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XP SP3 installation problem
Name: fdavies Date: May 7, 2008 at 22:38:09 Pacific OS: XP Home CPU/Ram: Pentium4 - 256 ram Product: Dell Inspiron 1100
Comment:
I downloaded XP SP3 from Windows Update for my laptop (Dell Inspiron 1100) and during the installation it shows "Access Denied" and when I click OK it then uninstalls everything. I previously installed it on my PC without a problem. Any help would be appreciated.
Name: hydrod Date: May 8, 2008 at 10:21:13 Pacific
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I also downloaded the SP3 from Windows Update, it installed OK, went back to the Update page and found some updates for SP3. I download them and the computer wants to reboot, and reboot and reboot and reboot.
I went into safe mode and did an uninstall of SP3 but the computer still wants to reboot over and over again, I know how to fix the thing, Just telling everyone BEWARE
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Response Number 4
Name: hydrod Date: May 8, 2008 at 10:56:40 Pacific
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In answer to Othehill, yes WGA is required, infact the first thing they want you to download is an update to WGA
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Response Number 5
Name: OtheHill Date: May 8, 2008 at 11:03:56 Pacific
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hydrod
There are other sites that you can download SP3 from. If the OP did that, as I also did, the installation of the SP may fail if WGA is not installed and/or verified by MSoft.
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Response Number 6
Name: fdavies Date: May 8, 2008 at 23:22:52 Pacific
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I followed the notes in the Technet forum above and everything went well and I installed it OK. Thanks for the help - much appreciated.
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