Cant install SP1 for Vista 64bit

James J

James J

James J

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Downloaded the beta of the SP1 (900mb -.-) and the sodding thing gets about half way through the install then stops saying 'internal error' and says nothing more about it. Anyone actually got it working?
 
Getting ******* tired of vista already. Downloaded the SP1 AGAIN and get the same error which is 101139

which also has no damn reference on the microsoft website. GG!
 
Yep, what I presume is the same error here. (Not got the error no to hand) Few other people on the MS forums reporting this, but no fix that I can find- I've tried all those suggested all over the net and some of my own.
I'm almost wondering if this is an overclock or hardware (Drivers?) issue, as there's nothing else I can really think of; Nothing out of the ordinary here, no really exotic stuff other than DaemonTools & huge amounts of HDD space.

The only thing I've yet to try is clearing out the HDD, only about 5gigs free there, but I'd have thought the error ought to be better documented and a little less cryptic if this is the case.

-Leezer-
 
Maybe try manually installing the 2 or 3 required updates before applying SP1? MS says the SP1 patcher should automatically install these if required, but they were already present on my system and the SP1 patcher worked perfectly first time, so...
Windows Vista SP1 RC requires the installation of either two or three prerequisite updates prior to installing the service pack itself. These prerequisite updates will be delivered to most users over Windows Update as part of regularly scheduled monthly updates prior to the release of the service pack. This will help ensure that reboots required by the prerequisite updates occur with other updates that require a reboot. However, because these prerequisite updates have not been released, installing Windows Vista SP1 RC will require 3 to 4 separate installations over Windows Update. Please note that the instructions below are primarily required for the RC installation and will not be required for most users using Windows Update to install the final Service Pack.

The prerequisite updates consist of two updates which service specific Windows components prior to the installation of the service pack and a third update which services the installation software built into Windows Vista. The following are the prerequisite updates.

* KB935509 This update is only required on Windows Vista Enterprise and Windows Vista Ultimate editions (which have Bitlocker capabilities). This update is required prior to installing KB938371, the second prerequisite update and is required to prevent potential loss of data on Bitlocker encrypted systems during updating.

* KB938371 This update consists of fixes for several components (including the TrustedInstaller), increases the success rate for installing the service pack and enables the service pack to be uninstalled successfully.

* KB937287 This is an update to the “Servicing Stack” or the Windows Vista component installer technologies built into Windows Vista. This update enables the built-in installer to properly and successfully install the service pack.
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Also there's a guide to installing SP1 for 64bit Vista hither: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/113355-service-pack-1-sp1-release-candidate-1-rc1.html (I didn't bother reading it btw) :o
 
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Tried that :(
Can't even uninstall those updates either.
Just looking at what you posted "increases the success rate for installing the service pack"- Really ought to install on every machine 100% of the time unless there's malware involved, but its never simple with MS :rolleyes:

-Leezer-
 
It's beta anyway so your bound to run into problems, don't some of you guys on the forum relise this?
 
andr3w1984 said:
It's beta anyway so your bound to run into problems, don't some of you guys on the forum relise this?
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whilst i agree to a certain extent, there will be just as many problems with the final release. there always is. and it's not microsoft's fault either. they simply cannot account for every single software/hardware configuration out there. as always, try and close every single non windows app. and i mean everything. disable your firewall/anti virus/any virtual drive (alcohol/daemon tools).
 
When installing a service pack, I acctually would account for a fresh install or an intergration of it atleast. Once you have a computer up and running and install a service pack your going to run into many many problems as marc above said.

There are many software configurations that could cause a service pack to fail there for as my first statment would be the best way to go about this in my opinion. OR you will run into issues.

I hope many people read this post as many more people would agree with what marc said in the above statement.
 
Is there much point in installing beta service packs unless you are interested in providing feedback to MS. I certainly would never do it to my computers.
 
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