{"id":524,"date":"2010-12-01T12:19:10","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T12:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/?p=524"},"modified":"2010-12-01T12:19:10","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T12:19:10","slug":"ntdll-dll-is-open-or-in-use-by-another-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/fixes\/ntdll-dll-is-open-or-in-use-by-another-application","title":{"rendered":"ntdll.dll is open or in use by another application"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Windows_Xp_Sp3_download1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-525 img-responsive\" title=\"Windows_Xp_Sp3_download[1]\" src=\"http:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Windows_Xp_Sp3_download1-300x294.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Windows_Xp_Sp3_download1-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Windows_Xp_Sp3_download1.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>While trying the install Service Pack 3 on the Windows XP Service Pack 2 Computer the following error messaged showed\r\n\r\n&#8216;c:\\windows\\system32\\<em>ntdll.dll&#8217; is open<\/em> or in use by another applications&#8217;\r\n\r\nI was installing Service Pack 3 Through Windows Update. 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