Windows 7 Service Pack 1 error 80004005

Anonymous
2011-02-23T17:54:38+00:00

I have turned off my antivirus, run the rediness too and the Microsoft Fix It tool.  But still will not install the SP1 for my windows 7 Ultimate 64bit system.  I get a code 80004005

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Anonymous
2011-04-05T09:01:03+00:00

Folks, I believe I have an answer to the problem. After trying many different options suggested above without success, I managed to install the service pack. As mentioned in a number of previous messages, the system partition is  the root of all evil. The system partition (this is not the partition that has win7 installed) is either too small or is full. You need a minimum of 20M or more for the install to work. My system partition was 100M in size and had only 5M free, this caused the service pack install to fail with the messages indicated above. On freeing up space (20M availability) the install worked successfully. To access the system partition (has no assigned drive letter) you need to use the win7 partition manager software found in the control panel, assign a drive letter to system partition, access the new partition, move a larger enough file from one of the directories onto a win7 partition, freeing up space, run the service pack install, installation should succeed. After rebooting from service pack install , reverse the process, copy file back to system partition and remove the assigned drive letter. All complete ............hope this helps!!!!!

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-11-02T12:35:33+00:00

    Hi Stephen,

    Thank you for visiting the Microsoft Windows Community site. In an effort to focus more attention on your particular situation, it would be best if you were to post into a new thread. Posting new threads is done to mitigate confusion caused by more than one posting about similar topics, allowing us to focus on each customer individually

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-10-28T02:12:34+00:00

    I went through these steps and retried the update and it failed for the same reason.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-10-09T16:53:22+00:00

    I have the same problem, and nothing suggested here has worked

    This is part of my update log.

    Note the ~amd64~  text. My computer has a Intel Core i5 (64bit) CPU not an AMD, perhaps this is the problem?

    2011-10-09 17:18:56:802 4472 f38 Handler Starting install of CBS update F9164872-3E27-4410-B4FC-038814549BB1

    2011-10-09 17:18:56:999 4472 f38 Handler CBS package identity: Package_for_KB976932~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.17514

    2011-10-09 17:18:57:000 4472 f38 Handler Installing express with source=C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\488053cdbca3231eeb2c2af7236d09ed, workingdir=C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\488053cdbca3231eeb2c2af7236d09ed

    2011-10-09 17:19:48:098 4472 1198 Handler FATAL: CBS called Error with 0x80004005,

    2011-10-09 17:19:48:100 4472 f38 Handler FATAL: Completed install of CBS update with type=0, requiresReboot=0, installerError=1, hr=0x80004005

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-07-08T00:06:37+00:00

    me sale que windows 7 no es original que hago por que ya me tiene mamado

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