[ngkh]

Installing either Windows 2000 SP4 or SP3 on my Windows 2000 SP2 pc results in error that the Windows Installer is not digitally signed. Clicking the "OK" button results in "An unexpected error occured" and the setup fails. Thinking maybe it's an oudated Windows Installer - "Msiexec.exe" is the cause, installing Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable (v2) results in error saying it needs SP3 and thus also fails. Downloading from Microsoft SP4, SP3 sites, saving it on my pc and then executing them results in "SP4 (or SP3) Setup determined that the following downloaded SP4 (or SP3) files are corrupt"- showing a whole list of of them. Please help. Thanks.

[oshwyn5]

This is for XP SP3, but it should point you in the right direction
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950717

Errors that are related to the Cryptographic service
You may experience one or more of the following symptoms: • You may receive the following error message when you try to install a program or update:

Digital Signature Not Found
The Microsoft digital signature affirms that software has been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was tested.
The software you are about to install does not contain a Microsoft digital signature. Therefore, there is no guarantee that this software works correctly with Windows.
Name of software package
If you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed software, visit the Windows Update Web site at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com to see if one is available.
Do you want to continue the installation?
If you click More Info, you receive the following error message:

Microsoft Windows
The signature on the software package you want to install is invalid. The software package is not signed properly.

It refers you to
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822798/

CAUSE
This problem may occur if one or more of the following conditions are true: • Log file or database corruption exists in the %Systemroot%\System32\Catroot2 folder.
• Cryptographic Services is set to disabled.
• Other Windows files are corrupted or missing.
• The timestamp signature or certificate could not be verified or is malformed.
• The hidden attribute is set for the %Windir% folder or one of its subfolders.
• The Unsigned non-driver installation behavior Group Policy setting (Windows 2000 only) is set to Do not allow installation or Warn but allow installation, or the Policy binary value is not set to 0 in the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Non-Driver Signing
• The Enable trusted publisher lockdown Group Policy setting is turned on, and you do not have the appropriate certificate in your Trusted Publishers certificate store. This Group Policy setting is located under User Configuration, under Windows Settings, under Internet Explorer Maintenance, under Security, under Authenticode Settings in the Group Policy MMC snap-in.
• You are installing Internet Explorer 6 SP1, and the 823559 (MS03-023) security update is installed. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
828031 "The software you are installing has not passed Windows Logo testing..." error message when you try to install Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1
• The software distribution folder is corrupted.

Maybe this can help too but I think the above should give you what you need.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888187

[bearone2]

i have w2k on one machine and only add sp4 after the install, direct from ms.

sp4 incorporates what was the latest and greatest and you don't need to do them sequentially.

perhaps some files were corrupted by saving to the hard drive.
instuctions as i remember, recommend "run", not save.

[ngkh]

Originally Posted by oshwyn5

This is for XP SP3, but it should point you in the right direction
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950717

It refers you to
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822798/




Maybe this can help too but I think the above should give you what you need.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888187

This is the svcpack.log generated for SP4; hopefully it'll help:
Service Pack started with following command line:
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DoInstallation: CleanPFR failed: 0x2
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IncludeDirectoryIdFromInfSection: No DirId found for: DontRemoveOnUninst.DirId
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FetchSourceURL: SetupOpenInfFile Failed to open file: c:\8ae0d\i386\update\update.url
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DoInstallation: FetchSourceURL for c:\8ae0d\i386\update\update.inf Failed
***
BuildCabinetManifest:SetupOpenInfFile failed with error INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE
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AnalyzePhaseZero used 10 ticks
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DoInstallation:SetupOpenInfFile for OldUninstallInf file C:\WINNT\$NtServicePackUninstall$\spuninst\spuninst.inf not found: 0x3
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CreateUninstall = 1,Directory = C:\WINNT\$NtServicePackUninstall$
***
AnalyzePhaseOne: used 154613 ticks
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AnalyzePhaseTwo used 2954 ticks
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AnalyzePhaseThree used 0 ticks
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AnalyzePhaseFive used 0 ticks
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AnalyzePhaseSix used 821 ticks
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AnalyzeComponents used 158418 ticks
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Downloading 0 files

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bPatchMode = FALSE
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Inventory complete: ReturnStatus=0, 165758 ticks
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Num Ticks for invent : 165768
***
Condtional Load of section AutoUpdate.Reg.Install.Condition suceeded
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Allocation size of drive C: is 4096 bytes, free space = 4104257536 bytes
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Drive C: free 3914MB req: 5MB w/uninstall 278MB
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Num Ticks for download : 60828
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CabinetBuild complete
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Num Ticks for Cabinet build : 0
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Starting process: msiinst.exe /delayrebootq
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Working directory: C:\WINNT\System32\msiinst.tmp
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Return Code = 2148204800
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DoInstallation:RunInfProcesses Failed
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Service Pack 4 Setup encountered an error: An error in updating your system has occurred.
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VerifySize: Unable to verify size: Source = NULL: c:\winnt\oem6.cat
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An error in updating your system has occurred.
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Message displayed to the user: An error in updating your system has occurred.
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User Input: OK
***

[bearone2]

i'm unclear on what you've done, an upgrade to w2k or a clean install or a repair.

i'd save what you can and need, boot to the w2k cd, full install, remove partition/s, create one partition, format quick ntfs and do sp4 after the install.

i've said before, i don't save the sp's to the hd and the only one i download/run, from ms, is sp4.

i've never seen the error message you posted in many installs of 2k/sp4.