Service Pack 2 CD required.

[Rick Fawver]

Could use a little help here. I have Windows XP pro installed with sevice
pack 1a. Installed Service Pack 2 with a CD. When trying to add windows
components I am prompted for the CD. I have redirected the source file path
to point to the I386 folder with no luck. It will not even see the I386
folder from the CD. I am stumped on how to make this work. Any suggestions
would be really appreciated.

[Kelly]

Hi Rick,

1. Go to Start/Run/Regedit, navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Setup.

In the right pane, change the value of ServicePackSourcePath accordingly.

Another trick is to have the i386 folder open via Windows Explorer. Don't
ask why, but it works.

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"Rick Fawver" <Rick > wrote in message
...
> Could use a little help here. I have Windows XP pro installed with sevice
> pack 1a. Installed Service Pack 2 with a CD. When trying to add windows
> components I am prompted for the CD. I have redirected the source file
> path
> to point to the I386 folder with no luck. It will not even see the I386
> folder from the CD. I am stumped on how to make this work. Any
> suggestions
> would be really appreciated.

[T. Waters]

Are you getting any messages to the effect that the version of windows on
the disk is older than the version on the HD?

"Rick Fawver" <Rick > wrote in message
...
> Could use a little help here. I have Windows XP pro installed with sevice
> pack 1a. Installed Service Pack 2 with a CD. When trying to add windows
> components I am prompted for the CD. I have redirected the source file
path
> to point to the I386 folder with no luck. It will not even see the I386
> folder from the CD. I am stumped on how to make this work. Any
suggestions
> would be really appreciated.

[Jon]

The source file path should be the containing folder for the i386 folder
rather than the i386 folder itself

eg

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Setup\Sourcepath

should be directed to "C:\WINDOWS", rather than "C:\WINDOWS\i386"



Jon


"Rick Fawver" <Rick > wrote in message
...
> Could use a little help here. I have Windows XP pro installed with sevice
> pack 1a. Installed Service Pack 2 with a CD. When trying to add windows
> components I am prompted for the CD. I have redirected the source file
> path
> to point to the I386 folder with no luck. It will not even see the I386
> folder from the CD. I am stumped on how to make this work. Any
> suggestions
> would be really appreciated.

[kurttrail]

Rick Fawver wrote:
> Could use a little help here. I have Windows XP pro installed with
> sevice pack 1a. Installed Service Pack 2 with a CD. When trying to
> add windows components I am prompted for the CD. I have redirected
> the source file path to point to the I386 folder with no luck. It
> will not even see the I386 folder from the CD. I am stumped on how
> to make this work. Any suggestions would be really appreciated.

What CD are you using when prompted? The SP2 CD? If so, is it a full
OS install CD or just a SP2 CD that can only update an existing
installation of XP? Don't know? If it was free, then it is just a CD
that updates an existing install.

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[Steve N.]

Jon wrote:

> The source file path should be the containing folder for the i386 folder
> rather than the i386 folder itself
>
> eg
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Setup\Sourcepath
>
> should be directed to "C:\WINDOWS", rather than "C:\WINDOWS\i386"
>
>
>
> Jon
>

The conventional path is C:\i386 so the sourcepath value would be C:\.

Steve

>
> "Rick Fawver" <Rick > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Could use a little help here. I have Windows XP pro installed with sevice
>>pack 1a. Installed Service Pack 2 with a CD. When trying to add windows
>>components I am prompted for the CD. I have redirected the source file
>>path
>>to point to the I386 folder with no luck. It will not even see the I386
>>folder from the CD. I am stumped on how to make this work. Any
>>suggestions
>>would be really appreciated.
>
>
>

[Baran]

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"Rick Fawver" wrote:

> Could use a little help here. I have Windows XP pro installed with sevice
> pack 1a. Installed Service Pack 2 with a CD. When trying to add windows
> components I am prompted for the CD. I have redirected the source file path
> to point to the I386 folder with no luck. It will not even see the I386
> folder from the CD. I am stumped on how to make this work. Any suggestions
> would be really appreciated.

[Andrew Murray]

Is it prompting for the SP2 CD or the Windows-XP CD?

"Rick Fawver" <Rick > wrote in message
...
> Could use a little help here. I have Windows XP pro installed with sevice
> pack 1a. Installed Service Pack 2 with a CD. When trying to add windows
> components I am prompted for the CD. I have redirected the source file
> path
> to point to the I386 folder with no luck. It will not even see the I386
> folder from the CD. I am stumped on how to make this work. Any
> suggestions
> would be really appreciated.

[Kelly]

Correct.

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Troubleshooting Windows XP
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"Steve N." > wrote in message
ink.net...
> Jon wrote:
>
>> The source file path should be the containing folder for the i386 folder
>> rather than the i386 folder itself
>>
>> eg
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Setup\Sourcepath
>>
>> should be directed to "C:\WINDOWS", rather than "C:\WINDOWS\i386"
>>
>>
>>
>> Jon
>>
>
> The conventional path is C:\i386 so the sourcepath value would be C:\.
>
> Steve
>
>>
>> "Rick Fawver" <Rick > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>>Could use a little help here. I have Windows XP pro installed with
>>>sevice
>>>pack 1a. Installed Service Pack 2 with a CD. When trying to add windows
>>>components I am prompted for the CD. I have redirected the source file
>>>path
>>>to point to the I386 folder with no luck. It will not even see the I386
>>>folder from the CD. I am stumped on how to make this work. Any
>>>suggestions
>>>would be really appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>