For those having problems installing xp sp3 "access denied"

[robinb]

I put it on 3 computers running xp pro sp2 with no problems following my
suggestions on the post "Update Tuesday"

But i ran into a problem with my xp pro sp2 ibm t41 notebook.
Once the installation finished it came back with an error msg "Access
Denied" xp3 cannot finish and will revert back to prior use". So it
reverted itself back to xp2 and rebooted itself.

I did some checking on the internet and found two solutions.
The first one requires you to download a file and run a script which i will
put here
The second one is this which i tried first and it worked perfectly.

The second one is much easier to do and less complicated.

If you find this problem try this solution first BEFORE going to the second
one- oh btw I found after the installation of sp3 on all my computers I
clicked on Windows Messenger and it started to reinstall and do a repair to
the program. xp3 must disable it somehow during its install.

Download dial a fix from web site or access
http://joula4xp.googlepages.com/Dial_a_Fix.zip.

Extract the two files but leave them in the same directory. You will only
have to click on the dial-a-fix.exe

Click on tools (tools is the icon on the bottom that looks like a hammer)
and then scroll down and select reset permission, click the Go tab, it will
run and tell you when it is finished.

Once Finished restart the computer and try to install sp3 again.


this is the other one from microsoft but again i tried the above method
first and it worked perfectly.

Download and then install the Subinacl.exe file.
you can get it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...56-D8FE-4A91-93CF-ED6985E3927B&displaylang=en

2. Start Notepad.


Copy and then paste the following text into Notepad.

cd /d "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Resource Kits\Tools"
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f
/grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f
/grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f
/grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f
/grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %windir%\*.* /grant=administrators=f
/grant=system=f
secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\repair\secsetup.inf /db secsetup.sdb
/verbose


4. Save this Notepad file as Reset.cmd
5. Double-click the Reset.cmd file to run the script.

Note This script file may take a long time to run. Additionally, you have to
run this script as an administrator.
6. Install Windows XP SP3.

 

[Robinb]

btw this was done with the full installation not by wu
robin

 

[Kayman]

I put it on 3 computers running xp pro sp2 with no problems following my
suggestions on the post "Update Tuesday"

But i ran into a problem with my xp pro sp2 ibm t41 notebook.
Once the installation finished it came back with an error msg "Access
Denied" xp3 cannot finish and will revert back to prior use". So it
reverted itself back to xp2 and rebooted itself.

I did some checking on the internet and found two solutions.
The first one requires you to download a file and run a script which i will
put here
The second one is this which i tried first and it worked perfectly.

The second one is much easier to do and less complicated.

If you find this problem try this solution first BEFORE going to the second
one- oh btw I found after the installation of sp3 on all my computers I
clicked on Windows Messenger and it started to reinstall and do a repair to
the program. xp3 must disable it somehow during its install.

Download dial a fix from web site or access
http://joula4xp.googlepages.com/Dial_a_Fix.zip.

Extract the two files but leave them in the same directory. You will only
have to click on the dial-a-fix.exe

Click on tools (tools is the icon on the bottom that looks like a hammer)
and then scroll down and select reset permission, click the Go tab, it will
run and tell you when it is finished.

Once Finished restart the computer and try to install sp3 again.


this is the other one from microsoft but again i tried the above method
first and it worked perfectly.

Download and then install the Subinacl.exe file.
you can get it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...56-D8FE-4A91-93CF-ED6985E3927B&displaylang=en

2. Start Notepad.


Copy and then paste the following text into Notepad.

cd /d "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Resource Kits\Tools"
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f
/grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f
/grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f
/grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f
/grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %windir%\*.* /grant=administrators=f
/grant=system=f
secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\repair\secsetup.inf /db secsetup.sdb
/verbose

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microsoft.public.windowsupdate
SP3 Installs Locks Computer nedjinski <[email protected]>
10-May-08 7:15:00 PM

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Re: SP3 Installs Locks Computer Shenan Stanley <[email protected]>
10-May-08 10:15:20 PM

I believe that KB article has some mis-information for Windows XP...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949377

The KB article above has the script to reset the registry and the file
permissions on Windows XP... The last line of said script seems to
be for Windows Vista:

secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\inf\defltbase.inf /db defltbase.sdb
/verbose

The Windows XP Line should be (I believe):

secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\repair\secsetup.inf /db secsetup.sdb
/verbose

Reference:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313222

 

[Pat Willener]

There are still other possibilities. I know of at least two people who
had 'Spy Sweeper' installed, but were unable to disable it. They both
got Access Denied until they uninstalled 'Spy Sweeper'. (The Subinacl
method did *not* stop the Access Denied error.)

 

[Robinb]

as stated i never got to the microsoft one- i did the dial a fix one and
that worked
robin

 

[Robinb]

also i found on one xp home computer I could not get updates after the sp3
was installed.
I used dial a fix to fix it and rebooted the computer and -walla- now i
could any additional updates on that computer.
I needed an update to put windows media player 11 security update and when
going to WU it would not install and failed. Once i used dial a fix- now i
could download and install the update
robin