Service Pack 2 - Vista Home Premium

Service Pack 2 - Vista Home Premium Install Was Not Succesfull - ERROR: E-FAIL (8x80004005)

#1 Izzy

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Posted 09 June 2009 - 03:00 AM

Hope someone may be able to help, Vista SP2 32 Bit Home Premium.

Can't install Service Pack 2 at all, tried from Windows Update and tried the stand alone version and still can't do it. Vista is one big piece of garbage.

It just tells me that installation wasn't successful and reverts back. I do get an Error: E-FAIL (0x80004005) whatever that means.

Any ideas?????

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Posted 09 June 2009 - 04:08 AM

Have you seen this?

"Vista is one big piece of garbage"
Nothing to do with Vista.

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Posted 09 June 2009 - 05:09 AM

Have you seen Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 service pack installation fails with error 0x80004005 and Vista SP2 Fails to Install on PCs with Cloned Disks or Partitions

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Posted 09 June 2009 - 06:04 AM

Both options failed for me and still get same error I suppose I have one option, buying Vista with SP2 included which I'm not gonna bother with as its a crap operating system regardless of this problem. I'll wait for Windows 7 and put it on.

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Posted 09 June 2009 - 06:25 AM

You might be interested in Description of the System Update Readiness Tool for Windows Vista, for Windows Server 2008, for Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate, and for Windows 7 Release Candidate

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Posted 09 June 2009 - 05:11 PM

thanks for that, I may try it out and see, I'm due for a new computer in the other room (the one with Vista) if I were getting another PC then I'd buy one with Win7 already on it. I have a Mac which I'm using now in this room, I may even go all mac in this household but there's still 7 months before anything happens.

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Posted 10 June 2009 - 06:00 AM

you're welcome
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Posted 17 June 2009 - 08:55 PM

UPDATE:

Service Pack 2 is now installed on Vista, the only way I could get it on was to reinstall the OS and then installing SP1 then SP2 straight up then all other updates available. Four hours of painfulness I can tell you. 2 hours to install Vista, an hour to install SP1 and another hour to install SP2.

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Posted 17 June 2009 - 09:20 PM

Wow, what are you using? A 386 with 256MB's or RAM? :huh:

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