Received error 0x8007000e trying to install Windows 7 SP1 x86.

Anonymous
2011-02-24T04:38:31+00:00

Hi all,

I just ran Windows Update and it was able to install everything except Windows 7 SP1.  I tried it again and it failed.  So the third time, I downloaded the Service Pack from the Microsoft downloads section and tried to run it, but it failed again.  This time, I got an error: ERROR_OUTOFMEMORY(0x8007000e).  Not enough storage is available to complete this operation.

Funny thing, I have 3 GB of RAM installed and 900 GB of free disk space so I'm at a loss as to what type of memory it is out of.  Running Task Manager, I have about 2 GB of RAM free.  Do I need to terminate more background applications and services to free up more RAM?

Thanks for any help.

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Thanks.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-02-24T15:33:08+00:00

    I'm seeing the exact same problem when trying to update our public workstation base image with Service Pack 1 (it's just a bare install of Windows 7 - no applications or anything!). Sorry I can't offer any help but thought it would be worth mentioning that you're not alone with this problem!

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-02-24T14:23:23+00:00

    It is not about needing to reclaim space after installing.

    It is that the installation doesn't complete because of an error called "ERROR_OUTOFMEMORY(0x8007000e)".

    My computer has also 3 GB of RAMs, which is the maximum for Windows 7 x86.

    I have 60 GB of harddisk space before installing.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-02-24T06:30:15+00:00

    Win7 SP1: Installation tips

    http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2011/02/16/windows-7-sp1-follow-up.aspx

    Strategies for freeing disk space

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Strategies-for-freeing-disk-space

    Also see...

    How to reclaim space after installing Win7 SP1

    http://blogs.technet.com/b/joscon/archive/2011/02/15/how-to-reclaim-space-after-applying-service-pack-1.aspx

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