WU says SP2 installation was cancelled

[Ron]

I installed sp2 from the Microsoft CD, let it reboot, everything looked
normal. I ran Windows Update (already set to V5), and it failed. Digging I
found that WU says that my SP2 installation was 'cancelled'. Rebooting
fixed the problem running WU but WU still says that SP2 installation was
cancelled. What gives?

Thanks,

Ron

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Ron wrote:

> I installed sp2 from the Microsoft CD, let it reboot, everything looked
> normal. I ran Windows Update (already set to V5), and it failed. Digging I
> found that WU says that my SP2 installation was 'cancelled'. Rebooting
> fixed the problem running WU but WU still says that SP2 installation was
> cancelled. What gives?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron
Hi

To reset the pending download you now have, clean out the Download
folder (WU5's temporary download folder) located here:

%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\

(%windir% is typically C:\Windows)

You can use the procedure described here:

http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5consumer/showarticle.aspx?articleid=11&ln=en

You might need to delete the DataStore folder mentioned in the link
above, as well as the EventCache folder.

Note that a side effect of deleting the DataStore folder is that you
lose your WU v5 History listing (not critical).


For folders you can consider deleting and other disk cleanup tips
after a successful SP2 installation, take a look here:

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=%2368Pw4rlEHA.3712%40TK2MSFTNGP15.phx. gbl


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