To troubleshoot this issue, follow these steps. Click Start , click Run , type Winver. To do this, follow these steps:. Click Start , click Run , type appwiz. If Internet Explorer is not listed in the Currently installed programs list, follow these steps:. Restart the computer in the Recovery Console. For more information about how to use the Recovery Console, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:.
In the Currently installed programs list, click Internet Explorer 7 or click Internet Explorer 8 , and then click Remove. For Windows Internet Explorer 7. Perform a Repair installation of Windows XP. After the Repair installation process is complete, start Internet Explorer 6, and then make sure that it works. Install the latest service pack for Windows XP. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:.
When Windows XP has been repaired and is running correctly, reinstall the later version of Internet Explorer. This installation package may still be on the computer from the first time that you installed the later version of Internet Explorer. Locate the installation package in the folder in which you saved the files. Note This package may be located in the Temporary Internet Files folder. To connect to the Microsoft download site, you must have a functional Web browser.
This rollback requires a reboot. I searched through the registry for references to PruneCatalogsFromHotfixes , but found none. Microsoft has a knowledgebase article titled You receive an "Access is denied" error message when you try to install Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Server Service Pack 1 , that suggests one should look in the svcpack. Note xxxx. If they are found, the article suggests enabling verbose logging for setupapi. Instructions for enablling verbose logging are found in How to enable verbose logging on a Windows XP-based computer.
The instructions on that page are as follows. Click OK. Note When you enable verbose logging, the size of the Setupapi. To reset the registry value after you troubleshoot, follow these steps again. If you don't want to navigate through the registry to find the value of the key, you can use a reg query command as shown below to query the value for LogLevel.
On the system I was working on the loglevel value in the registry was hexadecimal , which is decimal , not 0, when I checked it. And the log file was already about 4 MB it was 3. I set the value to hexadecimal FFFF decimal as suggested and then reran the Service Pack 2 installation again.
Service Pack 2 Setup Error The system must be restarted before installing the Service Pack 2, to allow some prior file update operations to complete. These operations were previously scheduled by some other install or uninstall operation. As is often the case with Microsoft products, the error message is not very clear. So what section is not present?
At xp sp2 install error requested section was not found in the , I found a posting by someone who had corrected a similar problem installing XP SP2 by reregistering two DLL files, licdll. I looked in setupapi.
I wasn't sure that reregistering the DLL files would help, but I tried it anyway. When I entered the command regsvr Return code was 0x Entering the command, regsvr So I tried the installation of Service Pack 2 again.
But I got the same "The requested section was not present in the activation context" error message again. I next went through the steps listed at Service Pack Installation Checklist. I tried the "Do you have parasites? That scan found nothing. Media is from Total Velocity Corporation. Media installed unless Critical Update is also installed.
Currently, Automatic Updates delivers Windows XP SP2 to a limited number of computers each day to prevent overloading various connection points on the Internet.
Your computer is one of the computers still waiting to be selected for the delivery of Windows XP SP2. Look for the words "Service Pack 2" at the end of the line that begins with "Version 5. We discovered a compatibility issue between Windows XP SP2 installation and a third-party advertising program that is named T. The issue occurs when you have T. In this case, you receive the following error message and the Windows XP SP2 installation process fails:.
A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer Re-installing the application may fix this problem. Media installed until T. Media is removed or Critical Update is installed to fix the issue.
Media from your system or install the update. The simplest way to remove T. Media is to use the Adware T. After you remove T.
For more information about the Adware T. Media Program Removal Tool For more information about the update, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. Media is typically installed when you install other programs or when you visit Internet Web sites that are supported by T.
Media advertising. Because of this installation behavior, T. Media may be unwanted software. If you want to reinstall T.
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