win2000 & vs service pack 4 ?

[Pallex]

Hi!
I`ve installed visual studio service pack 4 on my win98se pc, works fine (well, screws up old ado apps, and now i need to ship an extra 8 megs of rubbish, but lets call that `working`!)
But it doesnt want to install on my IBM NetVista running windows 2000 & service pack 1.
It complains about registering some ocx`s. It complains when i reboot too, with the error

An error occured calling `dllregisterserver` in c:\winnt\system32\comctl32.ocx" hresult = 8002801c.

it also complains about mci32.ocx,mschrt20.ocx,msflxgrd.ocx,richtx32.ocx.

VB now says that service pack 4 has been installed but i got told when i installed it that it HADNT installed, so i guess its half installed. Great.
Any ideas what i have to do to install it properly?
Thanks,
Alex

[JHausmann]

Win2000 has a scheme in place that protects certain system files, dll's, ocx's and exe's that reside in the system folder. I don't know how you get around that but your best bet is to scour MSDN...

[parksie]

Apparently, system files can only be changed by the system, or by Windows Update.

[JHausmann]

You're fast, Parskie but not fast enough :)

[Pallex]

thanks for the reply.
Yeah, theres something like that, i have two accounts, or logins, or whatever (i`m very new to win2000!)
i can log in as me, or the administrator. i can only install lowlevel stuff as the administrator, and its as him that i installed the service pack. i had to log on as him to install outlook and visual studio, but not to install crystal reports or a bunch of other stuff.
So i`m doing all i can! it looks like its doing most of it ok, theres just a problem with a few ocxs.

i`ll check the knowledgebase at microsoft.com again though.

Thanks,
alex.

[Clunietp]

I run Windows 2000 SP1 with VS6 SP4, and I had no problems installing it.

It is important to note that you should be logged on with Administrator rights in order to install most software, including VS6 SP4....

[Pallex]

i just reinstalled windows 2000 and i`m pissed off about having wasted about 3 hours doing so.

the problem, it appears, is not service pack 4, but crystal reports v8 (build 371). it screws with your registry. see ms knowledgebase article q268553. they have a link to seagates website (their id is c2007581). seagate have a patch, and microsoft tell you how to put the permission back to what it should be, but i couldnt undo the changes - i couldnt uninstall visual studio - or rather, when i re-installed it, i got complaints about the same .ocx`s and .dll`s. reinstalling windows2000 (using `upgrade` and not the full install) and service pack 1 (from the net) took ages.

I`ve reinstalled crystal reports 8 (only becuase i have to, believe me) but i am *not* going to install service pack 4 again. i`ll have to live without the bug fixes. maybe i should have installed service pack 4 before crystal reports the second time around, but seeing as it was sp4 which caused the problem, and its now 5pm friday afternoon, i dont really feel like being a beta tester for third party software -i`ve got my own to write!

(i was administrator when i installed everything.)

Thanks,
alex