Any help for failed VISTA SP1 upgrades?

[Harry Krause]

This is what I get:


http://tinyurl.com/2tujwt



Error code 0x800736B3


I installed all the "pre" files properly and downloaded SP1.

Bombs out.

Also bombs when I try the download via VISTA Windows upgrade.

Nothing seems to download.



Any help for this?

Thanks

 

[AJR]

Harry - did you do the registry modification prior to installing the KBs?

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Vista SP1 issues:
Support via Technet:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=1992&SiteID=17

 

[Harry Krause]

Harry - did you do the registry modification prior to installing the KBs?

Yes, I did.

 

[Harry Krause]

Vista SP1 issues:
Support via Technet:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=1992&SiteID=17

Tried there. Lots of compassion, no help.

 

[Harry Krause]

This is what I get:


http://tinyurl.com/2tujwt



Error code 0x800736B3


I installed all the "pre" files properly and downloaded SP1.

Bombs out.

Also bombs when I try the download via VISTA Windows upgrade.

Nothing seems to download.



Any help for this?

Thanks

Guess not.

 

[Quaoar]

Guess not.

I would start over, run chkdsk c: /r from a command prompt with
administrative rights, run sfc /scannow with your Vista install DVD in
the drive, run disk cleanup, and defragment the HD. The last is
probably not terribly important since most have sufficient space.
remaining on the drive.

I would also try "check for updates" in the Windows Update control panel
so that WU controls the SP1 download and uses its internal validation
check to prevent a corrupted download. This might be the problem with
what you have done so far if you downloaded SP1 yourself.

Q

 

[Harry Krause]

I would start over, run chkdsk c: /r from a command prompt with
administrative rights, run sfc /scannow with your Vista install DVD in
the drive, run disk cleanup, and defragment the HD. The last is
probably not terribly important since most have sufficient space.
remaining on the drive.

I would also try "check for updates" in the Windows Update control panel
so that WU controls the SP1 download and uses its internal validation
check to prevent a corrupted download. This might be the problem with
what you have done so far if you downloaded SP1 yourself.

Q

Thanks. Will try everything and try to check for updates again. I have
done that, though.

 

[Harry Krause]

I would start over, run chkdsk c: /r from a command prompt with
administrative rights, run sfc /scannow with your Vista install DVD in
the drive, run disk cleanup, and defragment the HD. The last is
probably not terribly important since most have sufficient space.
remaining on the drive.

I would also try "check for updates" in the Windows Update control panel
so that WU controls the SP1 download and uses its internal validation
check to prevent a corrupted download. This might be the problem with
what you have done so far if you downloaded SP1 yourself.

Q

Did everything on the list, generated the CBS log, have no idea what it
means. Updates runs and runs but does not download the update.

 

[That Guy]

reformat and install vista again. throw the sp1 in the trash until final
release.

 

[Bill Yanaire]

You didn't say how you first got Vista on your machine. Do you have a new
PC? Did you do an upgrade? If you have tried updates and still have
problems with Vista crashing, sometimes it is better to do a clean install
and start over. You will spend less time in the long run by doing this.
Yes, it's a pain in the A$$, but it just might be the lesser of two evils.

Not what you want to hear but sometimes it is all you can do.

 

[Harry Krause]

Clean install on a new machine.

You know, I'm a windoze fan and have been since the very beginning, but
I am damned sick and tired of being told time and again, no matter the
version, "just do a clean install."

No offense to you. Really.

It takes days and days to do that sort of thing, and even after that
there is no guarantee whatever problem you had will be resolved, or that
you won't unleash some new dragon.

The answer to this sort of horror lies with Microsoft. It simply is not
doing the job it ought to be doing with these operating systems. They're
too vulnerable, they are too hard to diagnose, their tech support sucks
on these matters. It's not just with a beta like SP1 RC, it's generally.

I'm no linux fan, but at least with linux you don't get the support you
didn't pay for, as it were. :>}

 

[Bill Yanaire]

Clean install on a new machine.

You know, I'm a windoze fan and have been since the very beginning, but I
am damned sick and tired of being told time and again, no matter the
version, "just do a clean install."

No offense to you. Really.

It takes days and days to do that sort of thing, and even after that there
is no guarantee whatever problem you had will be resolved, or that you
won't unleash some new dragon.

The answer to this sort of horror lies with Microsoft. It simply is not
doing the job it ought to be doing with these operating systems. They're
too vulnerable, they are too hard to diagnose, their tech support sucks on
these matters. It's not just with a beta like SP1 RC, it's generally.

I'm no linux fan, but at least with linux you don't get the support you
didn't pay for, as it were. :>}

I feel your pain because I had an issue that I couldn't solve and I finally
resorted to a new install. When I did the install, I knew exactly what was
going in the computer. Once I got the system to where I wanted, I use
Acronis to do a backup just in case something else crashed.

You said that your machine is new. If it's within a few months, maybe they
will take it back. I guess there is no easy answer when something doesn't
work as advertised. Very frustrating indeed. Maybe there is a way you can
get the company to exchange Vista and use XP. Just a suggestion.

I wish I had a dollar for every time my PC crashed. I need to use Microsoft
products because I do software development and that pays the bills.