Any info from the eventlogs? Mainly the application and system logs, but it won't hurt to check the security log too, as it may be a security issue. -----Original Message----- From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jonathan Jesse Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 7:36 PM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Question on Installing Windows 2003 Service Pack 1 Good afternoon, Finally an on topic question for me. I have a windows 2003 server that I am trying to install service pack 1 on. I have download it from Microsoft.com/downloads instead of installing through windowsupdate but am unable to get past the "backing up registry" portion of the install. Any thoughts? Jonathan Jesse