The date and time was 5/16/2008 8:08 AM, and on a whim, KingMe pounded
out on the keyboard:

> On 4/22/08, Microsoft showed the update gold shield telling us to
> download/install and update. I proceeded to use Microsoft Update and the
> system scanned our laptop Acer Aspire AMD base.
> After a long wait it inform us that we had the SP3 to be installed.
> Proceeded to install it and although I understand it is a large release, it
> took over 1.5 hrs to come back with the Service Pack 3 Setup Error: "A device
> attached to the system is not functioning".
> It does not tell you what device, just to select OK to Remove Changes.
> It goes to another long, long time before indicating that it failed.
> Now, over four weeks later, another gold shield showed up about SP3.
> Follow the same process as before, but it showed that the install was zero
> MB size, and after 1.5 hrs, came back with the same SP3 Setup Error.
> It is obvious that it is detecting something but it does not help you to
> know what you can do. Any suggestions?

I would start by downloading SP3 instead:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

Then I would extract the files (dbl-clicking on the file). After that,
navigate to the \i386\update folder in the extracted location in a
command prompt. Type update /log:<path> , where <path> is where you
want the log file to be located. Make sure the path is the full path,
i.e. c:\sp3\log\

Then you can inspect the install failure more carfully.



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Terry R.

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