[Feyenord]

Hi, I'm having some problems installing SP1 on my computer. This morning I happily clicked on "download and install SP1" in the automatic updates. Everything was going fine, downloading the update half an hour, then Vista took it's sweet time installing it another half an hour (only god knows why, since the update is only 32mb big or so). After the installation finished, I got an irritating error:





And 2 other windows with the same content popped-up right away (makes no sense, yeah).
I tried installing it 2 more times, no success. Fine, let's restart the damn thing. Upon shutting down, I got a screen saying: "Installing Service pack: stage 1 of 3". A glimpse of hope there, fingers crossed,...but it only got to 80% of stage 1 or so and then: "unable to make changes, reverting...". Gah!!
And also when I enter Vista it does the same thing, first updating, then it just cancels and goes to log-in screen, where at least I can go into windows.
I also tried the 5 language stand alone SP1 package from M$ site, but the problem remains.
Even going into safe mode doesn't help, it's the same. If I try to fix the system files with SFC command via console, it just says that "the computer is currently already in a repair process, please reboot and try later".
So it looks like I got my stupid windows stuck in a loop again, I get to watch annoying update screens during shut-down and boot and SP1 isn't installed either. Heeeelp!

P.S. My PC:
Asus A7V600 (VIA KT600)
AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (1,97Ghz - stock)
2x512MB RAM (Viking, Patriot)
Club 3D Geforce 7600GS
VIA AC97 onboard sound card
Vista Ultimate

[unbidden]

Run System Restore using the Vista DVD:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tuto...torial148.html

[Rich-M]

Something is wrong here SP1 is 434 meg not 32 meg.

[unbidden]

Originally Posted by Rich-M

Something is wrong here SP1 is 434 meg not 32 meg.

If installed via Win Update, only what is needed is installed. The more current his updates are, the less is needed to install. I will admit that 32 meg is the smallest I've seen, but I've often seen installs in the 80 meg area.

Info: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/win.../bb968895.aspx

[Rich-M]

Originally Posted by unbidden

If installed via Win Update, only what is needed is installed. The more current his updates are, the less is needed to install. I will admit that 32 meg is the smallest I've seen, but I've often seen installs in the 80 meg area.

Info: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/win.../bb968895.aspx

I wasn't aware it came through Windows Update yet.

[ikiscompisbroken]

stopped installing in stage 3 of 3 a 0% i turned it off and on again after ... 72 hours of 0% it then sorted it out...no probs found yet...will probably become more evident later on

[db1101]

This is the same problem I have now.