This is stupid part of IT side work where the customer only has a Vista OEM install disc. I suppose I could should will install XP…
Dear Vista, die in a fire.
This is stupid part of IT side work where the customer only has a Vista OEM install disc. I suppose I could should will install XP…
You just need to keep restarting. They usually sort out eventually. If you download the service pack instead of using update, it makes it easier.
Beat me to it, as in, why is he/she using update instead of installing SP1 right after the clean install. Isn’t that IT101?
And, uh, the failed updates? Nothing new there, really Just locked files. XP did the same thing just didn’t tell you it failed. Told you to reboot instead.
Not that I love Vista but this, well, obvious and low level.
Screw that just upgrade to windows 7.
Vista is death!
lol some people never learn… vista? really? install norton on top of vista and you will surely suicide
Customer OEM disk – they didn’t have a choice.
Had a similar problem. Long story short, I had to format the drive and start over. Installed SP1 (then SP2), bypassing any other Windows Updates.
I had vista on my laptop, dual booted with Ubuntu. The hard drive had a recovery partition and so I formatted the ‘doze partition and reinstalled following some quirky behaviour and a load of clutter I just couldn’t be bother sorting through (I mostly used it for games anyway). Fresh install, all going well, fifty billion updates required, nothing unusual there. Left the laptop updating. Hours later the updates finish, reboot the laptop and suddenly the wifi no longer works. Booted Ubuntu, all was fine, wifi connecting. Back into Windows, nada. Downloaded fresh drivers for the wifi adapter, still nothing. Updates must be a package of new ways to screw up your computer ¬_¬
I’ve since removed windows and the recovery partition in a fit of rage.