Here's my situation. I bought a custom gaming PC about a year ago and it came
with Vista Home Premium 32bit. Since SP1 was released, I've tried several
times to install it both through Windows Update and manually but it always
fails. I looked at the information in the Knowledgebase article about the
error message I was getting and it suggested running a system scan utility
through the command line interface which I did. The utility said that it
fixed some files but I had corrupted files that it was not able to repair.

I went out and bought an upgrade version of Vista Home Premium that
contained SP1 thinking I could just upgrade it as a workaround. No dice, the
upgrade option is disabled unless you already have SP1 installed. It will
only let me do a clean install. This brings me to my first question. If I do
the clean install, it's going to format my HD right? I'll have to reinstall
all my software?

My second question is, does anybody know how I can get SP1 to install on my
current installation? Any way to find and repair those supposedly corrupt
files?

Thanks in advance

I don't know if this is applicable to your situation, but I had to disable
my firewall before I was able to install SP1. My first attempt failed after
going through all three stages successfully.

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"Pete in NM" wrote in message
...
Here's my situation. I bought a custom gaming PC about a year ago and it
came
with Vista Home Premium 32bit. Since SP1 was released, I've tried several
times to install it both through Windows Update and manually but it always
fails. I looked at the information in the Knowledgebase article about the
error message I was getting and it suggested running a system scan utility
through the command line interface which I did. The utility said that it
fixed some files but I had corrupted files that it was not able to repair.

I went out and bought an upgrade version of Vista Home Premium that
contained SP1 thinking I could just upgrade it as a workaround. No dice,
the
upgrade option is disabled unless you already have SP1 installed. It will
only let me do a clean install. This brings me to my first question. If I
do
the clean install, it's going to format my HD right? I'll have to
reinstall
all my software?

My second question is, does anybody know how I can get SP1 to install on
my
current installation? Any way to find and repair those supposedly corrupt
files?

Thanks in advance

What about your antivirus program? My install of SP1 failed until I closed
it. Suggest going into msconfig and unchecking all items that pertain to
your antivirus app under the starup tab, then rebooting before trying SP1
again.

"Pete in NM" wrote in message
...
Here's my situation. I bought a custom gaming PC about a year ago and it
came
with Vista Home Premium 32bit. Since SP1 was released, I've tried several
times to install it both through Windows Update and manually but it always
fails. I looked at the information in the Knowledgebase article about the
error message I was getting and it suggested running a system scan utility
through the command line interface which I did. The utility said that it
fixed some files but I had corrupted files that it was not able to repair.

I went out and bought an upgrade version of Vista Home Premium that
contained SP1 thinking I could just upgrade it as a workaround. No dice,
the
upgrade option is disabled unless you already have SP1 installed. It will
only let me do a clean install. This brings me to my first question. If I
do
the clean install, it's going to format my HD right? I'll have to
reinstall
all my software?

My second question is, does anybody know how I can get SP1 to install on
my
current installation? Any way to find and repair those supposedly corrupt
files?

Thanks in advance

I encountered the same problems as described by "Pete in NM" when installing
SP1. I did disable my firewall and anti-spy/virus programs from the start
up menu and tried to reinstall SP1 again after restarting my pc but the same
error message appeared (code 8024200D) as before. I think I'll just give up
for now.


"David P" wrote in message
...
What about your antivirus program? My install of SP1 failed until I
closed it. Suggest going into msconfig and unchecking all items that
pertain to your antivirus app under the starup tab, then rebooting before
trying SP1 again.

"Pete in NM" wrote in message
...
Here's my situation. I bought a custom gaming PC about a year ago and it
came
with Vista Home Premium 32bit. Since SP1 was released, I've tried several
times to install it both through Windows Update and manually but it
always
fails. I looked at the information in the Knowledgebase article about the
error message I was getting and it suggested running a system scan
utility
through the command line interface which I did. The utility said that it
fixed some files but I had corrupted files that it was not able to
repair.

I went out and bought an upgrade version of Vista Home Premium that
contained SP1 thinking I could just upgrade it as a workaround. No dice,
the
upgrade option is disabled unless you already have SP1 installed. It will
only let me do a clean install. This brings me to my first question. If I
do
the clean install, it's going to format my HD right? I'll have to
reinstall
all my software?

My second question is, does anybody know how I can get SP1 to install on
my
current installation? Any way to find and repair those supposedly corrupt
files?

Thanks in advance

Hi I have a smilar issue trying to install sp1 had error code 80007002 which
I fixed and it started to install but now get an error code 8024200D

So far MS not able to solve followed all info given in reply from tech
support.

My post

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...f-52a2e4de4e22

It's same with my situation.
I think I'm getting desperate with Windows Vista, yet I've been reinstalled
my OS twice since I bought this software! There is support answering this
problem.

