Vista - Failed to install Vista 64bit SP2, gives me Error code 800B0100

Ok, every time I try to install Service Pack 2 for Vista 64Bit Business
edition I keep getting the "Code 800B0100 error".

Now I have looked on the other threads that pop up but it's either for
Beta edition of SP2 or SP1. It's also for Windows XP or either 32 Bit.
Not to mention they are quite old most of them.

So my PC is an

P5Q Pro,
Quad Core 2.8GHz,
ATI Radeon 4850 512 MB RAM,
3 GB RAM(I had 4 GB in 4x format but that crashed my PC due to Asus
didn't test it properly.)

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/116556/DxDiag.txt

That's my DXDiag.

This error began some few months ago when I was going to try out the
Windows 7 Beta but kept getting this error message. By then I thought I
could just format and get rid of it. Obviously not. It was still there
and made it anoying to try to update.

For some unknown reason I was able to get in the updates up to SP1
after much hassle. It just started to work by then. I don't think I
bothered with SP2 as it didn't show up.

Some programs that I have running.

Avast Anti Virus, Home edition
Daemon Tools
PC Tools: Registry Mechanic

Those are the things that might make a difference. My Bios are up to
date.

I have tried to download the update and install it that way. In Windows
update it only goes to a few % before it complains about the error.
I have installed files and such that people have suggested too.

So far, no good.

I really hope you support fellas can fix this. Because first time I
started up this PC and such I could easily install all the updates
without a single hassle.


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First of all if you are running three sticks of ram instead of two in their
matched slots you are probably getting worse performance than you would from
2gbs of ram running in proper DDR mode (there have been several published
objective tests demonstrating this over the years).
Try running just two ram sticks and also put them through a software test
like the Microsoft tester.

botox wrote:pairs of slots. Just use the 1st slot in each channel pair and speed
will increase .


For starters.

Also, you may have a bad memory card......so start out with just 1
memory card and see how it goes, if success, then try each memory card
alone. if all work, then try adding another, and so on.

If this fails, try disabling and removing everything from the board
except the bare essentials, and retry install,

if you get a startup, slowly add the other devices till you eventually
have them all installed and working.

This is a long process, it takes time and patience, with multiple shut
downs and restarts, but it works if a device or driver is interfering
with install. Which used to be a lot more common than today.


I used to think, one day I might make it to rocket scientist.
Then I became a truck driver

Already done all of that. Took like 3 hours. My PC can't handle 4 at
time. I used a memmory test program that most people loved. Every time I
put 4 in, it crashed on the third test.

There is nothing wrong with the memmory or the slots. Asus just didn't
test people using Quad 4x 1 GB RAM. Even the support told me that.

I even tried to increase the power useage for them but it wasn't
enough.

Now I'm fine with how my RAM is. That's not the main problem for me as
I stopped crashed and that's what matter for me. I'm also thinking of
buying 2x 2GB RAM sticks instead but have no idea what to do with the
others then.


But that's not why I really posted. I wanna get the Windows update
problem fixed.
I'd love to have some help with that.


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"Zefar" <Zefar.3tblbd@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Zefar.3tblbd@xxxxxxDon't use registry cleaners, they don't work all that well. They will go
and mark pathnames with variables (%windir%, %1) and command switches as
invalid entries. Unless you've gone through the trouble of reviewing these
entries and set them to ignore, the registry is likely to do more damage
then good.

Go to Windows website and download SP2, it's about the same size as the
Windows Update version and install from your drive.

Already tried to download the SP2 pack alone and then install it that
way. Stopped even quicker for some reason without giving me an error
code of any kind.

As for Registry cleaners, hmm maybe you are right. Man this is
troublesome >.> On my old PC which have worked just fine for years, this
one start have problems pretty quick.


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"Zefar" <Zefar.3ter7c@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Zefar.3ter7c@xxxxxxCould give SFC /SCANNOW a try.