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Vista Service Pack 1

I have been trying to load the Vista Service Pack 1 for several years with no luck. I am running Vista Home Premium on a Gateway GM5442, and I have loaded all of the updates as they became available. But now I cannot load IE9 or the Window 7 or 8 upgrades since the Service Pack 1 didn't load Has anyone else had this problem, and if yes, how did you solve it. I've tried numerous Microsoft error correction procedures with no luck over the last two years.

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Answer

Bill Smithers

Hi,

Click Start > right click Computer > left click Properties > see if you have Vista 32bit or Vista 64bit installed.

Then choose the correct "bit" download to use to install the Service Packs, installing SP1 first.

Vista SP1 32bit (x86): http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30

Vista SP1 64bit: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21299

Vista SP2 32bit (x86): http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16468

Vista SP2 64bit: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17669

And if you have any problems:

There is a Forum that Microsoft has set up for problems with Vista Service Packs. If you repost at the Forum they will certainly try to assist you there..

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/itprovistasp/threads

Cheers.

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Bill Smithers - Microsoft MVP July 2013 - Dec 2020