SP1 vista ultimate fails to install... .... http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=101139

[Destin_FL]

Has anyone found an actual solution to this issue since nothing Microsoft offers
on
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=101139 is of any relevance at all..... ??

Vista SP1 goes through all the install machinations for an hour before finally
declaring that it will not
install and directs me to this website. Of course nothing on that page they offer
is of any value and fixes nothing.

Thanks for any suggestions you guys/gals might have.

Tim

 

[dirt]

My problem is exactly the same as yours.

face it - the software sucks and they are not doing anything about it.

 

[Tom]

I have an answer from MS development. If you are using a version of Vista
that was from a beta or release candidate and then upgraded to the production
release, SP1 will not install. SP1 will only install on Vista version that
was released to manufacturing. Only solution is to reinstall Vista using a
"real" release.

Needless to say, as a long time Vista beta user, I've gone through many beta
versions and RC versions that caused grief. I'm disappointed that MS
engineers couldn't clean up the registry entries that prevent SP1 from being
applied. It's a fine "thanks for being a beta tester".