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by karthikeyan umapathy

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I want to install Service pack in my comp. I have tried many times, but installation process stalls at final installation. There is no progress after install reaches final installation. I have left it for more 2 hours, final installation does not progress at all. I don't know what is the problem.

Can any one help with this?

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by lordinfidel

The only reason I ask was sp1 was installed was to see if you were able to install any other SP's.

What Hotfixes have you installed?

Have you edited the registry at all?

by maxwell edison

Greetings,

Before you install this service pack:

* Close all debuggers.
* Close all antivirus programs.
* To maximize recovery of the computer in
the event of installation failure, take
the following precautionary steps:

Update the system Emergency Repair Disk:
Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Backup. On the Welcome tab, click Emergency Repair Disk.

Perform a full backup of the computer, including the registry files.

Check your computer's available disk space against the tables under Space Requirements for the Service Pack.

The service pack might prompt you to restart if you have made recent changes to your system and have not yet restarted. The error message states

"The system must be restarted before installing the Service Pack, to allow some prior file update operations to complete. (These operations were previously scheduled by some other install or uninstall operation.)"

Are you installing from a CD or from the Web?

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by maxwell edison

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Installing from the Service Pack 2 CD:

This method starts W2ksp2.exe from the CD by using the autorun.

To install from the Service Pack 2 CD

Insert the Service Pack 2 CD into your CD-ROM drive.
If a Web page opens in your browser, click Install Service Pack 2.
If a Web page does not automatically open when you insert the CD, at the command prompt, type drive:, and then press ENTER (drive is the drive letter associated with the CD-ROM drive). Then type w2ksp2.exe, and then press ENTER.
If Setup prompts you to download W2ksp2.exe or to save it to disk, click Run this program from its current location, and then click OK.
Follow the instructions that appear.

Installing from the Web:

There are two installation options for Service Pack 2 available from the Web:

The express installation
The network download
For more information on these options, see the Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack Web Site.

To download the express installation

Using your browser, go to the Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack Web site.
To install Service Pack 2, click Download Windows 2000 SP2.
Choose a language from the drop-down list and click Next.
Click Express Installation.
The express installation automatically detects which files need to be updated and then copies the appropriate files to a temporary folder on your computer. It then installs those files and updates your computer.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Internet Explorer 5 is installed with Windows 2000. Ifyou use a Web browser other than Internet Explorer 5 or later, you might be unable to install Service Pack 2 with the express installation option. You can still install Service Pack 2 by downloading the entire service pack from the Microsoft Windows2000 Service Pack Web site to your computer and running W2ksp2.exe locally.

Good luck,

Max

by maxwell edison

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More possibilities:

When you attempt to install Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2) Adminpak (support
tools) on a computer that already has Windows 2000 Service Pack 1, the Adminpak
installation may not complete successfully.

CAUSE
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This issue occurs because, by design, the support tools from a later service
pack are not to be installed on an earlier version of the operating system.

MORE INFORMATION
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Beginning with Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, the level of the Support Tools
(Adminpak) must match the level of the service pack that is installed on the
computer.

by tan1078

Try to upgrade the memory to 128MB with just one stick before you install the SP2. You don't have to install SP1 before Sp2.

by estebandelatorre

Watch for this first:
1.- SP already instaled
2.- Enought space
3.- Disable Anivirus
4.- Manulally stop services like IIS, FTP, etc
5.- Disable any debuggers
6.- Start the instalation

by karthikeyan umapathy

I recently tried to install Visual Studio.Net. I have W2k OS . I have already installed Windows 2000 service pack 2. But still when i install VB.net, it tries installs windows 2000 service pack2. and it gets stalled at completion process. Visual studio.net installation shows as running in Task manager, but does not move to next component installation. I have left it for more than 3 hours but no result. I have scan my system with microsoft website. it says that service pack 2 has been installed.I don't know what to do. Can any one help me.

by maxwell edison

(Note: This answer is from the results of several e-mail discussions I've had with the questioner.)

Greetings,

You sure do have some strange things going on with your computer. I loaded SP2 on my Win2000 machine, and it installed just fine.If that was my machine, I'd backup all the data, repartition and reformat the hard drive, and install the operating system and all service packs from scratch. I've learned that "problematic" machines usually remain that way until something drastic is done to fix it.

I realize that my situation may be more flexible that others, and that going to that extreme might not be practical for some. But it would most likely result in a machine that's up and running smoothly.

(Be sure and let us know what you finally did to resolve the problem.)

Best of luck to you.

Regards,

Maxwell T. Edison

by mike (from canada)

At http://www.sysinternals.com, there are tools which actually determine what and if files and/or registry keys are found. When a setup program begins to install the service pack, look at the registry or file monitor to see which keys are being searched. you will see the word "Success". Now, go into the registry and delete the last few keys in the list and rename the last file you saw to anything windows wont search for. Now when you install the program, Windows service pack wont install. you might get an error message. If the setup contains many components, copy the required files to the hard drive and then run setup. Then setup cant find the win2k update files because they arent on the hard drive.

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