"Pete in NM" wrote:

Here's my situation. I bought a custom gaming PC about a year ago and it came
with Vista Home Premium 32bit. Since SP1 was released, I've tried several
times to install it both through Windows Update and manually but it always
fails. I looked at the information in the Knowledgebase article about the
error message I was getting and it suggested running a system scan utility
through the command line interface which I did. The utility said that it
fixed some files but I had corrupted files that it was not able to repair.

I went out and bought an upgrade version of Vista Home Premium that
contained SP1 thinking I could just upgrade it as a workaround. No dice, the
upgrade option is disabled unless you already have SP1 installed. It will
only let me do a clean install. This brings me to my first question. If I do
the clean install, it's going to format my HD right? I'll have to reinstall
all my software?

My second question is, does anybody know how I can get SP1 to install on my
current installation? Any way to find and repair those supposedly corrupt
files?

Thanks in advance

It's same with my situation.
I think I'm getting desperate with Windows Vista, yet I've been reinstalled
my OS twice since I bought this software! There is no support answering this
problem.


"Pete in NM" wrote:

Here's my situation. I bought a custom gaming PC about a year ago and it came
with Vista Home Premium 32bit. Since SP1 was released, I've tried several
times to install it both through Windows Update and manually but it always
fails. I looked at the information in the Knowledgebase article about the
error message I was getting and it suggested running a system scan utility
through the command line interface which I did. The utility said that it
fixed some files but I had corrupted files that it was not able to repair.

I went out and bought an upgrade version of Vista Home Premium that
contained SP1 thinking I could just upgrade it as a workaround. No dice, the
upgrade option is disabled unless you already have SP1 installed. It will
only let me do a clean install. This brings me to my first question. If I do
the clean install, it's going to format my HD right? I'll have to reinstall
all my software?

My second question is, does anybody know how I can get SP1 to install on my
current installation? Any way to find and repair those supposedly corrupt
files?

Thanks in advance

Still have not got a solution to this if anyone can help still pls

and yes I have been e-mailing the sp1 support who don't know or maybe just
don't care.

"Ben" wrote:

It's same with my situation.
I think I'm getting desperate with Windows Vista, yet I've been reinstalled
my OS twice since I bought this software! There is no support answering this
problem.


"Pete in NM" wrote:

Here's my situation. I bought a custom gaming PC about a year ago and it came
with Vista Home Premium 32bit. Since SP1 was released, I've tried several
times to install it both through Windows Update and manually but it always
fails. I looked at the information in the Knowledgebase article about the
error message I was getting and it suggested running a system scan utility
through the command line interface which I did. The utility said that it
fixed some files but I had corrupted files that it was not able to repair.

I went out and bought an upgrade version of Vista Home Premium that
contained SP1 thinking I could just upgrade it as a workaround. No dice, the
upgrade option is disabled unless you already have SP1 installed. It will
only let me do a clean install. This brings me to my first question. If I do
the clean install, it's going to format my HD right? I'll have to reinstall
all my software?

My second question is, does anybody know how I can get SP1 to install on my
current installation? Any way to find and repair those supposedly corrupt
files?

Thanks in advance

I have done all that and still get error code 8024200D

"Phillips" wrote:

Try pulling out and uninstall from Device Manager whatever hardware you do
not need (USB k-board, mouse, BTooth devices, webcam, external USB ports,
sound-card etc); while in Dev Mgr see what hardware issues you might have
(yellow"!" sign). Check to have the latest BIOS and chipset drivers.

If this fails, uninstall programs that are incompatible w/ SP1 - check MS
site for a list of such programs.

Michael


"Quiksilver" wrote in message
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Still have not got a solution to this if anyone can help still pls

and yes I have been e-mailing the sp1 support who don't know or maybe just
don't care.

"Ben" wrote:

It's same with my situation.
I think I'm getting desperate with Windows Vista, yet I've been
reinstalled
my OS twice since I bought this software! There is no support answering
this
problem.


"Pete in NM" wrote:

Here's my situation. I bought a custom gaming PC about a year ago and
it came
with Vista Home Premium 32bit. Since SP1 was released, I've tried
several
times to install it both through Windows Update and manually but it
always
fails. I looked at the information in the Knowledgebase article about
the
error message I was getting and it suggested running a system scan
utility
through the command line interface which I did. The utility said that
it
fixed some files but I had corrupted files that it was not able to
repair.

I went out and bought an upgrade version of Vista Home Premium that
contained SP1 thinking I could just upgrade it as a workaround. No
dice, the
upgrade option is disabled unless you already have SP1 installed. It
will
only let me do a clean install. This brings me to my first question. If
I do
the clean install, it's going to format my HD right? I'll have to
reinstall
all my software?

My second question is, does anybody know how I can get SP1 to install
on my
current installation? Any way to find and repair those supposedly
corrupt
files?

Thanks in advance