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

I tried both suggestions here and neither of them worked.

Hello there,

I had the same problem on Windos 7 Ultimate 32bit. On 3 of 4 test systems everything worked fine, the last one failed. In spite of 60GB free HDD space and 4GB RAM the installation end up with "outofmemory". Tracking the memory usage during install showed no more than 30% was used at all. After several trys and more than just a couple of hours I compared all testsystems with each other. The only thing that remains the same on the 3 "good" systems but differs on the "bad" one was the fact that several languagepacks were installed on the "bad".

So I uninstalled all additional languages and started the servicepack 1 installation after rebooting. Not only the installion was successful, the required time decreased from more than 4 hours to around 50 minutes.

Tomorrow I will reinstall the languagepacks.^^

It's no real solution but a workaround. Maybe it will help you to.

Hope to read your feedback and goog luck.

Hi,

Thanks for the tip.  Unfortunately, I checked and I don't have any language packs installed (Start => Control Panel => Region and Language).  So no dice.  I thought I had at least installed the Chinese Language pack during the Windows install process, but didn't.

I'm trying again by following the "Troubleshoot problems installing a service pack for Windows 7" article (http://windows.microsoft.com/troubleshootwindows7sp1)

 

Hopefully, one of the suggestions will work.  Anyone else had any luck with any of the suggestions?

 

Okay, I tried the "Run Windows Update Troubleshooter" suggestion and here's my result: the troubleshooter said it fixed the problem, but re-running the SP1 install from Windows update failed with the same error.

Now I'm trying the second suggestion: Run the System Update Readiness tool.

I'll report back what happened.

Oh, BTW, I'm running Microsoft Security Essentials.

Okay, I tried all three suggestions in the article and none of them worked for me.

Hello there,

I had the same problem on Windos 7 Ultimate 32bit. On 3 of 4 test systems everything worked fine, the last one failed. In spite of 60GB free HDD space and 4GB RAM the installation end up with "outofmemory". Tracking the memory usage during install showed no more than 30% was used at all. After several trys and more than just a couple of hours I compared all testsystems with each other. The only thing that remains the same on the 3 "good" systems but differs on the "bad" one was the fact that several languagepacks were installed on the "bad".

So I uninstalled all additional languages and started the servicepack 1 installation after rebooting. Not only the installion was successful, the required time decreased from more than 4 hours to around 50 minutes.

Tomorrow I will reinstall the languagepacks.^^

It's no real solution but a workaround. Maybe it will help you to.

Hope to read your feedback and goog luck.

Here's a Microsoft article that basically validates your method:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Windows-Update-error-80070008-or-8007000e

Hello there,

I had the same problem on Windos 7 Ultimate 32bit. On 3 of 4 test systems everything worked fine, the last one failed. In spite of 60GB free HDD space and 4GB RAM the installation end up with "outofmemory". Tracking the memory usage during install showed no more than 30% was used at all. After several trys and more than just a couple of hours I compared all testsystems with each other. The only thing that remains the same on the 3 "good" systems but differs on the "bad" one was the fact that several languagepacks were installed on the "bad".

So I uninstalled all additional languages and started the servicepack 1 installation after rebooting. Not only the installion was successful, the required time decreased from more than 4 hours to around 50 minutes.

Tomorrow I will reinstall the languagepacks.^^

It's no real solution but a workaround. Maybe it will help you to.

Hope to read your feedback and goog luck.

Hi,

Thanks for the tip.  Unfortunately, I checked and I don't have any language packs installed (Start => Control Panel => Region and Language).  So no dice.  I thought I had at least installed the Chinese Language pack during the Windows install process, but didn't.

I'm trying again by following the "Troubleshoot problems installing a service pack for Windows 7" article (http://windows.microsoft.com/troubleshootwindows7sp1)

 

Hopefully, one of the suggestions will work.  Anyone else had any luck with any of the suggestions?

 

Okay, I tried the "Run Windows Update Troubleshooter" suggestion and here's my result: the troubleshooter said it fixed the problem, but re-running the SP1 install from Windows update failed with the same error.

Now I'm trying the second suggestion: Run the System Update Readiness tool.

I'll report back what happened.

Oh, BTW, I'm running Microsoft Security Essentials.

Okay, I tried all three suggestions in the article and none of them worked for me.

My last try was to boot into Safe Mode (no network).  But still no go.  I'm getting frustrated here.  All trials ended with the same error 0x8007000e Out of memory.

Any other suggestions?

I had the same problem. After I uninstalled all languages, the installion  successed.

(start~control~language~change display language~keyboard and lanugages~uninstall language)