Office XP SP3 fails to install

[billydancer]

I'm having difficulty installing SP3. On running the update I get an error
message that extracting the file failed due to low memory or a corrupt
Cabinet file. I've tried the full file and client downloads with similar
results. I certainly don't have any shortage of space for the swap file and
I assume the download image on the server isn't corrupt so do you have any
ideas about what the problem could be.

Word 2002 is the only Office application I have - installed as part of
WorksSuite 2005. I'm running Windows XP Home Edition with SP2 installed.

 

[Susan Ramlet]

Hi, billydancer,

Is your temp folder full of stuff? You might try cleaning it out and
re-running the update. Might not be a bad idea to to a scandisk and defrag
if you haven't done one recently.

 

[billydancer]

Hi. My temp folder certainly isn't full - just a few MB of stuff. There's
66GB of free disk space so I don't think shortage of space is the problem.
Also this is a very recent installation so things haven't had a chance to get
fragmented yet, but I'll try what you suggested.

Just a thought - my PC has an Athlon 64 processor with DEP enabled. Have any
issues relating to updates been found or reported on this platform?