XP Home update Service Pack 2 Fail install

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I am trying to install SP2 on a XP Home machine, I have switched off all AV
packages but error " Unable to read form or write to Database" . This is a
PC from PcWorld ( UK) and does not come with an installation disk, the s/w is
installed on the D drive. I have looked through the Event Viewer and it gave
an error about Esentutl.exe , I have tried to run the :

esentutl /g C:Windows\Security\Database\Secedit.sdb

I get an error back saying :

Error: Access to source database 'C:Windows\Security\Database\Secedit.sdb'
faile
d with Jet error -1811.

I cannot find any info on the web to cure this , anyone got any ideas ?

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weed wrote:

> I am trying to install SP2 on a XP Home machine, I have switched off
> all AV packages but error " Unable to read form or write to Database" .
Hi

I would think you need to delete/rename the .log files in
the folder %windir%\Security\ (and maybe %windir%\System32\CatRoot2\).

I have created a batch file that does this for you.


http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm [...] ice_Pack_2

Look for fixdb.bat under "Error 0x800710D9 Unable to read from
or write to the database"



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