My Desktop & Windows SP3

[ UPDATE ] I found a fix! I've also noticed Google hits on this post so I'm making it a feature article for a few days

Windows XP, SP3 update got downloaded.
I clicked install.
I friggin' music file, Beethoven.wma couldn't be copied over.
The entire install failed because of it.

A. Friggin. MUSIC. FILE!!!!!!!!!

Desktop is now hosed.

[ UPDATE ] 9/5/2008

In this case, the beethoven.wma file resides in the "\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Documents\Shared Music" folder. However, the "All Uses" directory had NO permissions set. To fix it, right click on "All Users" and click the "Security" option.

Click the "Security" Tab.

(When I did this, the list under the "Group or user names" was empty.)

Click "Add..."

Click "Advanced..."

Click "Find Now"

In the list at the bottom, do a multiple selection click (control click) to select:

• Administrator
• Administrators
• "Your user name"

Click ok all of the way out and try again.

Comments

[BH]

MS trick to make you upgrade to vista

[LLR]

LOL and that’s one of those “sample music” files that come with XP. Can you do a “last known good configuration” by pressing F8 before windows loads?

I’m still running XP on most of all computers with the exception of my wife’s laptop. I don’t want to take the plunge into Vista just yet. AS long as PC makers are still selling laptops and desktops with XP installed or XP downgrades I’ll probably still be running XP.

[sharath]

. Install subinacl.msi from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E8BA3E56-D8FE-4A91-93CF-ED6985E3927B&displaylang=en

b. Create a batch file, reset.cmd, that contains the lines below, and save it to
C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools

subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive%\Docume~1\All Users\*.* /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive%\Docume~1\*.* /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
exit

c. Open a command prompt and type the following without quotes (Hit Enter after
each line):

cd cd program files\windows resource kits\tools
reset.cmd

This will take approximately 10 mins. After it completes restart the computer and
try installing the service pack again.