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Solution 1:<br />
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1. Click Start -&gt; Run and type &quot;cmd&quot; (without quotes) and press Enter.<br />
2. Run this command in the command prompt: Net stop Cryptsvc<br />
3. Go to C:\Windows\system32\catroo<wbr />t2 and rename Edb.log to Edb.txt.<br />
4. Click Start -&gt; Run and type &quot;cmd&quot; (without quotes) and press Enter.<br />
5. Run this command: Net start Cryptsvc <br />
6. Reboot the server. <br />
7. Install the Service Pack 2 (Win 2003 SP2) again.<br />
There is a chance that you may get the error again. If so, go to Solution 2.<br />
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Solution 2:<br />
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1. Create a folder on the desktop and name it &quot;temp&quot; (without quotes.)<br />
2. Go to C:\Windows\system32\CatRoo<wbr />t folder.<br />
3. Press &quot;F3&quot; on your keyboard (Search the folder for files/directories.)<br />
4. Search for &quot;tmp*.cat, KB*.cat&quot; (without quotes.) Make sure you search for all files and folders in CatRoot folder.<br />
5. Move all the files to temp folder on the desktop.<br />
6. Reboot the system.<br />
7. Install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 again after the server restarts.<br />
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This is from previous EE post<br />
<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22892601/Unable-to-install-Windows-SBS-2003-SP2.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22892601/Unable-to-install-Windows-SBS-2003-SP2.html</a>
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Solution 1:

1. Click Start -> Run and type "cmd" (without quotes) and press Enter.
2. Run this command in the command prompt: Net stop Cryptsvc
3. Go to C:\Windows\system32\catroot2 and rename Edb.log to Edb.txt.
4. Click Start -> Run and type "cmd" (without quotes) and press Enter.
5. Run this command: Net start Cryptsvc
6. Reboot the server.
7. Install the Service Pack 2 (Win 2003 SP2) again.
There is a chance that you may get the error again. If so, go to Solution 2.

Solution 2:

1. Create a folder on the desktop and name it "temp" (without quotes.)
2. Go to C:\Windows\system32\CatRoot folder.
3. Press "F3" on your keyboard (Search the folder for files/directories.)
4. Search for "tmp*.cat, KB*.cat" (without quotes.) Make sure you search for all files and folders in CatRoot folder.
5. Move all the files to temp folder on the desktop.
6. Reboot the system.
7. Install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 again after the server restarts.

This is from previous EE post
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22892601/Unable-to-install-Windows-SBS-2003-SP2.html [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22892601/Unable-to-install-Windows-SBS-2003-SP2.html]

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SERVER 2003 SP2 UNABLE TO VERIFY UPDATE.INF

sp2 unable to verify update.inf

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).