i tried installing service pack1 on win server 2003.Went fine until 99% & then rolled back. didn't produce any error messages.while trying to uninstall sp1 from Add/Rem Progs it doesn't work. says 'File can not be found','Uninstalling can't be continued' .If i try reinstalling sp1 on the same it still shows up the same (installing until 99% & rolling back). here's the service pack log.can somebody help out with this.??... 6.844: ================================================================================ 6.844: 2006/03/29 14:07:23.362 (local) 6.844: C:\WINNT\WS2003~1\i386\update\update.exe (version 5.6.1013.0) 6.844: Service Pack started with following command line: /passive /norestart /D:C:\WINNT\$NtServicePackUninstall$ /verbose 6.875: Return Value From OnACPower = 1 6.875: OnACPower returned value( 0x1 ) which is Equal To 0x1 6.875: Condition succeeded for section OnACPower.Section in Line 1 of PreRequisite 6.890: InternalFileName of C:\WINNT\system32\HAL.DLL is Not Equal To halcmpx.dll 6.890: Condition succeeded for section CustomHalUnisysBlock.Section in Line 2 of PreRequisite 6.906: InternalFileName of C:\WINNT\system32\HAL.DLL is Not Equal To Unisys CMP Server ACPI HAL 6.906: First Condition in CustomHalUniSysBlock.Section2 Succeeded 6.906: Condition succeeded for section CustomHalUniSysBlock.Section2 in Line 3 of PreRequisite 6.906: InternalFileName of C:\WINNT\system32\HAL.DLL is Not Equal To HALSRAAC.DLL 6.906: Condition succeeded for section CustomHalStratusBlock.Section in Line 4 of PreRequisite 6.906: InternalFileName of C:\WINNT\system32\HAL.DLL is Not Equal To halce52.dll 6.906: Condition succeeded for section CustomHalMarathonBlock.Section in Line 5 of PreRequisite 6.906: Service SpUpdSvc Not Registered in SCM 0x424 6.906: Condition succeeded for section SpUpdSvcBlock.Section in Line 6 of PreRequisite 6.906: Start is Present 6.906: SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSDTC\Start is Not Equal To Specified Value 6.906: Second Condition in MSDTC.Not.Disabled Succeeded 6.906: Condition succeeded for section MDSTC.Check.Disabled in Line 7 of PreRequisite 22.234: ---- Old Information In The Registry ------ 22.234: Source:C:\Documents and Settings\skgorreX\WINDOWS\isRS-000.tmp (51.42.0.0) 22.234: Destination: 22.234: Source:C:\DOCUME~1\skgorreX\LOCALS~1\Temp\1\_iu14D2N.tmp (51.42.0.0) 22.234: Destination: 22.234: ---- New Information In The Registry ------ 22.234: Source:C:\Documents and Settings\skgorreX\WINDOWS\isRS-000.tmp (51.42.0.0) 22.234: Destination: 22.250: Source:C:\DOCUME~1\skgorreX\LOCALS~1\Temp\1\_iu14D2N.tmp (51.42.0.0) 22.250: Destination: 22.250: SetProductTypes: InfProductBuildType=BuildType.Sel 22.265: SetAltOsLoaderPath: No section uses DirId 65701; done. 22.422: DoInstallation: FetchSourceURL for c:\winnt\ws2003~1\i386\update\update.inf failed 22.578: CreateUninstall = 1,Directory = C:\WINNT\$NtServicePackUninstall$ 37.953: Conditional load of section Sasetup.Condition succeeded 46.234: BuildCabinetManifest: update.url absent 46.250: Starting AnalyzeComponents 46.250: AnalyzePhaseZero used 0 ticks 46.250: SetupFindFirstLine in LoadExclusionList Failed with error: 0xe0000102 66.969: OEM file scan used 20719 ticks 130.687: AnalyzePhaseOne: used 84437 ticks 130.687: AnalyzeComponents: Hotpatch analysis disabled; skipping. 130.687: AnalyzeComponents: Hotpatching is disabled. 130.687: FindFirstFile c:\winnt\$hf_mig$\*.* 132.344: Analyzing Devices... 132.344: Enumerating Devices of display, GUID {4d36e968-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} 132.437: Enumerating Devices of hdc, GUID {4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} 132.531: Enumerating Devices of media, GUID {4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} 132.640: Enumerating Devices of Processor, GUID {50127DC3-0F36-415e-A6CC-4CB3BE910B65} 132.734: Enumerating Devices of System, GUID {4D36E97D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} 132.844: Skip Oem Device PCI\VEN_0E11&DEV_A0F0&SUBSYS_B0F30E11&REV_00\3&267A616A&0&20 132.859: Enumerating Devices of Unknown, GUID {4D36E97E-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} 132.953: AnalyzeDevices used 609 ticks 134.172: AnalyzePhaseTwo used 1219 ticks 134.172: AnalyzePhaseThree used 0 ticks 134.172: AnalyzePhaseFive used 0 ticks 134.281: AnalyzePhaseSix used 109 ticks 155.344: AnalyzeComponents used 109094 ticks 155.344: Downloading 0 files 155.344: bPatchMode = FALSE 155.359: Inventory complete: ReturnStatus=0, 132937 ticks 155.359: Num Ticks for invent : 132937 158.406: Conditional load of section Netfx.SP1.Reg.Install.Condition succeeded 158.406: Conditional load of section IAS.Reg.Install.Condition succeeded 158.406: Conditional load of section AU.Wuapi.Reg.Install.Condition succeeded 158.406: Conditional load of section AU.Wuaueng.Reg.Install.Condition