Melvin Fields
@umd.edu
| reply to Respect Root
Re: [XP Pro] Updates Fail after Fresh Install and XP SP3 Loaded
This is definitely an issue with SP3, I had previously downloaded the standalone installer for SP3, ran it on clean install of SP2 and had the same experience you had. The last 3 updates you mention would not install! I chalked it up to a not ready for prime-time release of SP3, but today I did a clean install of XP SP2 and to my surprise I was offered SP3 from MS Update. I figured this was the real deal and I would have no issues, after install and reboot and next successful round of updates, the same 3 updates failed to install.
My workaround was to download the standalone installers for these 3 updates, these installed fine and MS Update no longer offers them to me. I did a search for the KB number for the 2 with KB's, the last I did a search for ".net 1.1 sp1"
My concern is "am I going to continue to have problems with MS Update?"
I will install Office 2003 and see if the updates for it come down and install.
I think MS is not done with SP3.
Melvin Fields (SP3 tag) |
