SP3 Issues

[Guest stosti]

Morning,

 

After applying SP3 to a fresh install of XP Pro SP2 Microsoft update no

longer worked correctly. The updates download and try to install but fail.

I found the problem discribed on a tech net forum. It existed in SP3 RC3.

Microsoft says they corrected the issue. i assure you they did not. The SP3

RC3 fix still works. Once you do the following all is well again. regsvr32

wups2.dll

 

This is no good.

 

Regards,

Scott

[Guest Alias]

Re: SP3 Issues

 

stosti wrote:

> Morning,

>

> After applying SP3 to a fresh install of XP Pro SP2 Microsoft update no

> longer worked correctly. The updates download and try to install but fail.

> I found the problem discribed on a tech net forum. It existed in SP3 RC3.

> Microsoft says they corrected the issue. i assure you they did not. The SP3

> RC3 fix still works. Once you do the following all is well again. regsvr32

> wups2.dll

>

> This is no good.

>

> Regards,

> Scott

 

How did you apply SP3, through Windows Updates or with the .iso burned

to a CD?

 

Alias

[Guest stosti]

Re: SP3 Issues

 

Windows updates

 

"Alias" wrote:

> stosti wrote:

> > Morning,

> >

> > After applying SP3 to a fresh install of XP Pro SP2 Microsoft update no

> > longer worked correctly. The updates download and try to install but fail.

> > I found the problem discribed on a tech net forum. It existed in SP3 RC3.

> > Microsoft says they corrected the issue. i assure you they did not. The SP3

> > RC3 fix still works. Once you do the following all is well again. regsvr32

> > wups2.dll

> >

> > This is no good.

> >

> > Regards,

> > Scott

>

> How did you apply SP3, through Windows Updates or with the .iso burned

> to a CD?

>

> Alias

>

[Guest Renegade]

Re: SP3 Issues

 

No problem here

"stosti" <stosti@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:B59B839A-DA3F-4D5A-B711-8FE4A07EDC9A@microsoft.com...

> Morning,

>

> After applying SP3 to a fresh install of XP Pro SP2 Microsoft update no

> longer worked correctly. The updates download and try to install but

> fail.

> I found the problem discribed on a tech net forum. It existed in SP3 RC3.

> Microsoft says they corrected the issue. i assure you they did not. The

> SP3

> RC3 fix still works. Once you do the following all is well again.

> regsvr32

> wups2.dll

>

> This is no good.

>

> Regards,

> Scott

>

[Guest Alias]

Re: SP3 Issues

 

stosti wrote:

> Windows updates

 

I'm going to try it this afternoon with the .iso burned to a CD and

after a fresh install of XP SP2. Wish me luck ;-)

 

Alias

>

> "Alias" wrote:

>

>> stosti wrote:

>>> Morning,

>>>

>>> After applying SP3 to a fresh install of XP Pro SP2 Microsoft update no

>>> longer worked correctly. The updates download and try to install but fail.

>>> I found the problem discribed on a tech net forum. It existed in SP3 RC3.

>>> Microsoft says they corrected the issue. i assure you they did not. The SP3

>>> RC3 fix still works. Once you do the following all is well again. regsvr32

>>> wups2.dll

>>>

>>> This is no good.

>>>

>>> Regards,

>>> Scott

>> How did you apply SP3, through Windows Updates or with the .iso burned

>> to a CD?

>>

>> Alias

>>

[Guest stosti]

Re: SP3 Issues

 

Interesting... From what I read on the web this is the third version of SP3.

I'm not going to try it again until June... I don't remember there being a

SP issue in a long time. i hope this is not the beginning of a trend.

 

"Renegade" wrote:

> No problem here

> "stosti" <stosti@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:B59B839A-DA3F-4D5A-B711-8FE4A07EDC9A@microsoft.com...

> > Morning,

> >

> > After applying SP3 to a fresh install of XP Pro SP2 Microsoft update no

> > longer worked correctly. The updates download and try to install but

> > fail.

> > I found the problem discribed on a tech net forum. It existed in SP3 RC3.

> > Microsoft says they corrected the issue. i assure you they did not. The

> > SP3

> > RC3 fix still works. Once you do the following all is well again.

> > regsvr32

> > wups2.dll

> >

> > This is no good.

