Re: Help .... Persistent xp SP2 "Access Denied" Problem .. have tried everything

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From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:52:40 -0700

Al;
See if this helps:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/acdensp2.htm 

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Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
"Alan" <amusgrave@rogers.com> wrote in message 
news:7bb234d4.0501301635.4c9140f5@posting.google.com...
> I've tried everything to get SP2 installed on xp Home ....
> defragmented the hard drive, cleaned adware, tried the MS workaround
> to enable permission on restricted registry keys including:
>
> vnd.ms.radio
> .DVD
> .Audio.CD
> .Folder
>
> It just won't install ... I get "Access Denied" about halfway through
> the install.
>
> I'm running xp Home ... with one account.  I understand there
> shouldn't be a problem with this user ID installing.
>
> Does anyone have any other ideas ... I don't really want to reinstall
> the operating system if I can avoid it ... surely someone has a fix to
> get this to install.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Al

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