Service Pack 2 Problem

[Petar]

Ok i have a gateway comp 2.60ghz and 120gb hard drive 496 mb of ram and i want to update to sp2 and i go onto the microsoft website and begin the update and then as soon as it prepares the download it skips the installation menu and goes directly to the finish menu and says the following updates could'nt be installed and it says service pack 2 and sometimes when i reistall windows and i get the update icon in the tray in the bottom right hand corner and i double click on it and it disaperas and it dosent open i really need to install sp2 so could any help please??

[underdone]

This is the full download for sp2 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en)

[Petar]

This is the full download for sp2 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en) I tried that one it exracts but then it shows an error problem something about kernel

[underdone]

can you post a picture of the error?

[Petar]

This is what the message says anyway to fix it??

The Core System File (Kernel) Used To Start This Computer Is Not A Microsoft Windows File. The Service Pack Will Not Be Installed. For More Information See Knowledge Base Article Q327101 At HTTP://Support.Microsoft.Com

[underdone]

This should help you

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327101/en-us

[Tutelary]

Ok i have a gateway comp 2.60ghz and 120gb hard drive 496 mb of ram and i want to update to sp2 and i go onto the microsoft website and begin the update and then as soon as it prepares the download it skips the installation menu and goes directly to the finish menu and says the following updates could'nt be installed and it says service pack 2 and sometimes when i reistall windows and i get the update icon in the tray in the bottom right hand corner and i double click on it and it disaperas and it dosent open i really need to install sp2 so could any help please??

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/period.htm

[djnes]

YES IT'S SAFE TO INSTALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Sorry...that's just a patterned response to any thread asking about SP2. Whew. I feel like Pavlov's dogs. If you have a download accelerator, turn it off and try downloading the file again.

[IceDigger]

Check your system for viruses, bad ram, or dying hard drive.

[Petar]

How do i check if my hard drive is dying and if it is how do i fix it? :)
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[djnes]

How do i check if my hard drive is dying and if it is how do i fix it? :)
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You run the diag tool for it from their website (whoever makes your drive). If it's dying, you back your data up, and immeditaly call the company for a replacement.