Hi Everyone,
I'm happy to report that yesterday I successfully installed the SP3
update . And the previous failures had nothing to do with my BitDefender anti
virus . I went to
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949377/
, and used method #3 "Reset the registry and the file permissions" to enable
my computer to install SP3 .
And the SP3 update has fixed a problem I've had with Outlook Express 6
opening very slowly.

Thanks for your replies !
--
your friend,
Larry


"leoliver" wrote:

>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've had 3 unsuccessfully installation attempts of the SP3 update . All
> attempts to update received the "Access is denied " error .After the 1st
> failure, I went to .... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949377/ , and tried
> updating with my Bit Defender 2008 anti virus disabled, and after that I
> tried updating with a burned_ to_ CD ISO image of the update. No luck .
> All 3 update attempts left my computer very fragmented , and it changed the
> colors of some letters in file names, to the same colors of file name letters
> in my Windows folder.
> Before I "Reset the registry and the file permissions " , and try another
> update attempt , I would like to ask 2-questions:
> 1. Would uninstalling my anti virus,rather than disabling it make any
> difference ?
>
> 2.Could a repair install , I did over one year ago, cause any problems with
> a service pack update ? ( other updates installed successfully )
>
> Thanks for your time !
>
> --
> your friend,
> Larry