Failed to Install Windopws Professional Service Pack 1

[Geoff Olding]

I cannot install this service pack. It comes up with the
error "Access denied"
I disabled all my startup applications and all the
services I could, then rebooted, before the set-up

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

"Service Pack 1 Setup Canceled" Error Message When You Install
Windows XP SP1
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329261

Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm and scroll down to
"SP1 - "Access is Denied" at the end of the XP Service Pack 1 setup."

[Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP]


Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm and scroll way
down to "SP1 - Before Installing - Alex Nichol MVP.


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I cannot install this service pack. It comes up with the
| error "Access denied"
| I disabled all my startup applications and all the
| services I could, then rebooted, before the set-up

 

[Alex Nichol]

I cannot install this service pack. It comes up with the
error "Access denied"
I disabled all my startup applications and all the
services I could, then rebooted, before the set-up

A lot of copies have been put out by unscrupulous parties - often
selling to innocent people - which have used one of a couple of pirated
keys, with no payments going back to Microsoft. Microsoft has
explicitly prevented machines that were installed with these keys from
installing SP1. Check in Control Panel - System for the Product ID
number under your name - if it fits

XXXXX-640-0000356-23XXX
or
XXXXX-640-2001765-23XXX

Where X represents any digit, you have one of these keys. You can
approach the vendor for redress and provision of a legitimate copy,
threatening MSoft legal department - if no satisfaction, you could try a
report of the details to
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/reporting/default.asp