Vista - Vista Service Pack update is junk

I have come across two computers in my family that fail to update to Vista
SP2 with totally different error codes, and leading to different discussions
on the community forums. One is a desktop and the other is a new Dell
laptop. The latter gets error code 80070490.

Wow this Microsoft quality control reminds me of the constant bugs I had
when I was using Windows 3.0 back in the early 1990s, or the first Windows
95 release.

I hope it's better in Windows 7!

"scorpionleather" <scorpionleather@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:575E3941-9E8D-4DAE-9302-9ADA5AD01DF3@xxxxxxIt is probably you, doing something wrong. All my Vistas take SP2
effortlessly.
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John the West Ham fan

housetrained@xxxxxx
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So because it worked for you then everyone else who it didn't work for must
be doing something wrong?
I couldn't get the piece of junk to install either.
Just an error code that leads me nowhere.


"housetrained" <housetrained@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:00cc36ca$0$24176$c3e8da3@xxxxxx

Have you got other problems with your computer or is it JUST sp2?
--
John the West Ham fan

housetrained@xxxxxx
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"paula" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:#psfKEDHKHA.4608@xxxxxx

Before you blame anything else try disabling your anti-virus for the duration of the installation and subsequent reboot,

Download the standalone SP2 and save it to the desktop (or wherever), right-click ..Properties and unblock. Then try installing it from there.

Download details: Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 - Five Language Standalone (KB948465)

Change the Country if you are elsewhere. (Upper right-hand corner).

By the way, Microsoft gives free online help for all updates and service packs.

"paula" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:#psfKEDHKHA.4608@xxxxxxExactly! <H>.

I have to agree with John. I installed SP2 on 4 different systems without any problems. I suspect that you have a piece of software on your systems that is interfering with the SP2 installation. I suggest you try the installation in safe mode to make sure that there are no other running processes.

I just tried to install Vista SP2 on another machine, this one belonging to
my father, and this is the THIRD machine (out of around 5 or 6 total) that
has a problem installing Vista SP2. The error code is 80072F78.

Wow there is a serious problem with the Vista SP2 installer.

On the discussion forums I noticed the only solution is to put in the CD and
to do a Vista Restore.

Why doesn't Microsoft release a high priority patch through Windows Update
that can fix the underlying issue and allow the SP2 installer to proceed
without error? A LOT of computers seem to be affected.

Stop blaming Microsoft as it should install easily so obviously something in your setup there is strange.

What country are you in and how do you connect to the internet?

Brit, did you read my message? I said that there are -three- different
computers that belong to different people in my family, that all have
problems with Vista SP2. I have applied SP2 to a total of around 5-6
computers so almost 50% of the computers I updated have problems installing
the service pack. Therefore, it is not because of anything unusual. In
fact all three of these computers have very standard, out-of-the-box setups.

One is my brother's new Dell laptop in the US. The other is my mother's
desktop computer also in the US. And the third computer is my father's Dell
laptop in Europe (I connected remotely to his machine).

You cannot possibly claim that 50% of the computers I updated have problems
because of unusual configuration. I don't touch these computers other than
making sure that my brother and parents do their regular Microsoft security
updates. They tend to keep their desktops very simple, with very little 3rd
party software installed.

I blame Microsoft for not issuing a patch or a product alert to deal with
this SP2 installer problem. They realled messed up on the Vista SP2
installer.