im thinking at this stage will i buy a disc with sp 3?
Apologies moh, I lost contact for a while...... (I actually thought TK was down).
Don't try to install SP3 on that machine just yet.
To install Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), either Windows XP Service Pack 1a (SP1a) or Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) must already be installed.
You don't have to buy it or get it on Disc either, you can download it using your working machine.
SP1a
SP2
SP3
There are more step to try if or whenever you want to continue:
You need to re-register some DLL files.
Click Start menu, and then click the Run icon.
In the small box that Opens, type the three letters: cmd then click the OK button.
In the command prompt window that just opened (a black background and white text), type the following commands, pressing the ENTER key on your keyboard after each line:
net start cryptsvc
regsvr32 softpub.dll
regsvr32 wintrust.dll
regsvr32 initpki.dll
regsvr32 dssenh.dll
regsvr32 rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 sccbase.dll
regsvr32 slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll
Now type the word: exit and the window will close. Now Reboot and try and reapply the Microsoft Patch again...
Note:
If you get a reply stating "
access denied" try starting your machine in SAFE MODE and then repeating the above.. For SAFE MODE press F8 when your PC starts up but, BEFORE you get the Windows XP screen!
If you have the patience I'll make the time and I'm sure we can nail this one down.
If above fails there are still a few more steps we can try.
I know only too well how frustrating this can be, so if you don't want to continue, just say the word.
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ok ill try that and thanks again for all your help
No worries’, helping is the whole ethos of this board, along with the chat & the bit of fun too. :amen:
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