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Old 12-21-2007   #5 (permalink)
Peter


 
 

Re: Vista SP1: failed installation

Other than ask questions on the support forum, there's not much else that I
can suggest, sorry. At least there are real Microsoft people helping iut
there (Technet).

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
"edsager" <edsager@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>
> Thank you for your response Peter.
>
> All firewall/anti-virus protection is always turned off prior to
> attempting
> to install the updates.
>
> I have already tried the stand-alone installer, but I will try it again.
>
> Thank you for the watermark fix; I also had found it and downloaded it
> just
> in case SP1 installs successfully.
>
> I noticed during the most recent attempt at allowing Windows Update to
> download and install KB938371 that the download was stuck on 0% for about
> 10
> minutes.
>
> Thank you again for your suggestions,
> edsager
>
> "Peter" wrote:
>
Quote:

>> 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
>
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