re: Windows 2000 SP4/IE6 SP1 Setup Fails
Saturday, August 15, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jonathan Klein
(1 messages posted)
Hello,
I thought I'd add to this thread in case anyone else runs into the same problem.
Although it's quite possible nobody will ever read this post.
I was experiencing exactly the same problem as described in the initial post to this
thread ie: an error message indicating corrup files in SP4, then digital signature
errors when trying to install SP4 from a downloaded file.
My initial attempts to install SP4 followed the following sequence, starting from
a freshly reformatted hard drive.
1. Installed W2K Pro.
2. Started Windows update on-line. Windows updated indicated several critical updates,
as expected. Internet Explorer SP1 was shown at the top of the list, W2K SP4 was
second on the list. Feeling I should simply start at the top of the list I installed
IE SP1.
3. Next I installed W2K SP4, and ran into the problems mentioned.
After a hell of a time trying to solve this problem and after reading this thread
amongst other internet research, I resolved to re-install W2K and change the sequence
of installation. The sequence I followed was:
1. Installed W2K Pro.
2. Installed W2K SP4.
This worked ... thank God.
So it seems the problem has something to do with IE being updated to SP1 prior to
W2K SP4 being installed.
In my situation I was fortunate to be starting from a newly formatted drive, so it
wasn't a major hassle to re-install W2K after my initial failed attempt. In the situation
where you have an existing installation of W2K with all your files, programs etc,
I don't know how to work around the problem without reinstalling W2K. Perhaps one
could try uninstalling IE then installing W2K SP4.
Further to this post here is the full sequence of steps that I followed to get W2K
installed on my old TP 600E laptop. Note, I tried to install as much as possible
from files rather than from the internet as I experienced problems with viruses getting
on my computer before the virus protection was installed and fully configured.
1. Installed W2K Pro (from floppies & CD)
2. Installed W2K SP4 (from file)
3. Installed W2K SP4 Rollup 1 (from file)
4. Installed Ethernet PCMCIA Card
5. Installed IE6 SP1 (ie6setup.exe was started from a file, but the rest of the installation
requires an internet connection to download the rest of the install files. It isn't
possible, as far as I know, to get a single install file for the entire installation.
I even tried MS Article ID: 257249 but it didn't work. Connected internet only during
download portion of install to minimize any virus infiltration.)
6. Installed Update for IE6 SP1 (from file)
7. Installed Avira Antivir - Free version (putting settings for maximum detection,
and early detection during boot-up.)
8. Updated virus definitions (again kept internet connection on only when required
to download updates.
9. Performed full system scan. (In fact a virus named DLOADER-TP, lsass.exe, was
on my computer. Deleted it.)
10. Installed Windows Update. (after reconnecting internet)
11. Allowed Windows updated to download and perform updates. (This takes a very long
time, like about 2 hours, and a several re-boots throughout the sequence. I recommend
just letting it run to completion. I was paranoid that if I cut it off or tried to
do something else on the computer at the same time it would screw it up. So I just
let it run and it finished with no hitches.)
Maybe somebody can use this sequence in the future if they are doing a W2K installation.
But as W2K is practically antique software now, I think this post will more than
likely sit on a server somewhere, never to be viewed.
-Jonathan Klein
On Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 9:25 pm, geek9pm wrote:
>Hmm, maybe somebody else can figure that out. I would just throw up my hands and
>start over. I have worked on PC software and hardware for many years and I do not
>have the intellect to trace out everything without the aid of additional resources.
>So I would try everything on another system until I find a pattern. Often the first
>or second error you get is the clue and the rest is just trash. I did a Google
on
>'CleanPFR failed SP 4' and got lots of hits. Here is a good one:
>tomshardware.com
>Installing SP4
>Also, the microsoft.com has some articles on this problem.
>
>Geek9pm 
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