"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

> "Wm. R. Taylor" <WmRTaylor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A133753B-4D6B-463C-9F56-58E0A55D80F2@microsoft.com...
> > $#@!!? *&^%<>? +-)*&!@#!@!!
> >
> > Just when I thought I was able to get the updates, the most important one
> > fails to install! (KB898461) I have downloaded the install program, but when
> > I run it all I get is "Access Denied" and "Installation did not complete."
>
>
> I see no sign of those symptoms in your log.
>
> Comparing your log with mine I see an essential difference starts here:
>
>
> > 18.677: ProcessSetupContentSection: PROCESS_SETUP_CONTENT_OP_INSTALL: Copied
> > c:\windows\softwaredistribution\download\126638ad8 0a740243aeee66683d803a7\update\branches.inf ->
> > c:\windows\$hf_mig$\KB898461\update\branches.inf.
> > 18.707: DoInstallation: Installing assemblies with source root path:
> > c:\windows\softwaredistribution\download\126638ad8 0a740243aeee66683d803a7\
>
>
> E.g., between those two log entries is where I see the update copies
> being done.
>
>
> FWIW since you have downloaded the update and are trying to install it
> manually I would also try its /verbose option.
>
> Alternatively, since the file attributes of branches.inf has in the past
> been found to cause problem symptoms such as yours you could
> try checking that first.
>
> If neither of those ideas seem to help I would try using my
> RegMon and FileMon technique of supplementing the install log
> trace.
>
>
> Good luck
>
> Robert Aldwinckle
> ---
>
>
>

I'm still getting "Access is denied" on the manual updates, and the
autoupdates are still failling. I went into safemode as admin and was able
to change the SoftwareDistribution directory for full control. The registry
permissions, I'm not sure about.

I managed to get full control for the administrators for the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\WindowsUpdate
key, but for SYSTEM the boxes were all greyed out. The permissions for this
key were inherited from the parent MACHINE\SOFTWARE.

I found the branches.inf file for the new installer (KB898461):

[Version]
Signature="$Windows NT$"
FileVersion=5.1.1.8

[FileBranchInfo]
RTMQFE="%RTMQFE_NAME%",SP1RTM
SP1RTM="%SP1RTM_NAME%",SP1QFE
SP1QFE="%SP1QFE_NAME%",SP2BTA
SP2BTA="%SP2BTA_NAME%",SP2RC1
SP2RC1="%SP2RC1_NAME%",SP2RC2
SP2RC2="%SP2RC2_NAME%",SP2IDX
SP2IDX="%SP2IDX_NAME%",SP2RTM
SP2RTM="%SP2RTM_NAME%",SP2GDR
SP2GDR="%SP2GDR_NAME%",SP2QFE
SP2QFE="%SP2QFE_NAME%",SP2QFE

[Strings]
BUILDTIMESTAMP = "20050517.114851"
RTMQFE_NAME = "RTMQFE"
SP1RTM_NAME = "SP1RTM"
SP1QFE_NAME = "SP1QFE"
SP2BTA_NAME = "SP2BETA"
SP2RC1_NAME = "SP2RC1"
SP2RC2_NAME = "SP2RC2"
SP2IDX_NAME = "SP2IDX"
SP2RTM_NAME = "SP2RTM"
SP2GDR_NAME = "SP2GDR"
SP2QFE_NAME = "SP2QFE"

Let me know if you find anything wrong, or have a way to force those
registry permissions.