> Just so you know, this was happening with SP 2 as well. I updated to SP 3 to
> see if it would make a difference and it did not.
>
> "Ekrem Önsoy" wrote:
>

>> I'm setting up an environment to test this issue as I've seen some others
>> also complain about this "Access is denied" error and the interesting thing
>> here is that every one who complains has Windows XP with SP3. I suspect SP3
>> has something to do with this problem. I've just read what's new with SP3
>> and that White Paper was just an overview.
>>
>> I'll work on it as soon as I have some spare time and let you guys know
>> what's I find even if positive or negative.
>>
>> --
>> Ekrem Önsoy
>>
>>
>>
>> "ProfDHDorr" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6A9FC7E1-1E36-42C3-9E0F-CAE2927AABCA@microsoft.com...

>>> No matter how I log into my work station and with every security
>>> configuration that I've tried, I always get the same error when attempting
>>> to
>>> install SQL Server 2008 on XP SP3. It happens at:
>>> SqlEngineDBStartConfigAction_install.configss_cpu32
>>>
>>> I get:
>>>
>>> "Access is denied".
>>>
>>> I'm able to install in a VISTA workstation and VISTA laptop with now
>>> problem. Has anyone run into this and if so have you found a solution?

>>