Re: Windows XP Service pack2 errors

See if this helps you

"Access is Denied" installing Windows XP SP 2
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/acdensp2.htm

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"Ashith" <asith.shetty@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I was trying to install Windows XP service pack 2 on one of the
> machines
> at my work place. I was not able to install as I was getting a "Win32
> Access denied" error everytime I tried to install. Also, on some
> machines with SP2 I could not see the "Network connections" and could
> not access the dependancies tab in the Windows Installer service. My
> colleague at work, Clerita finally found the soln. to the problem
> thanks to some extensive searching and sleepless nights and some help
> from the google groups.
>
> The soln. to the problem is to change a few settings in the Default
> Domain Policy on your server.
> The relevant part of the Default Domain Policy that caused this is
> shown in condensed form below:
>
> Console Root
> {Group Policy}
> Computer Configuration
> Software Settings
> Windows Settings
> Scripts (Startup/Shutdown)
> Security Settings
> Account Policies
> Local Policies
> Audit Policy
> User Rights Assignment
> Impersonate a client after authentication <MyGroup>.
>
> Resolution: Change the above policy setting for Impersonate a client
> after authentication to: Administrators, <MyGroup>, SERVICE.
>
> Restart the workstation twice (once to pick up the change in Group
> Policy and again to be affected by it at Windows startup).
>
> And folks this thing really really works. This is not a very common
> problem and the research we had done to find the needle in the haystack
> was tremendous.
>
> For complete update on this issue visit:
> http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=4609&eventno=1993&source=EventSystem&phase=1
>
> Thanks to all the people in the above newsgroup for their insight into
> the matter.
>


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