SP2 won't install

[Gordon J. Rattray]

Hi there,

I've got a Dell machine here and tried to do the repair install with the
original CD Rom install disk and it completed and now it's back to SP1.

I went to install SP2 on it and it failed to complete it due to permissions
denied when backing up the registry. I took ownership under "administrator"
of all the keys in the registry and it still won't complete. Then I just
kept hitting "ignore" when informing me of the permissions denied in backing
up the registry and it went along a lot further, but when it came almost to
the end of install SP2 it all of a sudden came up with a permission denied
in installing the SP2.

So, I've failed miserably in fixing this one....

What should I do?

Thanks,

Gordon

 

[vista terminal ator]

Try this:

use this VBS file that enables the administrator account on the welcome
screen http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/adminwelcomescreen.vbs


then log into the administrator account and try installing SP2 from there.

I usually advise people to slipstream (merge) SP2 inside the XP disk... do a
search about "slipstream sp2" and you will see what I mean. Of course that
would need a clean install of your system.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

Hi there,

I've got a Dell machine here and tried to do the repair install with the
original CD Rom install disk and it completed and now it's back to SP1.

I went to install SP2 on it and it failed to complete it due to
permissions denied when backing up the registry. I took ownership under
"administrator" of all the keys in the registry and it still won't
complete. Then I just kept hitting "ignore" when informing me of the
permissions denied in backing up the registry and it went along a lot
further, but when it came almost to the end of install SP2 it all of a
sudden came up with a permission denied in installing the SP2.

So, I've failed miserably in fixing this one....

What should I do?

Thanks,

Gordon

It might be a security program blocking the Registry change it needs to
make. A few, but not all, of the programs now doing this are:
Ad-aware's Ad-Watch
IBM Access Connections
McAfee VirusScan and/or Antispyware
Norton AV
Spyware Blaster
Spybot> Tools> IE Tweaks
Spybot- Teatimer
Spysweeper
Spyware Doctor
Windows Defender
Zone Alarm (free) 6.5 Reported to be fixed in later versions.

In the case of Zone Alarm 6.5 or Norton 2007 it actually has to be
uninstalled. Make sure the Windows Firewall is turned on until you
reinstall Zone Alarm.

Boot into Safe Mode with Networking and try the install.