Cannot Install SP2 -"Unable to read or write to the database"

[Arnie Goetchius]

I kept getting the message "Unable to read or write to the database"
followed by "Service Pack 2 installation did not complete". Examination
of the SVCPACK.LOG showed many errors.

My solution was to do a Repair Install back to the original XP followed
by installation of SP2. That worked. No need to install SP1 first since
SP2 is cumulative.

 

[JCO]

After reading all the things about SP2; I think I will wait until Service
Pack 2a comes out.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

After reading all the things about SP2; I think I will wait
until

A bad mistake, in my view. "Wait a bit" is good advice for lots
of updates and new software releases, but *not* when it comes to
security patches. But it's your choice.

Service Pack 2a comes out.

It's highly unlikely that there will be an SP2a. Even SP1a wasn't
in any sense a fix to SP1. It was identical to SP1, but with Java
removed, a step that the courts required of Microsoft.

 

[JCO]

True, I understand SP1a issues.
At any rate, I will at least wait until mid to end of September before I
install it.
That's not waiting to long, but still gives me time to digest the
information.

Thanks