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How to fix Access Denied Error when installing Windows XP SP3

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This afternoon I came to visit my friend’s place. I saw him updating his computers to service pack 3. All went well expect for the thrid PC, he received an “Access Denied” error message. What I did to help him is to restore the permissions. This problem is common to people updating their XP service pack.

Here is the step by step guide that I also use to resolve this problem.

1. Download and install SubInACL.exe.

2. Open notepad, copy and paste the following codes:

cd /d “%ProgramFiles%\Windows Resource Kits\Tools”

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %windir%\*.* /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f

secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\repair\secsetup.inf /db secsetup.sdb /verbose

3. Saved it as reset.cmd.

4. Run the file

Your Windows XP should properly install now.

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8 Comments

  1. Problem Installing Win XP Service Pack 3 (1 comments.) says:
    March 25, 2009 at 9:28 pm

    i had the same problem…can’t remember the error code..i fixed the problem using the same method but was reluctant to do it at first because it involves the registry….

    Problem Installing Win XP Service Pack 3´s last blog post..What is Windows Prefetch File?

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    • Peter says:
      January 2, 2010 at 3:06 pm

      I want to thank the author for the great tip- it worked for me! Anyway, my next system will be definitely non-windows one.

      Regards,
      Peter

      Reply
  2. Residential Investment (1 comments.) says:
    March 26, 2009 at 5:18 am

    Thanks for the information and nice topic “How to fix Access Denied Error when installing Windows XP SP3″ for post. Nice Information thanks to share it….

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  3. Rainwater Tank Brisbane (2 comments.) says:
    March 26, 2009 at 11:51 am

    Thanks for the post!!!
    In This post problem is given that is common to people when they updating their XP service pack.
    Nice Information thanks to share it…

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  4. folding bikes (3 comments.) says:
    March 31, 2009 at 8:07 am

    Thanks a lot for this valuable information. This post describe a problem that is common to all the people when they updating their XP service pack. Thanks for the solution of this problem…….

    Reply
  5. Lock Pick Gun (1 comments.) says:
    June 8, 2009 at 7:22 am

    Thanks for posting. Nothing worse than getting a error on a service pack upgrade.
    Regards
    Tim

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  6. slavezero says:
    March 26, 2009 at 3:01 am

    it’s the same process as mine, but this is the easy way… no need to manually edit your registry

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  7. slavezero says:
    March 26, 2009 at 12:35 pm

    your welcome :)

    this is the usual problem for people upgrading their service packs

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