Re: XP SP3 frustration

=?Utf-8?B?S2VuIEcu?= added these comments in the current discussion du
jour ...

Like others I'm having trouble installing SP 3 in my XP Pro
installation. The first time it gave the "Access Denied" error, so I
got onto this site, disabled my virus protection and firewall and
tried again. Same error, so I used Smart Close to shut everything
down and tried again - same error.

I don't see the point in closing down all open programs and
re-booting. Lots of stuff opens automatically on re-boot so they're
all back. Any way I did that, turned off the antivirus etc and this
time it got about half way through and just froze. I left it for
over an hour and it didn't move, so I cancelled it. Goodness only
knows what has or hasn't been done to my OS.

When I ran Update again all it found was a 612mb upgrade to Office
2007 which I only purchased 2 weeks ago.

If Microsoft was a horse you'd have it put down.

How can I install SP3?

just curious but why are you trying? assuming your SP2 system is stable
and you have everything you want updated, why try to fix something that
isn't broken when it is so obvious that Murphy has come to call on you?
as to closing apps and restarting, that's just the way some updates want
to work or must work. personally, I've never shut down my AV because just
in case the updates themselves are infected somehow, I'd be vulnerable.


--
HP, aka Jerry

"You've obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a ***!"


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