Windows 7 Service Pack 1: 99% then Failure Configuring Service Pack, reverting changes error

Anonymous
2011-02-23T21:40:14+00:00

A few days ago i noticed an update for Windows 7 Service Pack 1. I tried to install it today, it worked fine right up to the moment it asks to reboot the computer. Then after rebooting it starts up as normal update procedure however as it gets to 99% on Configuring Service Pack, it fails and I am left stuck at "Failure Configuring Service Pack, reverting changes. Please do not turn off your computer" for over 10 minutes then shuts down. Then on Bootup i notice nothing has changed and the same thing repeats. Please Help

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures

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Anonymous
2011-10-11T00:42:44+00:00

Ok guys after weeks of not replying back after i forgot bout this question, i have managed to get it working, but that was a few months after my laptop broke in which i had to reset to factory settings, which reset all the system updates done to the laptop, then when i tried installing IE 9 and Windows 7 service pack 1 they both succeeded without issues. Guess the whole problem the entire time was a faulty update

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-03-10T17:41:45+00:00

    Oh and by the way. Make sure that when you boot ubuntu you select try alongside current operating system and not install.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-03-10T17:38:24+00:00

    Not sure if this will help. it may...

    On another computer

    1. Download ubuntu 32bit from ubuntu's website
    2. Burn this iso image to a cd and make it bootable. (use something like Cd burner xp)

    On the broken computer

    1. Go into your bios (f12 at startup)
    2. Set the bios to boot from Cd
    3. Boot from your ubuntu cd
    4. Navigate to where windows saves the service pack update file
    5. delete this

    8.take the ubuntu cd out and reboot into windows

    Hope it works :D

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-03-09T22:02:11+00:00

    They need to fix this. I now have two computers i can't install this months updates on because i can't get sp1 installed.

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-03-09T12:40:15+00:00

    Mine has an Intel processor, same problem. It seems to occur mainly in x64 systems though.

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