VISTA SP1 Error 0x800F0286 during SP1 Upgrade

Hi,

On an HP laptop running VISTA Home Premium 32 bit I cannot apply SP1. I get
an 0x800F0286 error right at the end. I have seen the fix for this and it is
to make 2 services automatic. They are Windows Event Collector and Windows
Module Installer. I am running as an admin and set these to Automatic. Now I
also run msconfig to disable all the non MS services and try again. It still
fails but the Windows Module Installer is set back to Manual. I recently
upgraded the Windows Installer to the 4.5 version but the upgrade still
fails. I can install all other patches using Microsoft Update but not SP1.

I feel I could change Windows Module Installer to have a dependency to
something that is automatic to ensure it starts but I am at a loss to
explain why the setting gets changed back. I thought that it might be
Microsoft Update but I am not so sure.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Chris

I assume Windows Update is offering the machine SP1.

0x800F0286 is an error totally unknown to me.

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
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Chris Wood wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On an HP laptop running VISTA Home Premium 32 bit I cannot apply SP1. I
> get
> an 0x800F0286 error right at the end. I have seen the fix for this and it
> is
> to make 2 services automatic. They are Windows Event Collector and Windows
> Module Installer. I am running as an admin and set these to Automatic. Now
> I
> also run msconfig to disable all the non MS services and try again. It
> still
> fails but the Windows Module Installer is set back to Manual. I recently
> upgraded the Windows Installer to the 4.5 version but the upgrade still
> fails. I can install all other patches using Microsoft Update but not SP1.
>
> I feel I could change Windows Module Installer to have a dependency to
> something that is automatic to ensure it starts but I am at a loss to
> explain why the setting gets changed back. I thought that it might be
> Microsoft Update but I am not so sure.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris

I'm not going any further with this as I have seen in HP groups that my
laptop appears to have problems with VISTA SP1 upgrade. It is an DV9000
series one.

Thanks

Chris

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:OXokeYj$...
>I assume Windows Update is offering the machine SP1.
>
> 0x800F0286 is an error totally unknown to me.
>
> 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
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
>
> Chris Wood wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On an HP laptop running VISTA Home Premium 32 bit I cannot apply SP1. I
>> get
>> an 0x800F0286 error right at the end. I have seen the fix for this and it
>> is
>> to make 2 services automatic. They are Windows Event Collector and
>> Windows
>> Module Installer. I am running as an admin and set these to Automatic.
>> Now I
>> also run msconfig to disable all the non MS services and try again. It
>> still
>> fails but the Windows Module Installer is set back to Manual. I recently
>> upgraded the Windows Installer to the 4.5 version but the upgrade still
>> fails. I can install all other patches using Microsoft Update but not
>> SP1.
>>
>> I feel I could change Windows Module Installer to have a dependency to
>> something that is automatic to ensure it starts but I am at a loss to
>> explain why the setting gets changed back. I thought that it might be
>> Microsoft Update but I am not so sure.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Chris
>