Solved: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1)will not install

[vipers]

I have an Acer Aspire 5551-2036 running Windows 7 Home Premium. Each time I download SP1 and attempt to install it, the configuration gets to 8% then fails. I have ran System Update Readiness, troubleshooter, uninstalled all anti virus software, cleared out cache and deleted previous installed files that could cause problems.... short of restoring my unit is there another solution?

 

[texasbullet]

Have you checked if SP1 is already installed in your computer.

Click start/right click computer/select "properties".

 

[vipers]

Yes, service Pack 0..........error code is 0x800f0826

 

[lunarlander]

Are you trying to install Service Pack 1 through Windows Update? If so, try manually downloading it from here :

http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=5842

Then run it .

 

[flavallee]

I have an Acer Aspire 5551-2036 running Windows 7 Home Premium. Each time I download SP1 and attempt to install it, the configuration gets to 8% then fails.

The Acer Aspire 5551-2036 laptop supposedly came with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit and was introduced shortly before the Service Pack 1 upgrade for Windows 7 was released in March 2011 (almost 4 years ago).

Why are you just now trying to upgrade it to Service Pack 1?

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[vipers]

It is an old unit I didn't use for years.....

 

[flavallee]

It is an old unit I didn't use for years.....

Since we don't know what issues and debris it had before you stopped using it, reinstalling Windows 7 Home Premium and getting a fresh start with it may be your best option.

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[vipers]

yes, that is my last option...

 

[vipers]

I have done a complete virus/malware cleanup with Norton, McAfee, Kaspersky, Malwarebytes, Panda, Webroot.

 

[plodr]

I had a computer that I spent more than a week on, doing everything to get SP1 installed. It just would not do it.
I finally resorted to downloading the ISO of Win 7 Home Prem with SP1. I burned the ISO to a DVD then I used my serial number on my COA and installed it that way.

Unfortunately the ISOs for Win 7 with SP1 have been moving around and closing so it is not easy to point you to a download that is guaranteed to work.

 

[flavallee]

Liz:

Most, if not all, of the previous ISO download links for Windows 7 no longer work.

Here is the Microsoft ISO download site:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-recovery

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