Windows xp sp3

[Guest B Watson]

When I tried to update my second computer I received an "access is denied"

error message. I had unplugged all peripherals and terminated the firewall

and antivirus program.

 

Thank you to all those who answer.

 

B Watson

[Guest Bruce Hagen]

Re: Windows xp sp3

 

Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3)

 

Use this forum for all issues related to Windows XP SP3:

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17

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"B Watson" <jake_725@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> When I tried to update my second computer I received an "access is denied"

> error message. I had unplugged all peripherals and terminated the firewall

> and antivirus program.

>

> Thank you to all those who answer.

>

> B Watson

>

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Windows xp sp3

 

SP3 is still pre-release software. You may want to uninstall it and wait

for the final release.

 

"B Watson" <jake_725@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:uB8QnP3jIHA.2276@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> When I tried to update my second computer I received an "access is denied"

> error message. I had unplugged all peripherals and terminated the firewall

> and antivirus program.

>

> Thank you to all those who answer.

>

> B Watson

>

[Guest Hillbilly]

Re: Windows xp sp3

 

It aint out..............

BETA version is around.................

"B Watson" <jake_725@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:uB8QnP3jIHA.2276@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> When I tried to update my second computer I received an "access is denied"

> error message. I had unplugged all peripherals and terminated the firewall

> and antivirus program.

>

> Thank you to all those who answer.

>

> B Watson

>

[Guest sgopus]

Re: Windows xp sp3

 

No kidden!, hence the reason for waiting for it to come out!

 

"Hillbilly" wrote:

> It aint out..............

> BETA version is around.................

> "B Watson" <jake_725@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:uB8QnP3jIHA.2276@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> > When I tried to update my second computer I received an "access is denied"

> > error message. I had unplugged all peripherals and terminated the firewall

> > and antivirus program.

> >

> > Thank you to all those who answer.

> >

> > B Watson

> >

>

>

>

[Guest Shenan Stanley]

Re: Windows xp sp3

 

B Watson wrote:

> When I tried to update my second computer I received an "access is

> denied" error message. I had unplugged all peripherals and

> terminated the firewall and antivirus program.

>

> Thank you to all those who answer.

 

Since you should have nothing to lose (installation of a pre-release

software should only be done on a system you are willing/able to

format and rebuild at a moments notice - virtual machines with a

revert capability are great for this) when trying to install the

pre-release software (Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate 2)

simply format and perform a clean install on your test machine

that you are trying to install SP3 RC2 upon.

 

You also could try booting into Safe Mode and performing a

System Restore to a point in time before you installed Service

Pack 3 Release Candidate 2...

 

Before trying the pre-release software again on this obviously

crowded test machine - try a cleanup of said test machine. Similar

to one you might do before installing any major service pack full

release. The only real difference is that being a test machine - it

is not as important you backup anything...

 

- Uninstall unnecessary software.

- Update the hardware drivers from the hardware manufacturer's support

web pages.

- Use Disk Cleanup to clear all but the last restore point and to free up

some space not being used by much more than junk.

- Check for viruses/trojans/worms...

- Check for adware/spyware/malware...

- Use CHKDSK to check your hard disk drive for errors.

- Use DEFRAG to cleanup the drive a bit - tidy it up.

 

Then - once you have your test machine cleaned up - you could make a new

image of it (or however you plan to restore it each time you are done with

whatever tests you use it for) and you'd have a better testbed machine for

it.

 

Note - being a pre-release product - there really is not a direct support

option available. You have a few options, however:

 

Start here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsxp/0a5b9b10-17e3-40d9-8d3c-0077c953a761.aspx

 

Which can lead you:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=103822

 

and the forums set up specifically for the pre-release product:

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17

 

And of course:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=114f3599-12af-42b2-aab1-b969a62c68a7&DisplayLang=en#filelist

 

Where you can download it in different languages OR download a script that

sets a registry key on your system so you can get Windows XP SP3 Release

Candidate 2 from the Windows Update web page directly.

 

Hope that helps!

 

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