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Thread ID: 122852	2012-01-16 08:44:00	Windows 7 SP1 Will not install	ollieogg (6593)	Press F1

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1254457	2012-01-16 10:49:00	I had a similar one with a bunch of these kind of things logged: ~amd64~~8.0.7600.16385.cat Gave up in the end - the "inplace upgrade" with a SP1 slipstreamed disc failed, said it needed to be the same version :badpc:, which it was, Home Prem 64, but just SP1'd. Can't remember if an inplace upgrade with no SP installed or not... from memory it did, but the SP1 install crapped out at the same place again. T'was a Compaq laptop.	Renegade (16270)
1254458	2012-01-16 19:29:00	One other thing to check is that the computer shows the correct time and date! I assume that you have it set correctly but if you haven't that could be part of your problem.	Bryan (147)
1254459	2012-01-17 02:31:00	Ok I have spent almost another fruitless day trying to fix this. I have tried the fixes that I could understand. I downloaded and installed the SP in safe mode and still no joy. The error under safe mode said "the reference assembly could not be found" Other fixes say to delete language packs. The instructions for this went way over my head. Ideas? or should I just ignore the SP?	ollieogg (6593)
1254460	2012-01-17 03:08:00	So did you run some hardware tests on your HDD and even the RAM?	CYaBro (73)
1254461	2012-01-17 03:27:00	Did you check the logs like I suggested in Post #4 ??? You will get to the folder, there should be some .cab files, any zip program can open them, inside will be the log - in the log "somewhere" should be the reference assembly could not be found" this will tell you (or should) what is missing and that can then possibly lead to a fix/repair and then SP1 may install. there is some part of the OS damaged/missing, thats why its not installing. Also, are you doing Via windows update or did you download the complete package ? Also, are you connected to the internet when doing it, as even the off line installer needs to be connected, it downloads some files from MS, if you are not connected, it can cause errors. Edited: Quoted from MS Technet forum: I am sure I did not make what I was trying to say abundantly clear, so I will elaborate. As some more experiments here have confirmed, Windows 7 SP1 install requires a connection to the internet for some unknown reason. This is true even for the "offline" .EXE and DVD .ISO versions at Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (KB976932), where one downloads the supposedly complete SP1 update "package" in order to be able to install it on multiple systems without having to download it all over again on each system (in contrast to the version that you get by using Windows Update). This is surprising, since every "offline" update I have ever encountered can indeed be installed just like that: offline (disconnected from the internet, as is wise). But the Windows 7 SP1 "offline" (complete) install still downloads three or four or five files from the internet [I have no explanation for why some machines require three or four, and others five]; it insists on being connected in order to be able to complete the install. Hence, in order to keep Windows from applying any Windows Updates, you must configure the Windows Update settings to disable it before you go online with Windows Update even the very first time, since you have to be online to install SP1 (and that gives Windows Update the opportunity to "sneak in there" before the SP1 install even really gets started. Apparently, if you allow Windows Update to do anything, it does something that thwarts the ability to install SP1. I repeated this experiment on three more systems last evening and this morning, with the same results. I also took the trouble (not much, since I needed to check out some new hard drives) to restore two of the very first Windows 7 images that had been Ghosted just after it had first been installed (with the machine, of course, disconnected from the internet), one with Office 2007 and other applications and one totally clean (and not yet any Windows Updates, of which, at the time, I think there were only a very tiny number, which were initially intentionally ignored -- that trust issue, again). SP1 installed successfully on both of them.	wainuitech (129)
1254462	2012-01-17 08:29:00	Yep the date and time are correct :(	ollieogg (6593)
1254463	2012-01-17 08:32:00	Laptop nearly new so they should be fine. :(	ollieogg (6593)
1254464	2012-01-17 19:04:00	Just a thought. Have you tried to run "chkdisk /f" in administrator mode? I had a lot of problems installing upates once and doing the foregoing it fixed it. Using this command in Administrator mode will require a reboot for it to take effect. As I say, just a thought and it might take 15 - 20 minutes to run.	Bryan (147)
1254465	2012-01-17 21:06:00	Laptop nearly new so they should be fine. :( Doesn't matter about age, parts can become faulty at any time.	CYaBro (73)
1254466	2012-01-18 00:41:00	Just had the exact same thing happen. I tried to put SP1 in via the DVD, but it failed - The fix was simply to let the updates install Via windows update, then they went in straight away, there were 55 updates first, then it showed SP1 and one other file as a download, thats when the DVD was used ( after the 55 updates were installed). I posted in #15 some questions , which has not been answered, so no idea as to how you are actually trying to install it.	wainuitech (129)
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