I had to do a total quick restore on my laptop and all automatic updates
installed except SP2. When it tries to install,it gets about 1/3 installed
and then states that "cannot copy shell32.dll" I have to cancell (as it will
not any further) and then it starts to "uninstall". After this, my computer
does not work properly and I have to do a system restore back a couple of
hours. I've tried 3 times to install SP2 and get the same message each time.
I'm tired of doing a System Restore. Can someone help.

See this archived post by MVP Taurarian:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...4d4922fa88a04a
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)

Gene wrote:
> I had to do a total quick restore on my laptop and all automatic updates
> installed except SP2. When it tries to install,it gets about 1/3
> installed
> and then states that "cannot copy shell32.dll" I have to cancell (as it
> will not any further) and then it starts to "uninstall". After this, my
> computer does not work properly and I have to do a system restore back a
> couple of hours. I've tried 3 times to install SP2 and get the same
> message each time. I'm tired of doing a System Restore. Can someone help.