From: "Glenn Meadows" 

That (SP4 for Win2K), and SP2 for XP are two that I keep around on CD to
hand install on machines that need it.

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Glenn M.


"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:41cf8ad3$3{at}w3.nls.net...
> Best to download the full service pack to another machine, and put it on a
> CDROM and then install it from there (or copy to the suspect machine and
> then install).
>
> --
> Glenn M.
>
>
> "Geo"  wrote in message
news:41cf888b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > If she was on the net for any amount of time without sp4 (like long
enough
> > to download it) she's probably been infected with a virus before she
could
> > get it patched. First thing I would do is download the free version of
AVG
> > from www.grisoft.com then scan the machine and clean up whatever the
virus
> > is then try the update again.
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> > "RobertB."  wrote in message
> > news:rb28-338C4B.12185926122004{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > Hi
> > > Merry Christmas everybody (been busy lately and not checking in as
> > > regularly as in the past).
> > >
> > > Anyway, I've got a question for a friend of a friend (actually my
> > > nephew's girlfriend). She's trying to install her iPod software on a
> > > Dell something with both ME and Win2K on it (my brother-in-law's
idea).
> > > She uses mostly Win 2K 'cause her Windows ME was chock-a-block with
> > > virii and trojans and what have you. The iPod installer claims she
> > > doesn't have and needs SP 4 for Win 2K.
> > >
> > > She went to the MS Web site and downloaded the SP 4 auto installer
(the
> > > smaller program that sets everything up). She says the installer then
> > > proceeds to install SP 4 and gets almost to the end of the
installation
> > > at which point she gets an error message about a "fatal
error" in
> > > "winlogon.exe."
> > >
> > > Anyone know why? Or what might be causing this? She said she
deactivated
> > > her anti-virus software before trying the installation. I'll pass on
any
> > > info the collective intelligence might have. ;-)
> > >
> > > robert b.
> >
> >
>
>

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