So who here has succeeded in installing this without any problems ?
I've tried installing it from Windows Update and also from the stand alone installer which is quite a hefty download. I've tried closing all non-essential processes before installing as well as following the troubleshooting guide at: http://support.microsoft.com/Kb/947366
No matter which update method I use I get this error, "Service Pack did not install, Reverting changes." - nice one Microsoft, but can you program your OS to tell us WHY it did not install
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At least when I use the stand alone installer I get an error code 0x80004005 ( why not for Windows Update version though ? ) and a link to that web page ^ above. I've tried all the methods and used System Mechanic 7 to look for problems. No joy.
So far it looks as if I might have to do a clean install of Vista before adding Service Pack 1 but I'd rather avoid that since I've just nicely got my system set up the way I like it. Even if I do a clean install, its not forced to make the Service Pack complete it's installation. Although I've created a Hard disk image with Acronis True Image Home 11 on my external drive I can always recover my current set-up if the clean install doesn't work. But it's going to take a lot of time and I've just spent many hours with it already.
Most of the drivers are up to date and I've just updated the few that aren't , so I'm going to give it one more try. If it fails it looks as though I'm going to have to pay a visit to the Dell forums and ask there. Dell will charge me a fee if I ring them which I found out after sending them an email - their under warranty technical support only applies to hardware you see. I came here first since I was just browsing the forums anyway and was hoping if anyone here has had this problem and successfully solved it ?
I know I might have to wait for a "Tool" to show up on Windows Update that might fix the problem but after checking that for the past couple of days no such tool has shown up yet.
I might have to wait for new drivers to be written but surely these would've been developed during the release candidates of SP1 ?
Aside from this I'm not having a bad experience with Vista, on the whole, although I've spoken to and heard of many people who hate it.
I've tried installing it from Windows Update and also from the stand alone installer which is quite a hefty download. I've tried closing all non-essential processes before installing as well as following the troubleshooting guide at: http://support.microsoft.com/Kb/947366
No matter which update method I use I get this error, "Service Pack did not install, Reverting changes." - nice one Microsoft, but can you program your OS to tell us WHY it did not install
?!At least when I use the stand alone installer I get an error code 0x80004005 ( why not for Windows Update version though ? ) and a link to that web page ^ above. I've tried all the methods and used System Mechanic 7 to look for problems. No joy.
So far it looks as if I might have to do a clean install of Vista before adding Service Pack 1 but I'd rather avoid that since I've just nicely got my system set up the way I like it. Even if I do a clean install, its not forced to make the Service Pack complete it's installation. Although I've created a Hard disk image with Acronis True Image Home 11 on my external drive I can always recover my current set-up if the clean install doesn't work. But it's going to take a lot of time and I've just spent many hours with it already.
Most of the drivers are up to date and I've just updated the few that aren't , so I'm going to give it one more try. If it fails it looks as though I'm going to have to pay a visit to the Dell forums and ask there. Dell will charge me a fee if I ring them which I found out after sending them an email - their under warranty technical support only applies to hardware you see. I came here first since I was just browsing the forums anyway and was hoping if anyone here has had this problem and successfully solved it ?
I know I might have to wait for a "Tool" to show up on Windows Update that might fix the problem but after checking that for the past couple of days no such tool has shown up yet.
I might have to wait for new drivers to be written but surely these would've been developed during the release candidates of SP1 ?
Aside from this I'm not having a bad experience with Vista, on the whole, although I've spoken to and heard of many people who hate it.
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