SP3 froze during install

[Guest RobertA]

My Machine is froze about 3/4 of the way thru the sp3 install. Been sitting

there for almost an hour with no movement of the progress bar. How long

should I wait? What should I do with the machine? I have no data on the boot

drive, it's all on D: .

[Guest RobertA]

RE: SP3 froze during install

 

I should have added that it is a Media Center Machine

 

"RobertA" wrote:

> My Machine is froze about 3/4 of the way thru the sp3 install. Been sitting

> there for almost an hour with no movement of the progress bar. How long

> should I wait? What should I do with the machine? I have no data on the boot

> drive, it's all on D: .

[Guest nass]

RE: SP3 froze during install

 

 

 

"RobertA" wrote:

> My Machine is froze about 3/4 of the way thru the sp3 install. Been sitting

> there for almost an hour with no movement of the progress bar. How long

> should I wait? What should I do with the machine? I have no data on the boot

> drive, it's all on D: .

 

 

First, make sure the machine is malware and viruses free by running a

thorough scan!

Run disk clean up on your Drive and read these info here:

Steps to take before you install Windows XP Service Pack 3

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950717

 

Release Notes for Windows XP Service Pack 3:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/8/cd8cc719-7d5a-40d3-a802-e4057aa8c631/relnotes.htm

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

 

Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft

Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you perform a new Windows XP

installation or you repair a Windows XP installation

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144

 

Open a notepad and copy and paste the following into it and save as

update.bat on your desktop. Double click the bat file to excute and click

[Yes to register the dlls and reboot your machine and see if that will help!

 

regsvr32 wuweb.dll

regsvr32 wuapi.dll

regsvr32 wuaueng.dll

regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll

regsvr32 wucltui.dll

regsvr32 wups.dll

regsvr32 wups2.dll

 

 

Or try this fix.

Download Dial-a-Fix:

http://wiki.djlizard.net/Dial-a-fix

Download this ISO image for SP3 and burn with the ISO burner listed below

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2fcde6ce-b5fb-4488-8c50-fe22559d164e&DisplayLang=en

Download the ISO burner to burn the ISO image and install SP3 on your machine:

http://www.ntfs.com/iso_burner_free.htm

 

HTH,

nass

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http://www.nasstec.co.uk

[Guest Mick Murphy]

RE: SP3 froze during install

 

https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gprid

 

Above is the free MS support link for XP SP3.

Chat, email, US phone in office hours.

--

Mad Mike

 

 

"RobertA" wrote:

> My Machine is froze about 3/4 of the way thru the sp3 install. Been sitting

> there for almost an hour with no movement of the progress bar. How long

> should I wait? What should I do with the machine? I have no data on the boot

> drive, it's all on D: .

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: SP3 froze during install

 

> How long should I wait?

 

2+ hours, at minimum.

> What should I do with the machine?

 

Don't *touch* the machine for a minimum of 2+ hours.

 

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

 

Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for

Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09. Chat and

e-mail support is available only in the United States and Canada. Go to

http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=1173 | select "Windows

XP" then select "Windows XP Service Pack 3"

--

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

 

RobertA wrote:

> My Machine is froze about 3/4 of the way thru the sp3 install. Been

> sitting

> there for almost an hour with no movement of the progress bar. How long

> should I wait? What should I do with the machine? I have no data on the

> boot

> drive, it's all on D: .

[Guest RobertA]

RE: SP3 froze during install

 

 

Thanks to all for the help. I let the machine set for almost 4 hours. The

progress bar never moved the whole time. It seemed to be stuck in the cleanup

phase. I used task manager to end the app then rebooted the machine. It seems

to be running fine although Glary Utilities and Advanced Windows Care found a

bunch of problems in the registry. It seems to be working fine and about

windows says that SP3 is installed.

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: SP3 froze during install

 

Repost:

 

Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for

Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09. Chat and

e-mail support is available only in the United States and Canada. Go to

http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=1173 | select "Windows

XP" then select "Windows XP Service Pack 3"

--

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

 

RobertA wrote:

> Thanks to all for the help. I let the machine set for almost 4 hours. The

> progress bar never moved the whole time. It seemed to be stuck in the

> cleanup phase. I used task manager to end the app then rebooted the

> machine. It seems to be running fine although Glary Utilities and Advanced

> Windows Care found a bunch of problems in the registry. It seems to be

> working fine and about windows says that SP3 is installed.