We are experiencing the exact same problems on Windows 2000 workstations only.  We have tried 'everything' short of format and reload (permission resets, sfc, security policy resets, in-place upgrade, etc.)
   
    ----- bctrane wrote: ----
   
    "update.exe has generated errors and will be closed by
    Windows.
   
    The above message comes up if I try to upgrade to sp3, sp
    ms04-011, etc
    The os is currently w2k sp2
    Bottom line is that Update.exe just will not run
    Any advice is appreciated