SP4 Installation errors - can't find files

I installed SP4 on my wife's computer using the full install (135mb file)
without a problem.

I then used the same file (I had copied my copy to her machine) to install
it on my desktop. About half way thru I started getting info messages that
it couldn't find certain files. The default location was the drive on which
it installed the temporary files so there was nothing to change about
location. I skipped 3 of them and then got cold feet and backed out. The 3
were iss.dl_; msmgoc.dl_and ntoc.dl_.

Nothing was running - no av, no firewall - when all of this failed.

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One added item on this - all of these files are in fact located in the
default temporary folder. Why SP4 can't load them is beyond me. Tried a
second time with similar results.

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"Colonel Blip" <col.blip@nospambigfoot.com> wrote in message
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| I installed SP4 on my wife's computer using the full install (135mb file)
| without a problem.
|
| I then used the same file (I had copied my copy to her machine) to install
| it on my desktop. About half way thru I started getting info messages that
| it couldn't find certain files. The default location was the drive on
which
| it installed the temporary files so there was nothing to change about
| location. I skipped 3 of them and then got cold feet and backed out. The 3
| were iss.dl_; msmgoc.dl_and ntoc.dl_.
|
| Nothing was running - no av, no firewall - when all of this failed.
|
| --
| Colonel Blip
| colonel.blip@nospambigfoot.com
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| __________________________________
|
|
|

Had a similar prob, SP4 couldn't 'find' ntdetect.com, arcldr.exe and
arcsetup.exe. The files were located in the directory that sp4 created but
setup refused to copy them. I tried to copy them out to another dir to
manually install them later, but I got a sharing violation which is probably
why setup couldn't use them in the first place.

My fix was to make them read-only so they wouldn't be purged when setup
finished, reboot, then plonk them into place manually. The spooky thing is
that the two arc*.exe files were already in place even though the installer
said it couldn't move them.

You could do the above, copy the troublesome files to a new location,
restore your system partition (you did Ghost it before you started didn't
you?). Then run sp4 again and point it at the new location for the files
when it trips up.

Hope this is of some use,

Cheers,
Codehead


"Colonel Blip" <col.blip@nospambigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> One added item on this - all of these files are in fact located in the
> default temporary folder. Why SP4 can't load them is beyond me. Tried a
> second time with similar results.
>
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> "Colonel Blip" <col.blip@nospambigfoot.com> wrote in message
> news:%238YrTk%23PDHA.2256@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> | I installed SP4 on my wife's computer using the full install (135mb
file)
> | without a problem.
> |
> | I then used the same file (I had copied my copy to her machine) to
install
> | it on my desktop. About half way thru I started getting info messages
that
> | it couldn't find certain files. The default location was the drive on
> which
> | it installed the temporary files so there was nothing to change about
> | location. I skipped 3 of them and then got cold feet and backed out. The
3
> | were iss.dl_; msmgoc.dl_and ntoc.dl_.
> |
> | Nothing was running - no av, no firewall - when all of this failed.
> |
> | --
> | Colonel Blip
> | colonel.blip@nospambigfoot.com
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> | __________________________________
> |
> |
> |
>
>

Unfortunately one of the files it can not find doesn't even give me the
option to select another location.

Re: ghost - definitely. After last attempt couldn't get anything but the
BSOD. Restored image immediately to get back to operating.

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"Codehead" <null@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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| Had a similar prob, SP4 couldn't 'find' ntdetect.com, arcldr.exe and
| arcsetup.exe. The files were located in the directory that sp4 created but
| setup refused to copy them. I tried to copy them out to another dir to
| manually install them later, but I got a sharing violation which is
probably
| why setup couldn't use them in the first place.
|
| My fix was to make them read-only so they wouldn't be purged when setup
| finished, reboot, then plonk them into place manually. The spooky thing is
| that the two arc*.exe files were already in place even though the
installer
| said it couldn't move them.
|
| You could do the above, copy the troublesome files to a new location,
| restore your system partition (you did Ghost it before you started didn't
| you?). Then run sp4 again and point it at the new location for the files
| when it trips up.
|
| Hope this is of some use,
|
| Cheers,
| Codehead
|
|
| "Colonel Blip" <col.blip@nospambigfoot.com> wrote in message
| news:uij2w8#PDHA.1584@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| > One added item on this - all of these files are in fact located in the
| > default temporary folder. Why SP4 can't load them is beyond me. Tried a
| > second time with similar results.
| >
| > --
| > Colonel Blip
| > colonel.blip@nospambigfoot.com
| > Remove "nospam" when replying.
| > __________________________________
| >
| >
| > "Colonel Blip" <col.blip@nospambigfoot.com> wrote in message
| > news:%238YrTk%23PDHA.2256@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| > | I installed SP4 on my wife's computer using the full install (135mb
| file)
| > | without a problem.
| > |
| > | I then used the same file (I had copied my copy to her machine) to
| install
| > | it on my desktop. About half way thru I started getting info messages
| that
| > | it couldn't find certain files. The default location was the drive on
| > which
| > | it installed the temporary files so there was nothing to change about
| > | location. I skipped 3 of them and then got cold feet and backed out.
The
| 3
| > | were iss.dl_; msmgoc.dl_and ntoc.dl_.
| > |
| > | Nothing was running - no av, no firewall - when all of this failed.
| > |
| > | --
| > | Colonel Blip
| > | colonel.blip@nospambigfoot.com
| > | Remove "nospam" when replying.
| > | __________________________________
| > |
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|