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

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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
    2011-09-08T19:47:21+00:00

    Not just laptops. I'm on a 8GB, 64bit desktop PC. Same problem.

    I am now sporadically trying to accept download/SP1 upgrade requests... only when I have a couple of hours to spare to go through the process. The recovery after the failure alone takes approx 45 minutes.

    Very lame, MS.

    I still cannot install it, and have to make sure I don't accidentally select it lest I waste half a day...

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-08-18T05:52:40+00:00

    Not just laptops. I'm on a 8GB, 64bit desktop PC. Same problem.

    I am now sporadically trying to accept download/SP1 upgrade requests... only when I have a couple of hours to spare to go through the process. The recovery after the failure alone takes approx 45 minutes.

    Very lame, MS.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-08-17T13:24:41+00:00

    Thank you for the HOPE.  As long as there is hope I will hang in there.  I will wait for your next Email.  In the meantime the first thing I do in the morning is to un-click the download and I leave my computer on all the time.  That way I do not have the startup problem or the continual download routine.  Thanks again.  Nenah

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-08-16T13:11:50+00:00

    Hi all,

    After 6 months, I tried to install the SP1 again.

    This time I did it by launching the update with windows updater tool and not my anti-virus (bitdefender).

    It failed again.

    As I read the comments here, the solution is still to be found.

    I think it's related to laptop PC, because it worked fine with my desktop PC, with same anti-virus.

    I'm actually trying the tips given, the ones that didn't work 6 months ago, but I got hope :)

    I think that it's all we got now, the support for this bug appearing to be insufficient.

    I may give you the results in 6 months :p

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