“Access Denied” message when installing Windows XP service pack 3
I have tried to install Microsoft XP Service Pack 3 at least 4 times.
Each time towards the end of the process, a box comes up with the words “Access is Denied”, then it says it was only partially installed and I have to go through the process of of uninstalling it.
I have turned off my firewall and other security, but it still has not helped. What could be the problem?
The problem seems to be some security permissions in your registry. The registry is where Windows keeps a record of all its settings.
Microsoft have a knowledge base article on fixing this problem, but it isn’t simple. It’s best not to play with the Windows registry unless you really know what you are doing.
If you don’t have any experience in working on computers, particularly with things like .bat files and registry editing, then it’s probably best you get a computer tech to help you.
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December 31st, 2008 at 1:08 am
My wife, who is very cmputer savy, encountered this same problem on a friends computer. There is a conflict in the Service Pack 3 download relating to the AMD processors. Apparently AMD athlon and other AMD processors will not accept the SP3 download.
December 31st, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Thanks Jack, the problem that affects some computers equipped with AMD processors could be the reason Windows Automatic Update is accepting the upgrade although we haven’t heard of that.
If that’s the case then it would be best to contact the system vendor, which is probably Hewlett Packard as it seems their machines were the worst affected by this bug.