I'm using Windows XP Home SP-2. I tried to "add/remove windows components" to
install a new component. During the install, I experienced the error at
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=884018. The document at the above
address advises to rebuild my security database to fix this problem. The
example they give says it's for W2000--doesn't correlate to what I see on my
XP SP2 machine.

The document also mentions a hotfix for this situation.

Anyone aware of a description of how to fix this in more laymen-like terms?
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.

In news:9F505233-561D-4A18-B219-18CB179CFE33@microsoft.com,
sledgehammer <sledgehammer@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I'm using Windows XP Home SP-2. I tried to "add/remove windows
> components" to install a new component. During the install, I
> experienced the error at http://support.microsoft.com/?id=884018.
> The document at the above
> address advises to rebuild my security database to fix this problem.
> The example they give says it's for W2000--doesn't correlate to what
> I see on my XP SP2 machine.
>
> The document also mentions a hotfix for this situation.
>
> Anyone aware of a description of how to fix this in more laymen-like
> terms? Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.

Have you tried contacting them for the hotfix? Middle of the page - there's
a link to support.

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