Vista Service Pack won't load

I have tried to install service pack 1 with no success. After downloading, the installation takes
about 30 minutes, at which point you have to reboot. This part takes another 45 minutes. Then i
get a message saying something like installation unsuccessful, undoing changes. This take another
45 minutes. So after some 2 hours (that i can't use the computer), i'm right back where i started.
I've tried this 4 times (that's 8 hours of processing time).

I'm using Vista Basic with an AMD dual core processor. I've tried turning off all popup blockers,
anti-virus, and that kind of stuff.

Any ideas?

Unlimited installation and compatibility support for Vista SP1 is available at no charge
through 18 Mar-09• US:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...&gprid=500921• CA:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...&gprid=500921• UK:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...&gprid=500921• AU:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...&gprid=500921• Other:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx
| select Windows Vista | select Windows Vista Service Pack 1Thanks to PA Bear MVP for
putting the detailed list together.

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<> wrote in message news:0SYIj.12$...
|I have tried to install service pack 1 with no success. After downloading, the
installation takes
| about 30 minutes, at which point you have to reboot. This part takes another 45
minutes. Then i
| get a message saying something like installation unsuccessful, undoing changes. This
take another
| 45 minutes. So after some 2 hours (that i can't use the computer), i'm right back where
i started.
| I've tried this 4 times (that's 8 hours of processing time).
|
| I'm using Vista Basic with an AMD dual core processor. I've tried turning off all popup
blockers,
| anti-virus, and that kind of stuff.
|
| Any ideas?

I think the formatting went wrong in the last post -

Unlimited installation and compatibility support for Vista SP1 is available
at no charge through 18 Mar-09

• US:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...4&gprid=500921

• CA:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...4&gprid=500921

• UK:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...4&gprid=500921

• AU:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...4&gprid=500921


• Other: http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx

| select Windows Vista | select Windows Vista Service Pack 1