Re: Windows XP SP3 installed but Access Denied

Mabel wrote:
My Toshiba downloaded and installed SP3 fine -- or at least it
seemed so --
but then it rebooted with a dozen messages "Access is denied"
(without any technical details) in a black window with something
"system 32/cmd". Does it
mean that not all the necessary changes has taken place but only
part of them? Should I uninstall SP3 and try install it again? Is
it dangerous to leave my system as it is?

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
Error message when you try to install WinXP SP3: "Access is denied"
or "Service Pack installation did not complete"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949377

If the OP uses method three from that article - at this time they should
correct the last line of the script...

The last line of the script they have you copy/paste reads:

secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\inf\defltbase.inf /db defltbase.sdb
/verbose

That will do you little good... That is a Vista thing. You want this line:

secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\repair\secsetup.inf /db secsetup.sdb
/verbose

(That is a single line - no matter what word-wrapping does to it.)

If you download the Subinacl.exe and install it and then copy/paste the text
as directed but change out ther last line with the one I have given you and
run it on your system - it eill change the registry and file permissions to
default settings - allowing SP3 to install without running into "access
denied" errors. Essentially - something has happened (some program you
installed/that got installed changed something, etc) to change the
file/folder/registry permissions on your computer and the script on the web
page (with the change I have suggested) should reset those permissions.

In other words - SP3 is fine - there is something specific with your system.
;-) Fix that and install SP3 and be up to date - then you can continue on
and be happy about it.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


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