[Forwarded to WinXP General via crosspost]
For well over a year, MS offered free & unlimited installation and
compatibility support for WinXP SP3. That support ended about a month ago.
WinXP SP3 - Read all prerequisites for a successful installation
http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron...tallation.aspx
How to troubleshoot an unsuccessful installation of WinXP SP3
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950718
Error message after you upgrade a computer that uses a processor other than
an Intel processor to Windows XP Service Pack 2 or to Windows XP Service
Pack 3: "STOP: 0x0000007E":
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953356
HP and Compaq Desktop PCs: Computer Restarts after Displaying Stop Error
0x0000007E [after installing WinXP SP3]
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...name=c01457284
The hard disk space requirements for WinXP SP3
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947311
You receive error messages if there is insufficient free disk space on the
system drive to install the Windows XP SP3
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956894
How to reclaim disk space on a Windows XP-based computer that has a hard
disk capacity of 4 GB or less
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956324
Error message when you try to install Windows XP SP3: "You do not have
enough free disk space on %SystemDrive% to archive the uninstall files"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949375
Error message when you try to install WinXP SP3: "Access is denied" or
“Service Pack installation did not complete”
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949377
[Possible fix:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/re...n-windows-xp/]
WinXP SP3 installation fails with an error message, and the following error
is logged in the service pack installation log: "8007F0F4 -
STATUS_PREREQUISITE_FAILED"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949388
Error messages when you try to install Windows XP Service Pack 3: "Service
Pack 3 installation did not complete" and "An internal error occurred":
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949384
Error message when you try to install a service pack in Windows XP: "Windows
has detected that one or more protected core system files (kernel) on your
computer have been modified":
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327101
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Error Codes:
0x8007F0F4 STATUS_PREREQUISITE_FAILED
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949388
0x80246007 SUS_E_DM_NOTDOWNLOADED
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949386/
0x8007F003 STATUS_NOT_ENOUGH_SPACE
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949385
0x80070005 ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949377
0x800706BE RPC_S_CALL_FAILED
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950718
0x8007F02B STATUS_NOT_ENOUGH_WITH_UNINST
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949375
0x87FF0004 Error_Too_Many_Open_Files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950718
0x8007054F Error_Internal_Error
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949384
0x8007001F ERROR_GEN_FAILURE
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950718
0x8007F070 STATUS_SETUP_ERROR
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950718
0x8007F205 STR_UPDATE_ALREADY_RUNNING
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949381
0x8007F004 STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVS
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951244
0x80070001 ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950718
0x80070002 ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950718
0x8007F0CC STATUS_KERNEL_NONSTD
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327101
0x87FF054F
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950718
0x87FF36B7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950718
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
Bluelazer wrote:
> AutoUpdate said SP3 was ready for installation. I said "ok", everything
> seemed to go ok, but when it was time to boot the new install my system
> just
> keeps looping in the boot process. I can't even get into Safe Mode or
> "Last
> known good configuration".
>
> How can I undo the install if I can't bring up the system?
Linear Mode
