Re: reboot failure from windows xp cd

You are seeing registry Permissions errors. I would try this fix:

Aaron Stebner's WebLog Solving setup errors by using the SubInACL tool to repair file and registry permissions: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/09/04/739820.aspx

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"Chonx" <Chonx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:413F87F1-1B09-4F8A-A46D-749C651FB071@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks I can now access updates. When i try to install sp2 I get the
following message, "sp2 setup could not backup registry key
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB835409 to file
C:\Windows\$NtServicePackUninstall$\reg01610. 5:Access is denied"

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

You can try putting the update site in your trusted zone, and/or lowering
the Security setting in the browser Options

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"Chonx" <Chonx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Yeah i did miss the space but when i typed it in correctly it said > Windows
> is
> already activated.
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> You probably missed putting a space before the /A
>>
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>> "Chonx" <Chonx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:5FA0C01D-2364-4CF8-B137-8A35835CAEFE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Hi Mark,
>> >
>> > I've typed that in but my computer would not accept the /A at the >> > end
>> > "could
>> > not find the specified file". I tried it without the /A and nothing
>> > happened?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I would guess from what was in your post that you ran setup and
>> >> installed
>> >> a
>> >> fresh copy of the system, and failed to 'activate' it yet. This >> >> would
>> >> lead
>> >> to a failure to update to SP2 from the updates site, because
>> >> activation
>> >> is
>> >> required to do that.
>> >> To run the activation dialog, go to start/run, and type:
>> >> %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /A
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>> >> "Chonx" <Chonx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:84010DDC-CB7B-4EFD-BB82-710C9BC9274C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > Help All,
>> >> >
>> >> > After my computer was stuck in a loop i rebooted from the Windows >> >> > XP
>> >> > cd.
>> >> > I
>> >> > then went to Windows updates and downloaded all the updates. I >> >> > then
>> >> > tried
>> >> > to
>> >> > install SP2 but was greeted with an "access denied" message. I
>> >> > followed
>> >> > various replies posted on these fourums to remedy this but it did
>> >> > not
>> >> > work.
>> >> > I then rebooted again from the cd and now i have lost access to
>> >> > Windows
>> >> > Updates.
>> >> >
>> >> > On the 1st occasion i have tried using a different admin account,
>> >> > unistalling my Panda antivirus and i have tried to follow
>> >> > instructions
>> >> > to
>> >> > use
>> >> > a SubInAcl file, this i am out of my depth.
>> >> >
>> >> > On the 2nd occasion i believe i have lost a jscript.dll file but
>> >> > again
>> >> > i
>> >> > have encountered confiedence problems trying to fix this.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any ideas anyone?
>> >>
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