SP2 fails to install properly

[Richard]

After downloading the SP2 file, the installer is
initialized and it starts to install SP2 (update 1 0f 1).

1. After about 10 minutes, there is a red Message
Box "Access is Denied," with an OK box to check. Then
2. Message box: "SP2 did not completely install. Select
OK to undo changes."
3. "Windows XP2 Removal Wizard" supposedly removes the
bad SP2 install.
4. Message box: "SP2 installation did not complete.
Windows XP has been partially updated and may not work
properly."

Questions:
1. Why was access denied? I was logged on as a user
with Administrator privleges.

2. There were 15 SP2 hotfixes installed. How many SP2
hotfixes should be installed when it's successful?

3. How can I reinstall SP2 and check for OS System
Integrity after a SP2 install?

 

[Guest]

You receive an "Access is denied" error message when you try to install
Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;873148&Product=windowsxpsp2

How to successfully install Windows XP Service Pack 2:
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/winxpsp2install.htm

Good Luck!
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[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

After downloading the SP2 file, the installer is
initialized and it starts to install SP2 (update 1 0f 1).

1. After about 10 minutes, there is a red Message
Box "Access is Denied," with an OK box to check. Then
2. Message box: "SP2 did not completely install. Select
OK to undo changes."
3. "Windows XP2 Removal Wizard" supposedly removes the
bad SP2 install.
4. Message box: "SP2 installation did not complete.
Windows XP has been partially updated and may not work
properly."

Questions:
1. Why was access denied? I was logged on as a user
with Administrator privleges.

See the the "Access denied" section here:

http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm#Cannot_install_Service_Pack_2