succeeded 158.406: Conditional load of section AU.Wuaueng1.Reg.Install.Condition succeeded 158.406: Conditional load of section AU.Wups.Reg.Install.Condition succeeded 158.406: Conditional load of section AU.Wups2.Reg.Install.Condition succeeded 158.406: Conditional load of section AU.Wuweb.Reg.Install.Condition succeeded 158.406: Conditional load of section AU.Wucltui.Reg.Install.Condition succeeded 158.406: Conditional load of section Mpeg2Data.Reg.Install.Condition succeeded 158.406: CheckRegistryValue: RegOpenKeyEx for AppID\{A9E69610-B80D-11D0-B9B9-00A0C922E750} KeyName failed :0x2 158.406: CheckRegistryValue: RegOpenKeyEx for AppID\{62B8CCBE-5A45-4372-8C4A-6A87DD3EDD60} KeyName failed :0x2 158.406: CheckRegistryValue: RegOpenKeyEx for AppID\{119817C9-666D-4053-AEDA-627D0E25CCEF} KeyName failed :0x2 158.406: CheckRegistryValue: RegOpenKeyEx for AppID\{61738644-F196-11D0-9953-00C04FD919C1} KeyName failed :0x2 158.406: Conditional load of section WindowsFirewall.Reg.Install.Condition succeeded 158.406: Conditional load of section MSI.Reg.Install.Condition succeeded 158.406: Allocation size of drive C: is 512 bytes, free space = 1583393792 bytes 178.203: Conditional load of section Sasetup.Condition succeeded 235.484: DiskUsageInfo, before download: w/o Uninstall, drive C: 1546283KB free now, 0KB required to install, 0KB peak required during install, 1546283KB free minimum, 1546283KB free after. w/ Uninstall, drive C: 1546283KB free now, 345031KB required to install, 376849KB peak required during install, 1169434KB free minimum, 1201251KB free after. (free = 1583393792, add = 875952640, overwrite = 923335680, recover = 32581120, uninstall = 433276416) 235.484: Allocation size of drive C: is 512 bytes, free space = 1580812288 bytes 250.265: Conditional load of section Sasetup.Condition succeeded 288.140: Drive C: free 1507MB req: 55MB w/uninstall 479MB 288.140: Allocation size of drive C: is 512 bytes, free space = 1580781056 bytes 302.953: Conditional load of section Sasetup.Condition succeeded 340.875: DiskUsageInfo, before cabinet building: w/o Uninstall, drive C: 1543731KB free now, 0KB required to install, 0KB peak required during install, 1543731KB free minimum, 1543731KB free after. w/ Uninstall, drive C: 1543731KB free now, 345031KB required to install, 376849KB peak required during install, 1166882KB free minimum, 1198700KB free after. (free = 1580781056, add = 875952640, overwrite = 923335680, recover = 32581120, uninstall = 433276416) 340.875: CabinetBuild complete 340.875: Num Ticks for Cabinet build : 185516 340.890: Starting process: c:\winnt\ws2003~1\i386\\update\nv4prep.exe 340.922: Return Code = 0 340.922: Starting process: C:\WINNT\system32\reg.exe save HKLM\system C:\WINNT\system32\config\system.sp /y 343.578: Return Code = 0 343.578: Starting process: C:\WINNT\system32\reg.exe save HKLM\software C:\WINNT\system32\config\software.sp /y 412.031: Return Code = 0 412.031: Starting process: C:\WINNT\System32\R2Repair.exe /ProcessesToRunBeforeArchive /SP1 412.031: Return Code = 0 412.219: DeRegistering the Uninstall Program -> Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, 2 412.234: DeRegistering the Uninstall Program -> Windows Server 2003 Service Pack, 0 571.734: Allocation size of drive C: is 512 bytes, free space = 1845457920 bytes 585.969: Conditional load of section Sasetup.Condition succeeded 624.062: DiskUsageInfo, before uninstall: w/o Uninstall, drive C: 1802205KB free now, 185518KB required to install, 217335KB peak required during install, 1584869KB free minimum, 1616687KB free after. w/ Uninstall, drive C: 1802205KB free now, 608639KB required to install, 640457KB peak required during install, 1161748KB free minimum, 1193565KB free after. (free = 1845457920, add = 875952640, overwrite = 653401088, recover = 32581120, uninstall = 433276416) 638.000: Conditional load of section Sasetup.Condition succeeded 666.234: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.250: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.281: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.281: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.281: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.281: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.297: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.297: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.297: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.297: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.297: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.297: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.297: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.297: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.297: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.297: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.297: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.297: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.297: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.297: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.297: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.297: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.297: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x2 666.297: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x0 666.297: PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes:RegQueryValueEx Failed: 0x2 831.140: Num Ticks for Backup : 490265 831.297: AppPatch not installed. 