Hi Mark,
Follow the steps mentioned below:: This is a last resort option.
1. Download the full installation file for the service pack you are
attempting to
install:
Service Pack 2 for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en
2. You can use subinacl to give Administrators Full Control to
the registry and the system drive. This is shotgun troubleshooting and we do
not
know what ill effects this may have, so only as a last resort.
a. Download and Install subinacl.msi from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...56-d8fe-4a91-93cf-ed6985e3927b&displaylang=en
b. Create a batch file, reset.cmd, that contains the lines below, and save
it to
C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=system=f
d. Open a command prompt and type the following without quotes (Hit Enter
after
each line):
cd\
cd program files\windows resource kits\tools
reset.cmd
This will take approximately 15 mins. After it completes restart the
computer and
try installing the service pack again from safemode.
Thanks & Regards
Bob
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