> >

> > Regards,

> > Scott

> >

>

>

>

[Guest Big Al]

Re: SP3 Issues

 

stosti wrote:

> Interesting... From what I read on the web this is the third version of SP3.

> I'm not going to try it again until June... I don't remember there being a

> SP issue in a long time. i hope this is not the beginning of a trend.

>

>

There is no 3rd version of SP3. RC3 (if you call that the 3rd) is the

3rd release of the BETA, but SP3 final that was supposed to be for the

public is the only release. SP3 #5511 was never changed after it was

released, just held up for a week. Updates to the program that it

screwed up were issued but SP3 final is SP3 final.

 

I did a reload and update using the standalone .exe SP3 file. No

update issues. Windows Defender downloads updates almost daily.

[Guest stosti]

Re: SP3 Issues

 

The issue is operating system files not defender or office. IE 7.0 and a

couple of updates would not run. Look it up at TechNet. Search on "Windows

Update fails after installing SP3 (regsvr32 wups2.dll)".

 

"Big Al" wrote:

> stosti wrote:

> > Interesting... From what I read on the web this is the third version of SP3.

> > I'm not going to try it again until June... I don't remember there being a

> > SP issue in a long time. i hope this is not the beginning of a trend.

> >

> >

> There is no 3rd version of SP3. RC3 (if you call that the 3rd) is the

> 3rd release of the BETA, but SP3 final that was supposed to be for the

> public is the only release. SP3 #5511 was never changed after it was

> released, just held up for a week. Updates to the program that it

> screwed up were issued but SP3 final is SP3 final.

>

> I did a reload and update using the standalone .exe SP3 file. No

> update issues. Windows Defender downloads updates almost daily.

>

[Guest Sgt]

Re: SP3 Issues

 

No problems here. Through WU site download.

"stosti" <stosti@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:E4F32908-1566-4569-BAA8-E718B612754E@microsoft.com...

> The issue is operating system files not defender or office. IE 7.0 and a

> couple of updates would not run. Look it up at TechNet. Search on

> "Windows

> Update fails after installing SP3 (regsvr32 wups2.dll)".

>

> "Big Al" wrote:

>

>> stosti wrote:

>> > Interesting... From what I read on the web this is the third version

>> > of SP3.

>> > I'm not going to try it again until June... I don't remember there

>> > being a

>> > SP issue in a long time. i hope this is not the beginning of a trend.

>> >

>> >

>> There is no 3rd version of SP3. RC3 (if you call that the 3rd) is the

>> 3rd release of the BETA, but SP3 final that was supposed to be for the

>> public is the only release. SP3 #5511 was never changed after it was

>> released, just held up for a week. Updates to the program that it

>> screwed up were issued but SP3 final is SP3 final.

>>

>> I did a reload and update using the standalone .exe SP3 file. No

>> update issues. Windows Defender downloads updates almost daily.

>>

[Guest Big Al]

Re: SP3 Issues

 

stosti wrote:

> The issue is operating system files not defender or office. IE 7.0 and a

> couple of updates would not run. Look it up at TechNet. Search on "Windows

> Update fails after installing SP3 (regsvr32 wups2.dll)".

>

> "Big Al" wrote:

>

>> stosti wrote:

>>> Interesting... From what I read on the web this is the third version of SP3.

>>> I'm not going to try it again until June... I don't remember there being a

>>> SP issue in a long time. i hope this is not the beginning of a trend.

>>>

>>>

>> There is no 3rd version of SP3. RC3 (if you call that the 3rd) is the

>> 3rd release of the BETA, but SP3 final that was supposed to be for the

>> public is the only release. SP3 #5511 was never changed after it was

>> released, just held up for a week. Updates to the program that it

>> screwed up were issued but SP3 final is SP3 final.

>>

>> I did a reload and update using the standalone .exe SP3 file. No

>> update issues. Windows Defender downloads updates almost daily.

>>

Thanks for the info. I'll keep an eye. I did IE7 after my SP3 so I

guess I made it through okay. Luck of the irish (i'm not but...).

[Guest Thee Chicago Wolf]

Re: SP3 Issues

 

>After applying SP3 to a fresh install of XP Pro SP2 Microsoft update no

>longer worked correctly. The updates download and try to install but fail.

>I found the problem discribed on a tech net forum. It existed in SP3 RC3.

