Posted by paris on Dec 1, 2010 in
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While trying the install Service Pack 3 on the Windows XP Service Pack 2 Computer the following error messaged showed
‘c:\windows\system32\
ntdll.dll’ is open or in use by another applications’
I was installing Service Pack 3 Through Windows Update. I downloaded and ran
Process Explorer from SysInternals , This let me use the Find function for searching for process’ calling the
ntdll.dll file. After looking at the list , and finding out the process with the type “HANDLE” I found the process using this DLL was infact internet explorer ( iexplorer.exe)! Since this update came from Windows Update there was obviously an issue.
To resolve the issue , I downloaded the standalone
Network Version of SP3 and made sure Internet Explorer was closed before I reran setup
Reran SP3 and the update worked fine!
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Tags: ntdll.dll, ntdll.dll is open, Service Pack 3 XP
While trying the install Service Pack 3 on the Windows XP Service Pack 2 Computer the following error messaged showed
‘c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll’ is open or in use by another applications’
I was installing Service Pack 3 Through Windows Update. I downloaded and ran Process Explorer from SysInternals , This let me use the Find function for searching for process’ calling the ntdll.dll file. After looking at the list , and finding out the process with the type “HANDLE” I found the process using this DLL was infact internet explorer ( iexplorer.exe)! Since this update came from Windows Update there was obviously an issue.
To resolve the issue , I downloaded the standalone Network Version of SP3 and made sure Internet Explorer was closed before I reran setup
Reran SP3 and the update worked fine!
Re. SP3 install and ntdll.dll “open”… Perfect, top link in google for my query and answered the problem instantly. Thanks very much for sharing