Installing XP Pro SP3

Last night I installed IE8 (no problems) while I was running XP SP2. I then
discovered that SP2 support is done next month so I decided to install SP3.
No matter what I do I cannot get it to install. I keep getting the error
"Access Denied." I've tried literally every suggestion Microsoft offers on
[URL="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949377."]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949377.[/URL] Now I'm wondering if IE8 is the
issue. In other words, can you even install SP3 after you install IE8? Any
suggestions would be most welcome as I'm at a loss of what to do.

Thanks.

Brian

You can install SP3 after installing IE 8, but it is better to do it the
other way round, because if you install SP3 after installing IE8 you will
not be able to roll back IE8 to the previous version you had, should you
want to.
So my suggestion is to uninstall IE8 from add/remove (which will roll you
back to the previous version of IE you had).

You say you get access denied: when, and access to what exactly? are you
logged in to an account with full admin rights?

As for installing SP3, in my experience it is better to not to let Windows
update do it. Instead download and save to your hard drive the complete SP3
package (or you can order a CD, I think). Then install manually. Before
doing so make sure your computer is free of any malware or virus, and also
see Steps to take before installing SP3:

[URL="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950717/"]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950717/[/URL]

SP3 download from:
[URL="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5B33B5A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D4&displaylang=en"]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5B33B5A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D4&displaylang=en[/URL]


"Brian Smith" wrote in message

>
> Last night I installed IE8 (no problems) while I was running XP SP2. I
> then discovered that SP2 support is done next month so I decided to
> install SP3. No matter what I do I cannot get it to install. I keep
> getting the error "Access Denied." I've tried literally every suggestion
> Microsoft offers on [URL="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949377."]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949377.[/URL] Now I'm
> wondering if IE8 is the issue. In other words, can you even install SP3
> after you install IE8? Any suggestions would be most welcome as I'm at a
> loss of what to do.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Brian
>



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