Someone named Ste found that this worked for him, but I have a problem. When I have finished steps 1-6, close all windows and reboot the computer to safe mode and insert the disk to start the installation of SP2, nothing happens. I am in safe mode, with some screen that looks like it is back in 1986, but nothing at all happens. What is supposed to happen? Am I just supposed to sit there and look at the screen? PLEASE HELP THIS IS DRIVING ME CRAZY!
This worked for me (recommended for a Dell laptop, I have a Vaio):
1) Please go into the CMD prompt (Start/Run --> cmd.exe )
2) Then type cd /d %windir%\inf and make sure we are in that directory.
3) Then type ren oem*.inf oem*.old, it will go back to the prompt after giving you some error (Do not worry about it)
4) Then type ren oem*.pnf oem*.old1, it will go back to the prompt after giving you some error (Do not worry about it)
5) Then goto start - run - type "%windir%\inf" and you will see the files in the folder.
6) Then find the file by name INFCACHE.1 and take a backup of it to desktop (by copying it to desktop) and delete the INFCACHE.1 from c:\windows\inf.
7) Close all windows and reboot the computer to safe mode and start the installation of SP2 and it should go fine.
If autorun is turned off then you will have to open the CD drive and look for a Setup file and double-click on it to start the install.
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