>Microsoft says they corrected the issue. i assure you they did not. The SP3

>RC3 fix still works. Once you do the following all is well again. regsvr32

>wups2.dll

>

>This is no good.

 

If you already an SP2 CD, when not create a slipstream CD using nlite

1.4.5. It's brainless and when you install XP from scratch, it'll

already be at SP3 level, no worries, no crazy messages.

 

- Thee Chicago Wolf

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: SP3 Issues

 

Use the free MS support for SP3 issues:

https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gprid=522131

 

"stosti" <stosti@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:B59B839A-DA3F-4D5A-B711-8FE4A07EDC9A@microsoft.com...

> Morning,

>

> After applying SP3 to a fresh install of XP Pro SP2 Microsoft update no

> longer worked correctly. The updates download and try to install but

> fail.

> I found the problem discribed on a tech net forum. It existed in SP3 RC3.

> Microsoft says they corrected the issue. i assure you they did not. The

> SP3

> RC3 fix still works. Once you do the following all is well again.

> regsvr32

> wups2.dll

>

> This is no good.

>

> Regards,

> Scott

[Guest Shenan Stanley]

Re: SP3 Issues

 

stosti wrote:

> After applying SP3 to a fresh install of XP Pro SP2 Microsoft

> update no longer worked correctly. The updates download and try to

> install but fail. I found the problem discribed on a tech net

> forum. It existed in SP3 RC3. Microsoft says they corrected the

> issue. i assure you they did not. The SP3 RC3 fix still works.

> Once you do the following all is well again. regsvr32 wups2.dll

 

There was an RC3?

RC1, yes.

RC2, yes.

RC2 Refresh, yes.

I recall no RC3.

 

It is unlikely SP3 will go through any further changes. It has been

released - that's pretty much it.

 

I have not seen this issue on any of the couple of hundred machines I

installed upon - however - I have answered the question here a couple dozen

times. Sometimes the end user has to perform the entire KB article you are

actually referencing without doing so.

 

--

Shenan Stanley

MS-MVP

--

How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

[Guest Zo]

Re: SP3 Issues

 

stosti expressed precisely :

> Windows updates

>

> "Alias" wrote:

>

>> stosti wrote:

>>> Morning,

>>>

>>> After applying SP3 to a fresh install of XP Pro SP2 Microsoft update no

>>> longer worked correctly. The updates download and try to install but fail.

>>> I found the problem discribed on a tech net forum. It existed in SP3

>>> RC3. Microsoft says they corrected the issue. i assure you they did not.

>>> The SP3 RC3 fix still works. Once you do the following all is well

>>> again. regsvr32 wups2.dll

>>>

>>> This is no good.

>>>

>>> Regards,

>>> Scott

>>

>> How did you apply SP3, through Windows Updates or with the .iso burned

>> to a CD?

>>

>> Alias

>>

 

Downloaded the full install exe (316MB)file from

here:http://www.ghacks.net/2008/04/28/official-windows-xp-service-pack-3-download-links/

(still on dialup so it took approx 22 hours to complete) but I'd rather

get it that way then going the update service route and have to disable

my protection while I'm on line for that long period of time and have

something go wrong doing the install process and have my system get all

screwed up.

 

Closed all running processess as instructed and installed. The install

went flawlessly. I haven't notice any changes since the install. I

then went to MS Update Service and after the normal scanning process,

there were no updates shown to download, so the install appears to have

been completed successfully - thank goodness :-)

 

--

Zo

"This is the model home for your future. It was panned by Better Homes

and Gardens."

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: SP3 Issues

 

Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft

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

installation:

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

 

NB: Also applies to clean installs, upgrade installs, and Recovery installs.

--

~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/

 

stosti wrote:

> Morning,

>

> After applying SP3 to a fresh install of XP Pro SP2 Microsoft update no

> longer worked correctly. The updates download and try to install but

> fail.

> I found the problem discribed on a tech net forum. It existed in SP3 RC3.

> Microsoft says they corrected the issue. i assure you they did not. The

> SP3 RC3 fix still works. Once you do the following all is well again.

> regsvr32 wups2.dll

>

> This is no good.

