Windows 7 Update Issue

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Hi,

I’ve just built a new PC with Windows 7 64 bit (Professional) … no applications, anti-virus or anything else as yet. The specifications (which might be important) are as follows:

* Intel i7 2600K (o/c to 4.6Gb)
* Asus P8Z68-V motherboard
* 8GB corsair Vengeance DDR3
* 60GB corsair SSD SATA 3 boot drive
* 0GB SATA II DATA

It’s a recent board with SATA 3 & USB 3 (Z68 chipset) and the board/CPU/memory was bought new from Scan computers as a pre-tested overclock bundle and I am using the onboard graphics at present.

So … I installed Windows AOK using a USB drive (I hadn’t realised my old ATA DVD drive wouldn’t be supported) and subsequently all the drivers for the board with no issue. Windows 7 is an early copy (bought when MS were offering it cheap pre-launch, it has been used before but not for about 2 months. It is activated) I then started updating … there was a point at which

I wasn’t able to install SP1 straight away (my normal MO is install latest SP then patch up to date) as the OS didn’t meet the required specifications … it appears MS now require some/all patched to be installed before the system qualifies for SP.

The error I get can be seen in the attachment (specifically 800B0100 & 8007065E).

I’ve searched the internet and these are some of the things I have tried:

* System Update Readiness Tool for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (only installs the same one patch [KB947821] over and over at a time and takes forever).
* Disabled the Windows firewall (no other apps on system).
* Registered (from command prompt run as admin):
— regsvr32 Softpub.dll /s
— regsvr32 Wintrust.dll /s
— regsvr32 Initpki.dll /s
— regsvr32 Mssip32.dll /s

I would like to get the OS patched up to date before I start installing everything else so any help would be appreciated

Keke

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Hi Keke, I find that clearing all of IE cache sometimes helps & running disc cleanup.

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Possibly but there isn’t likely to be much cached on account of it being a newly built system … I’ll try it but I’ve not done anything but updates with it so far.

Keke

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Kek, Take a look at this MS article. You might also consider downloading the SP1 file directly from MS, disconnecting from the net , shutting down all running apps except Windows and installing directly from the file. This article from MSexplains some things to check.

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Microsoft update error codes are listed here, but the second one you get isn’t on the list. Microsoft provides free support for windows update problems. I suggest you contact them at: https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?enty=PIDLESS&prid=815&med=online&enval=815&ln=en-us&tp=wm&as=1&tzone=480&st=1&wfxredirect=1&sd=gn .

Jerry

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Hi Guys,

Thx for the replies … it’s OK, I’ve solved my issue by the simple method of a rebuild.

I think my basic problem derived from the fact that my initial update failed (or appeared to) due to the default power saving configuration forcing me to restart the system … I don’t think it liked that! This time round I disabled any power issues (i.e. setting all system power downs to “Never”) so avoiding any chance of a power related issue. I’m sure there was probably an easier way to do it but …

Now all I need to figure is how to redirect the default profile folders to my D: drive which should (in effect) leave my SSD purely to the OS (well that’s my plan).

Keke

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Now all I need to figure is how to redirect the default profile folders to my D: drive which should (in effect) leave my SSD purely to the OS (well that’s my plan).
Keke

You can right click each of them (My Documents, My Music, etc),choose Location tab and click Move.

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You can also move many of the OS default folders including app data, contacts, WLM, and others. Any folder able to be moved will have the location tab.

I might consider leaving OS and installed apps to the C Drive, and move all data folders to your D Drive. On my HD I have Win 7 Ultimate, Office 2010 and MANY apps, and still only use about 26 GB of my C Drive. Plenty of room left for almost anything you might desire.

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Thanks guys … Ted, can I ask how big your C: drive is? My SSD is 60GB so I’m wondering if that’s big enough for what you’re suggesting (currently I have about 30GB free after shifting my swap file to my SATA II D; drive).

Keke

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The only time I ever had success installing SP1 was immediately following a clean install.

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My C drive is set to approx. 75 GB, but this was purely arbitrary. On that 75 GB partition I have over 50 GB free. And I do have a significant number of apps installed. Using these numbers, you would have approx. 35 GB free space, which should be plenty.

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