Service Pack 2 CD required.

[Guest]

Could use a little help here. I have Windows XP pro installed with sevice
pack 1a. Installed Service Pack 2 with a CD. When trying to add windows
components I am prompted for the CD. I have redirected the source file path
to point to the I386 folder with no luck. It will not even see the I386
folder from the CD. I am stumped on how to make this work. Any suggestions
would be really appreciated.

 

[Kelly]

Hi Rick,

1. Go to Start/Run/Regedit, navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup.

In the right pane, change the value of ServicePackSourcePath accordingly.

Another trick is to have the i386 folder open via Windows Explorer. Don't
ask why, but it works.

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[T. Waters]

Are you getting any messages to the effect that the version of windows on
the disk is older than the version on the HD?

 

[Jon]

The source file path should be the containing folder for the i386 folder
rather than the i386 folder itself

eg

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\Sourcepath

should be directed to "C:\WINDOWS", rather than "C:\WINDOWS\i386"



Jon

 

[kurttrail]

Could use a little help here. I have Windows XP pro installed with
sevice pack 1a. Installed Service Pack 2 with a CD. When trying to
add windows components I am prompted for the CD. I have redirected
the source file path to point to the I386 folder with no luck. It
will not even see the I386 folder from the CD. I am stumped on how
to make this work. Any suggestions would be really appreciated.

What CD are you using when prompted? The SP2 CD? If so, is it a full
OS install CD or just a SP2 CD that can only update an existing
installation of XP? Don't know? If it was free, then it is just a CD
that updates an existing install.

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[Steve N.]

The source file path should be the containing folder for the i386 folder
rather than the i386 folder itself

eg

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\Sourcepath

should be directed to "C:\WINDOWS", rather than "C:\WINDOWS\i386"



Jon

The conventional path is C:\i386 so the sourcepath value would be C:\.

Steve

 

[Guest]

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[Andrew Murray]

Is it prompting for the SP2 CD or the Windows-XP CD?

 

[Kelly]

Correct.

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