Service Pack 2 Installation Problem

[Guest]

I keep getting an error message saying Access is Denied when the installation
is just about done. It worked on my husbands computer. Why won't it work on
mine? If you need more information to help me ask and tell me where to look
for it LOL.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You receive an "Access is denied" error message when
you try to install Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873148

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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| I keep getting an error message saying Access is Denied when the installation
| is just about done. It worked on my husbands computer. Why won't it work on
| mine? If you need more information to help me ask and tell me where to look
| for it LOL.

 

[WTC]

I keep getting an error message saying Access is Denied when the
installation
is just about done. It worked on my husbands computer. Why won't it work
on
mine? If you need more information to help me ask and tell me where to
look
for it LOL.

I find the easiest way to solve this problem is to reset the Administrator
permissions back to defaults in the registry rather than finding Access
Denied messages in the "setupapi.log" which is described in KB 873148 and
could take considerable amount of time..

Here is a simple guide on how to reset the registry.
http://winonline.blogspot.com/2005/11/reset-entire-registry-permissions-to.html

Once you have completed the registry permission reset then try to install
Service Pack 2.