SP2 will not install

[Mike]

I downloaded SP2 the other night. When I try to install
it I get about half way through and it tells me that
access is denied and it uninstalls itself. I tried to
fins the SP2 download to delete it and redownload, but I
cannot figure it out.

Please help me!!!!

 

[andy]

This was an absolute nightmare!

Win XP was *useless* after I downloaded and installed
SP2. And, I ain't no novice either.

I contacted Gateway tech and it turns out that many
customers were living the same nightmare. Gateway told me
that SP2 is Beta. If that's the case, why weren't we --MS
customers-- told that before downloading and installing?

After all said and done (yah, tried chkdsk, etc.), I
FDISKd the thing and started from scratch. Sure, I don't
have SP2, but my PC is working and that's what matters.

I use ZoneAlarm firewall and have no complaints. Until MS
fixes SP2, I see no reason why anyone should risk
complete PC meltdown.

-andy