Not so sure.
I just installed SP3 and can repro none of these problems. Can you?

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"Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" <hhh@kvoa.com> wrote in message
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> Rob and John:
>
> It sounds like you may have security data base corruption as documented in
> this KB article. This is a farly common problem after an SP2 install and
> it
> looks like the probleem persists with SP3:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884018/EN-US/
> You cannot add a Windows component in Windows XP
>
> You can either:
>
> 1. Get the hotfix mentioned in the KB article and install it. Microsoft
> usually waives any charges for support calls to get supported hotfixes
> listed in Knowledge Base articles. If you go this route, please make SURE
> the person you talk to understands you've applied XP-SP3; this hotfix may
> have been included. FWIW, the only report I've had back on this hotfix
> was
> that it did NOT fix the problem on an XP-SP2 system
>
> 2. Try this procedure using the Esentutl.exe utility mentioned in the KB
> article to recover from security database corruption:
>
> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/g...name=c00270202
> HP and Compaq Notebook PCs: Unable to Install Windows XP Fax Software
>
> I can report that the Esentutl utility has corrected the problem in a
> number
> of cases, HOWEVER, note that Microsoft does NOT recommend that you use the
> utility and would prefer you try the hotfix.
>
> Hal
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> "John Miller" <John_L_Miller@no-spam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> Rob clearly has *exactly* the same problem as I do. I submitted this to
> MS
>> Tech Support. If I get anything useful, I'll let ya know.
>>
>> - John
>>
>>
>
>