831.297: AppPatch not installed. Registry will be archived. 862.875: VerifySize: Unable to verify size: Source = NULL: c:\winnt\inf\iis.inf 863.375: Num Ticks for creating uninst inf : 32235 863.375: Registering Uninstall Program for -> Windows Server 2003 Service Pack, Service Pack 1 , 0x0 868.344: Conditional load of section Sasetup.Condition succeeded 868.469: Allocation size of drive C: is 512 bytes, free space = 1575712768 bytes 869.437: DiskUsageInfo, before install: w/o Uninstall, drive C: 1538782KB free now, 0KB required to install, 0KB peak required during install, 1538782KB free minimum, 1538782KB free after. (free = 1575712768, add = 875952640, overwrite = 923308544, recover = 25379328, uninstall = 8781312) 869.594: Enumerating Devices of display, GUID {4d36e968-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} 869.703: Enumerating Devices of hdc, GUID {4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} 869.812: Enumerating Devices of media, GUID {4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} 869.906: Enumerating Devices of Processor, GUID {50127DC3-0F36-415e-A6CC-4CB3BE910B65} 870.000: Starting Backup For ACPI\GenuineIntel_-_x86_Family_6_Model_8 871.265: Starting Backup For ACPI\GenuineIntel_-_x86_Family_6_Model_8 872.234: Enumerating Devices of System, GUID {4D36E97D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} 872.344: Skip Oem Device PCI\VEN_0E11&DEV_A0F0&SUBSYS_B0F30E11&REV_00\3&267A616A&0&20 872.344: Enumerating Devices of Unknown, GUID {4D36E97E-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} 883.859: PFE1: Failed to CreateRemoteThread; error=0x8 883.859: PFE2: PFE1 failed. 883.859: PFE2: Not avoiding Per File Exceptions. 883.859: StopServices: OpenService failed :0x424 884.859: GetCatVersion: Failed to retrieve version information from C:\WINNT\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\Tmp.2.scw.cat with error 0x80092004 884.859: GetCatVersion: Failed to retrieve version information from C:\WINNT\Tmp.2.scw.cat with error 0x80092004 886.453: GetCatVersion: Failed to retrieve version information from C:\WINNT\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\Tmp.2.sasetup.cat with error 0x80092004 886.453: GetCatVersion: Failed to retrieve version information from C:\WINNT\Tmp.2.sasetup.cat with error 0x80092004 897.562: GetCatVersion: Failed to retrieve version information from C:\WINNT\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\Tmp.2.osccab.cat with error 0x80092004 897.562: GetCatVersion: Failed to retrieve version information from C:\WINNT\Tmp.2.osccab.cat with error 0x80092004 898.015: GetCatVersion: Failed to retrieve version information from C:\WINNT\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\Tmp.2.ntprint.cat with error 0x80092004 898.125: GetCatVersion: Failed to retrieve version information from C:\WINNT\Tmp.2.ntprint.cat with error 0x80092004 903.797: InstallSingleCatalogFile: MyInstallCatalog failed for Tmp.2.ntprint.cat; error=0xfffffbfe. 903.828: DoInstallation:MyInstallCatalogFiles failed:STR_CATALOG_INSTALL_FAILED 903.844: CleanupTrustedInfFile: GetFileAttributes for C:\WINNT\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\oem11.cat failed: 0x2 903.844: UnRegisterSpuninstForRecovery, failed to delete SpRecoverCmdLine value, error 0x2 903.844: DoInstallation: Failed to unregistering spuninst.exe for recovery. 903.844: Failed to install catalog files. Select 'OK' to undo the changes that have been made. 903.859: Starting process: C:\WINNT\$NtServicePackUninstall$\spuninst\spuninst.exe /~ -u -z 904.140: Software Update Rollback has completed with return code 0x643. This rollback requires a reboot. 904.140: Service Pack 1 installation did not complete. Windows Server 2003 has been partially updated and may not work properly. 904.140: Update.exe extended error code = 0xf01e 904.140: Update.exe return code was masked to 0x643 for MSI custom action compliance.

Have you tried installing a different copy of the SP?

i did trying with a different copy, but its the same

you running an AV when installing?

no it is disabled

try installing it while logged in under a different profile (albeit another administrator). Is there anyhting in the event logs?