I suggest that you disable any onboard software anti-virus and firewall
protection.
Vista SP1 Support forum:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...1992&SiteID=17
Standalone SP1 download (may have more success):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
(Includes all thos updates, which you do need by the way).
Remove the watermark that you end up with after installation:
http://keznews.com/1735_Vista_RTM_Ev...atermark_Patch
--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
"edsager" <edsager@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:B254AE5A-3207-4169-91B7-AA85B1DA000B@xxxxxx
Quote:
> OK, KB935509 installed and KB937287 installed, but Windows Update keeps
> asking to install KB938371 and fails to install KB938371 at every attempt.
> I
> have Windows Vista Ultimate (originally installed from a DVD), so I
> thought I
> did not need KB938371.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> edsager
>
> _______________________________
>
> "edsager" wrote:
> Quote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have tried to install Vista's SP1 twice and both times, my computer is
>> not
>> useable for up to 2 hours (which would be fine if the installation were
>> successful), but the end result is a nice box which tells me the
>> following:
>>
>> Installation was not successful. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 was not
>> installed on your computer. Error Code: 0x80070020. See
>> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=101139 for details.
>>
>> I went to the web address, but found no details.
>>
>> Windows Update could not install SP1 for .Net 1.1 until I uninstalled
>> .Net
>> 1.1 and then reinstalled it, so I thought that would take care of the
>> problem, but it did not. I have all the updates and am running Vista
>> Ultimate.
>>
>> Anyone else having any problems like this? Any potential solutions?
>>
>> I realize it is beta, but I would like to see how Vista can be improved.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> edsager
>>