>

> Regards,

> Scott

[Guest Mike C]

RE: SP3 Issues

 

I'm not sure I know what you mean by "once you do the following all is well

again regsvr32 wups2.dll". I'm having the same problem as you did but don't

know what i'm supposed to do WITH those two files... Do I open 'Run' and type

them in?

 

"stosti" wrote:

> Morning,

>

> After applying SP3 to a fresh install of XP Pro SP2 Microsoft update no

> longer worked correctly. The updates download and try to install but fail.

> I found the problem discribed on a tech net forum. It existed in SP3 RC3.

> Microsoft says they corrected the issue. i assure you they did not. The SP3

> RC3 fix still works. Once you do the following all is well again. regsvr32

> wups2.dll

>

> This is no good.

>

> Regards,

> Scott

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: SP3 Issues

 

"regsvr32 wups2.dll" sounds like you are supposed to register the wups2.dll

using the regsvr32 command.

 

"Mike C" <MikeC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:D7DD607E-C1EE-477C-AD0F-AA4A9CD0BA5F@microsoft.com...

> I'm not sure I know what you mean by "once you do the following all is

> well

> again regsvr32 wups2.dll". I'm having the same problem as you did but

> don't

> know what i'm supposed to do WITH those two files... Do I open 'Run' and

> type

> them in?

>

> "stosti" wrote:

>

>> Morning,

>>

>> After applying SP3 to a fresh install of XP Pro SP2 Microsoft update no

>> longer worked correctly. The updates download and try to install but

>> fail.

>> I found the problem discribed on a tech net forum. It existed in SP3

>> RC3.

>> Microsoft says they corrected the issue. i assure you they did not. The

>> SP3

>> RC3 fix still works. Once you do the following all is well again.

>> regsvr32

>> wups2.dll

>>

>> This is no good.

>>

>> Regards,

>> Scott

[Guest Shenan Stanley]

Re: SP3 Issues

 

Mike C wrote:

> I'm not sure I know what you mean by "once you do the following all

> is well again regsvr32 wups2.dll". I'm having the same problem as

> you did but don't know what i'm supposed to do WITH those two

> files... Do I open 'Run' and type them in

 

Ignore the title...

 

Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update,

from Microsoft Update, or by using Automatic Updates after

you repair a Windows XP installation

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

 

(Try it even if you did a clean, not repair, installation.)

(Try it even if you performed some sort of restore - not repair install.)

(Try it even if you did an upgrade installation.)

 

Do all suggested methods.

 

It will 'walk you through' what you need to do.

 

--

Shenan Stanley

MS-MVP

--

How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

[Guest Mike C]

Re: SP3 Issues

 

Thanx Shenan... I'll start trying them now

 

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Mike C wrote:

> > I'm not sure I know what you mean by "once you do the following all

> > is well again regsvr32 wups2.dll". I'm having the same problem as

> > you did but don't know what i'm supposed to do WITH those two

> > files... Do I open 'Run' and type them in

>

> Ignore the title...

>

> Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update,

> from Microsoft Update, or by using Automatic Updates after

> you repair a Windows XP installation

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

>

> (Try it even if you did a clean, not repair, installation.)

> (Try it even if you performed some sort of restore - not repair install.)

> (Try it even if you did an upgrade installation.)

>

> Do all suggested methods.

>

> It will 'walk you through' what you need to do.

>

> --

> Shenan Stanley

> MS-MVP

> --

> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

>

>

>

[Guest Mike C]

Re: SP3 Issues

 

Shenan - FYI, as soon as I registered the wups2.dll file, updates began

installing again! thanx for helping me out on this. There's a little spot

in 'Mike Heaven' set aside for ya!

 

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Mike C wrote:

> > I'm not sure I know what you mean by "once you do the following all

> > is well again regsvr32 wups2.dll". I'm having the same problem as

> > you did but don't know what i'm supposed to do WITH those two

> > files... Do I open 'Run' and type them in

>

> Ignore the title...

>

> Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update,

> from Microsoft Update, or by using Automatic Updates after

> you repair a Windows XP installation

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

>

> (Try it even if you did a clean, not repair, installation.)

> (Try it even if you performed some sort of restore - not repair install.)

> (Try it even if you did an upgrade installation.)

>

> Do all suggested methods.

>

> It will 'walk you through' what you need to do.

>

> --

> Shenan Stanley

> MS-MVP

> --

> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

>

>

>