBoy25" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:FA3FEB2C-EE09-452F-AE1F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> This post is actually in microsoft.public.windowsupdate. I had a look
> at that
> solution provided but I didn't quite follow it I'm afraid. On step
> two, where
> exactly do I find ' Hexadecimal' as it certainly wasn't there when I
> clicked
> on setup. Unless I'm doing something wrong but given the instructions,
> my
> understanding is that it's there as an option.
>
> "Daave" wrote:
>
>> "JohnBoy25" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:ED7E85EB-D6E4-4BB6-8106-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >A friend of mine gave me his Service Pack 2 disk to try after I told
>> >him
>> > about the problems I was having but that hasn't worked.
>> >
>> > All I got was 'Access Is Denied' and then it uninstalled again.
>> > I'm
>> > fast
>> > running out of ideas!!
>>
>> As Ron mentioned, you should be posting to
>> microsoft.public.windowsupdate.
>>
>> Until then, did you try the solution from:
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873148
>> "You receive an 'Access is denied' error message when you try to
>> install
>> Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1"
>>
>>