[Euan Cochrane]

There was a problem when downloading service pack 2. I am now getting a
message saying that it could not be installed properly and that the system is
unstable. It advises me to uninstall it. The uninstall process runs fine
but at the end says access denied and that the programme could not be
uninstalled. Can anyone help?

[TaurArian]

http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm#Cannot_install_Service_Pack_2
Cannot install Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;873148
You receive an "Access is denied" error message when you try to install Windows XP
Service Pack 2


"Euan Cochrane" <EuanCochrane@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2687CEB1-034A-44D4-923D-DDDA227700B2@microsoft.com...
> There was a problem when downloading service pack 2. I am now getting a
> message saying that it could not be installed properly and that the system is
> unstable. It advises me to uninstall it. The uninstall process runs fine
> but at the end says access denied and that the programme could not be
> uninstalled. Can anyone help?