Windows 2000 SP4 installation problem

[Guest kevjp]

I'm trying to install SP4 on a PC that has no Internet connection, and has

Windows 2000 already installed (with no servicepacks).

I've downloaded the network installation file on another PC and copied it to

the 2000 PC and double clicked the w2ksp4.exe file. Then a very brief DOS

window opens and quickly closes again, but nothing else.

Could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong, please?

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: Windows 2000 SP4 installation problem

 

Hello kevjp,

 

Did you download it from MS website? Do you have enough space on the harddisk?

Maybe it is corrupt, try to copy it again. Did you work with an administrator

account?

 

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=1001aaf1-749f-49f4-8010-297bd6ca33a0

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> I'm trying to install SP4 on a PC that has no Internet connection, and

> has

> Windows 2000 already installed (with no servicepacks).

> I've downloaded the network installation file on another PC and copied

> it to

> the 2000 PC and double clicked the w2ksp4.exe file. Then a very brief

> DOS

> window opens and quickly closes again, but nothing else.

> Could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong, please?

[Guest kevjp]

Re: Windows 2000 SP4 installation problem

 

Hi, thanks for the quick reply.

The answers are all 'Yes'.

I hadn't considered that the downloaded file may have been corrupt, so I'll

d/l it again now.

I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks.

 

"Meinolf Weber" wrote:

> Hello kevjp,

>

> Did you download it from MS website? Do you have enough space on the harddisk?

> Maybe it is corrupt, try to copy it again. Did you work with an administrator

> account?

>

> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=1001aaf1-749f-49f4-8010-297bd6ca33a0

>

> Best regards

>

> Meinolf Weber

> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers

> no rights.

>

> > I'm trying to install SP4 on a PC that has no Internet connection, and

> > has

> > Windows 2000 already installed (with no servicepacks).

> > I've downloaded the network installation file on another PC and copied

> > it to

> > the 2000 PC and double clicked the w2ksp4.exe file. Then a very brief

> > DOS

> > window opens and quickly closes again, but nothing else.

> > Could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong, please?

>

>

>

[Guest Enkidu]

Re: Windows 2000 SP4 installation problem

 

kevjp wrote:

>

> I'm trying to install SP4 on a PC that has no Internet connection,

> and has Windows 2000 already installed (with no servicepacks). I've

> downloaded the network installation file on another PC and copied it

> to the 2000 PC and double clicked the w2ksp4.exe file. Then a very

> brief DOS window opens and quickly closes again, but nothing else.

> Could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong, please?

>

Make sure that you are really downloading the network installation file

and not the express installation file. The network installation file is

129MB in size. The express one is a few hundred kilobytes from memory.

 

If you want to diagnose the problem, first start a cmd prompt, find the

downloaded exe and run it from the command line. You should see any

error messages.

 

Cheers,

 

Cliff

 

--

 

Have you ever noticed that if something is advertised as 'amusing' or

'hilarious', it usually isn't?

[Guest kevjp]

Re: Windows 2000 SP4 installation problem

 

Meinolf Weber, Enkidu,

Thanks very much for your input.

I'm almost to ashamed to admit the reason for the problem! I hadn't realised

how little RAM that machine had. I'm used to huge amounts so didn't check...

The flashing window that zooms on and off contained a few words which I

hadn't noticed before. I tried a screen capture again and again until I timed

it just right (why on Earth does it disappear without time to read?) and saw

that there wasn't enough memory to open the file. The hard disc memory was ok

but not the RAM. So I ran it from a CD and it was OK. Yeah, I should have

thought of that before, sorry!

I'm off to buy more RAM now...

Cheers, much appreciated.

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: Windows 2000 SP4 installation problem

 

Hello kevjp,

 

Good to hear that it is solved. No reason for shame, sometimes it's so esay

that you can not see it and think complicated.

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers

no rights.

> Meinolf Weber, Enkidu,

> Thanks very much for your input.

> I'm almost to ashamed to admit the reason for the problem! I hadn't

> realised

> how little RAM that machine had. I'm used to huge amounts so didn't

> check...

> The flashing window that zooms on and off contained a few words which

> I

> hadn't noticed before. I tried a screen capture again and again until

> I timed

> it just right (why on Earth does it disappear without time to read?)

> and saw

> that there wasn't enough memory to open the file. The hard disc memory

> was ok

> but not the RAM. So I ran it from a CD and it was OK. Yeah, I should

> have

> thought of that before, sorry!

> I'm off to buy more RAM now...

> Cheers, much appreciated.

[Guest kevjp]

Re: Windows 2000 SP4 installation problem

 

I guess I did it a less elegant way than you siggested!

Thanks.

 

"Enkidu" wrote:

>

> If you want to diagnose the problem, first start a cmd prompt, find the

> downloaded exe and run it from the command line. You should see any

> error messages.

>

> Cheers,

>

> Cliff

>

> --

>

> Have you ever noticed that if something is advertised as 'amusing' or

> 'hilarious', it usually isn't?

>