Re: Windows UpDate: XP Service Pack 3 / Access Denied / Error 0x80

Method 3: Reset the registry and the file
permissions" works for a lot of people when getting that error message.

This is so complicated - do I really have to upgrade to XP Service Pack 3 ?
I am too scared to try Method 3 fix. Please help.....

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

K. Morgan Mattison wrote:
Do you have a remedy for 'Error 0x8007005' and 'Access Denied'
response when attempting to DownLoad and Install Windows XP Service
Pack 3?

"You"?
I guess you mean 'anyone who feels like sharing'...?
(Volunteer-based newsgroups replicated throughout the world onto many many
servers.)

Did you happen to Google/use a search engine?

Error message when you try to install Windows XP Service Pack 3: "Access is
denied" or "Service Pack installation did not complete"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949377
(I have personally found "Method 3: Reset the registry and the file
permissions" works for a lot of people when getting that error message.)

If that fails...

A place to get FREE support for SP3 installation issues *from Microsoft*...
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gprid=522131

WinXP SP3 - Read all prerequisites for a successful installation
http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron/archive/2008/05/08/windows-xp-sp3-read-all-prerequisites-for-a-successful-installation.aspx

Steps to take before you install Windows XP Service Pack 3
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950717

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