"Owen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:23b401c33f00$5a09afc0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> SP4 - is it worth it?
>
> After three attempts - Installation stops half-way through
> with the error message "Access denied" each time and re-
> instates the previous configuration after which a whole
> heap of tmp files are left in the Systems folder and have
> to be manually deleted.
>
> Any ideas


Owen,

Are you running this over the network? Do you have the w2ksp4.exe copied
locally? Are you on a Domain, or a Workgroup?
I need more information to help you. Can you give me repro steps?


Thanks

-A


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Hi Andrew

I tried downloading w2ksp4.exe and running it locally
yesterday - still no success. I am on a University Domain
and have Administrator access to my PC and all other
applications (virus checker, etc ) have been closed. The
error seems to occur when it gets to the installation of
the wkstamig.inf file.
When I try the windows help on "Access denied" I get
the "File encryption overview" and I wonder if a file has
been encrypted somewhere along the line.

Thanks

Owen
>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Owen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:23b401c33f00$5a09afc0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> SP4 - is it worth it?
>>
>> After three attempts - Installation stops half-way
through
>> with the error message "Access denied" each time and re-
>> instates the previous configuration after which a whole
>> heap of tmp files are left in the Systems folder and
have
>> to be manually deleted.
>>
>> Any ideas
>
>
>Owen,
>
>Are you running this over the network? Do you have the
w2ksp4.exe copied
>locally? Are you on a Domain, or a Workgroup?
>I need more information to help you. Can you give me
repro steps?
>
>
>Thanks
>
>-A
>
>
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[elimental]

I am geting this exact same problem

The install fails when it tries to install wkstamig.inf with "Access Denied"
with no luck.