Service Pack 2 64bit. Update.inf error on Intel Quad Core.

[Guest Jose Medeiros]

Greetings,

 

Recently I upgraded my AMD 3200 CPU and Motherboard to a Intel Quad Core,

and reinstalled the Windows XP 64 bit edition that I own. I think I found a

bug in the service pack, as it will not install using Windows Update or by

downloading the local 340 megabyte network version ( I have the screen

captures ), and the error message states the the update.inf can not be found.

The same service pack installs just fine on a AMD 64 Bit CPU, and the 32

bit version of service pack 2 installed on the same Quad core ( I dual boot

both versions ). Also the post security patch's installed just fine using

the Windows Update service on the 64 bit version. Any one know of a work

around, as I do not feel like slipstreaming the service pack.

 

BTW: I called Microsoft first level support and they stated to install the

service pack in safe mode, against my better judgment, I tried what they

stated, and received an error that the " Update.exe" service can not start in

safe mode.

 

Thank you in advance,

 

Jose Medeiros

[Guest Darrell Gorter[MSFT]]

RE: Service Pack 2 64bit. Update.inf error on Intel Quad Core.

 

Hello Jose,

Check out the following article for one reason you can see that error

message:

946938 Error occurs when you try to install Windows Server 2003 Service

Pack 2: "update.inf file is not correct"

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;946938

 

 

Thanks,

Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

 

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|> Greetings,

|>

|> Recently I upgraded my AMD 3200 CPU and Motherboard to a Intel Quad

Core,

|> and reinstalled the Windows XP 64 bit edition that I own. I think I

found a

|> bug in the service pack, as it will not install using Windows Update or

by

|> downloading the local 340 megabyte network version ( I have the screen

|> captures ), and the error message states the the update.inf can not be

found.

|> The same service pack installs just fine on a AMD 64 Bit CPU, and the

32

|> bit version of service pack 2 installed on the same Quad core ( I dual

boot

|> both versions ). Also the post security patch's installed just fine

using

|> the Windows Update service on the 64 bit version. Any one know of a work

|> around, as I do not feel like slipstreaming the service pack.

|>

|> BTW: I called Microsoft first level support and they stated to install

the

|> service pack in safe mode, against my better judgment, I tried what they

|> stated, and received an error that the " Update.exe" service can not

start in

|> safe mode.

|>

|> Thank you in advance,

|>

|> Jose Medeiros

|>