Hey guys, I installed SP1 a long time ago, back around october of 2008. It worked fine then but I had an issue with the network symbol. I had internet but it wouldn't show it. Anyways, it upset me so I uninstalled SP1. Now, in the past few days I have tried reinstalling it and no luck at all. This is kind of a long story so if you have gotten to this part I am going to start breaking it up to make it easier to read.
First, I couldn't get my windows update to work. I tweaked around with some things and did a restore, and it just started working again. Then it said, I need an important update SP1, and so I tried it. I have now tried to install SP1 probably 5 or 6 times in the past 2 days. I have had to restore everytime because it fails.
To restore I have to insert my Original CD and go to repair. Nothing else worked. If I tried to go to safe mode or anything, I got the BSOD. At times, I even got the BSOD trying to just start from my disk. That just kind of worked at random. It still just kind of works at random. I am an IT guy, well I have one last semester at Mizzou and I am majoring in IT, so I know a bit about computer software but hardware isn't really my thing.
Anyways, I have finally given up after working on it off and on for a total of about 20 hours. I got it to restore again and it's working fine from what I can tell.
The main reason I NEED Sp1 is because I recently purchased the Adobe Web Premium CS4 suite from my school with the student pricing. I am planning on making a website to help with networking abilities to get a job. Regardless, when trying to install it, it NEEDS as a minimum requirement, Vista Home Premium SP1. Hence why I have been trying so hard and so long to get this installed.
Now I am at a loss, and I am sorry for such a long post but I figured if I could explain what I have done and gone through it might help to figure out what the actual problem is. Hopefully someone can help me. I'd really appreciate it
P.S. On my BSOD's, I have had at least 3 or 4 different error codes and have looked them up but gotten nowhere still trying to fix them.