Can't install service pack3.

[Mesak]

I try to install W2K SP3 buy status running long time
until I need to end task job. I view status on task
manager and found status running. Windows service has tree
services that status stopping. I restart service and logon
safe mode and try to change automatic to manual but it
take long time (status running). Could you please to
advice me to fix this problem?

 

[David H. Lipman]

Why SP3 ?

You should be installing SP4 !

Make sure NO programs are running in the background.

Dave



| I try to install W2K SP3 buy status running long time
| until I need to end task job. I view status on task
| manager and found status running. Windows service has tree
| services that status stopping. I restart service and logon
| safe mode and try to change automatic to manual but it
| take long time (status running). Could you please to
| advice me to fix this problem?

 

[Steve N.]

Nobody "should" do anything. SP4 has problems - granted, not everyone
experiences difficulties with SP4 but they are certainly there for a lot
of us. I'd stick with SP3 until the next SP comes out and is proven stable.

Steve

 

[David H. Lipman]

Based on the shear number of notebooks and desktops I have installed -- SP4 "is" stable.

Dave



| Nobody "should" do anything. SP4 has problems - granted, not everyone
| experiences difficulties with SP4 but they are certainly there for a lot
| of us. I'd stick with SP3 until the next SP comes out and is proven stable.
|
| Steve
|
| David H. Lipman wrote:
|
| > Why SP3 ?
| >
| > You should be installing SP4 !
| >
| > Make sure NO programs are running in the background.
| >
| > Dave
| >
| >
| >
| > | > | I try to install W2K SP3 buy status running long time
| > | until I need to end task job. I view status on task
| > | manager and found status running. Windows service has tree
| > | services that status stopping. I restart service and logon
| > | safe mode and try to change automatic to manual but it
| > | take long time (status running). Could you please to
| > | advice me to fix this problem?
| >
| >
|

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

Nobody "should" do anything. SP4 has problems - granted, not everyone
experiences difficulties with SP4 but they are certainly there for a lot
of us. I'd stick with SP3 until the next SP comes out and is proven stable.

Hi

And this was said about SP3 and SP2 and <fill in any service pack to
any MS OS here> as well. By listening to all those advises you would
end up not installing any service pack ever ;-)

For most computers, a SP install will go well, but of course, some
computers will get into trouble.

We have installed SP4 on thousands of computers, and only a few
had issues afterwards.

 

[Steve N.]

Based on the number of problems *I* have personally experienced with SP4
compared to SP3 I can say with equal certitude the exact opposite.

Regardless, if the OP is having problems installing SP3 what makes you
think installing SP4 is going to go any better?

Steve

 

[David H. Lipman]

That's not the point.

The point is installing the "latest" Service pack which rolls-up all previous HotFixes into
one installation.

There is always the "Chaos in Complex Systems" in a computing platform postulate.

Dave



| Based on the number of problems *I* have personally experienced with SP4
| compared to SP3 I can say with equal certitude the exact opposite.
|
| Regardless, if the OP is having problems installing SP3 what makes you
| think installing SP4 is going to go any better?
|
| Steve
|
| David H. Lipman wrote:
|
| > Based on the shear number of notebooks and desktops I have installed -- SP4 "is" stable.
| >
| > Dave
| >
| >
| >
| > | > | Nobody "should" do anything. SP4 has problems - granted, not everyone
| > | experiences difficulties with SP4 but they are certainly there for a lot
| > | of us. I'd stick with SP3 until the next SP comes out and is proven stable.
| > |
| > | Steve
| > |
| > | David H. Lipman wrote:
| > |
| > | > Why SP3 ?
| > | >
| > | > You should be installing SP4 !
| > | >
| > | > Make sure NO programs are running in the background.
| > | >
| > | > Dave
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > | > | > | I try to install W2K SP3 buy status running long time
| > | > | until I need to end task job. I view status on task
| > | > | manager and found status running. Windows service has tree
| > | > | services that status stopping. I restart service and logon
| > | > | safe mode and try to change automatic to manual but it
| > | > | take long time (status running). Could you please to
| > | > | advice me to fix this problem?
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| >
| >
|