Service pack 2

K

kinger56

I appreciate all the help I have received for my problem with installing SP2
I have done all the things everyone has suggested and it still will not
download onto my computer, so is my computer too old I bought it in 2001 I
have Windows XP for home. I have IE6 can not install IE7 until I have SP2. I
have installed all the newest drivers ran virus checks, spyware checks,
defragged, compressed and deleted un nessasary files, I am at a loss as to
what to do next. Do I need more memory? I really need to get this solved b4
Jan 3 rd when my next class starts as I need to install Adobe Creative suite
3 Web Standard. thanks you for your help.
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

I appreciate all the help I have received for my problem with installing SP2
I have done all the things everyone has suggested and it still will not
download onto my computer,
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Does it not download, or does it download but not install?

Whatever it doesn't do, when it doesn't do it, exactly what happens?
If you get an error message, please quote it verbatim.
 
T

TaurArian

Windows XP Service Pack 2 Problem Solver
http://winhlp.com/node/125

What to Know Before You Download and Install Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/sp2_whattoknow.mspx
and
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/835935
Release notes for Windows XP Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837783
HD requirements for SP2

If none of the above is of assistance, please provide more information and post to the
Windows Update newsgroup:
(OE newsreader)
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsupdate
or
(Web)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...=microsoft.public.windowsupdate&lang=en&cr=US

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TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia
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How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm
Emails will not be acknowledged - please post to the newsgroup so all may benefit.


|I appreciate all the help I have received for my problem with installing SP2
| I have done all the things everyone has suggested and it still will not
| download onto my computer, so is my computer too old I bought it in 2001 I
| have Windows XP for home. I have IE6 can not install IE7 until I have SP2. I
| have installed all the newest drivers ran virus checks, spyware checks,
| defragged, compressed and deleted un nessasary files, I am at a loss as to
| what to do next. Do I need more memory? I really need to get this solved b4
| Jan 3 rd when my next class starts as I need to install Adobe Creative suite
| 3 Web Standard. thanks you for your help.
 
K

kinger56

I went to all those and did all it said to do and it still did not work the
error is can not read or write to or from the database.
 
K

kinger56

It did not work still did the same thing error says can not read or write to
or from the database
 
T

TaurArian

Error message that you receive when you try to update a Windows XP-based computer to
Windows XP Service Pack 2 by visiting the Windows Update Web site: "Unable to read from or
write to database"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915169

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TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia
====================================
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm
Emails will not be acknowledged - please post to the newsgroup so all may benefit.


|I went to all those and did all it said to do and it still did not work the
| error is can not read or write to or from the database.
|
| "TaurArian" wrote:
|
| > Windows XP Service Pack 2 Problem Solver
| > http://winhlp.com/node/125
| >
| > What to Know Before You Download and Install Windows XP Service Pack 2
| > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/sp2_whattoknow.mspx
| > and
| > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/835935
| > Release notes for Windows XP Service Pack 2
| >
| > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837783
| > HD requirements for SP2
| >
| > If none of the above is of assistance, please provide more information and post to the
| > Windows Update newsgroup:
| > (OE newsreader)
| > news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsupdate
| > or
| > (Web)
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...=microsoft.public.windowsupdate&lang=en&cr=US
| >
| > --
| > ====================================
| > TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia
| > ====================================
| > How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
| > http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm
| > Emails will not be acknowledged - please post to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
| >
| >
| > | > |I appreciate all the help I have received for my problem with installing SP2
| > | I have done all the things everyone has suggested and it still will not
| > | download onto my computer, so is my computer too old I bought it in 2001 I
| > | have Windows XP for home. I have IE6 can not install IE7 until I have SP2. I
| > | have installed all the newest drivers ran virus checks, spyware checks,
| > | defragged, compressed and deleted un nessasary files, I am at a loss as to
| > | what to do next. Do I need more memory? I really need to get this solved b4
| > | Jan 3 rd when my next class starts as I need to install Adobe Creative suite
| > | 3 Web Standard. thanks you for your help.
| >
| >
| >
 

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