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Windows Vista Service Pack 1 won't install

Anonymous
2020-12-29T07:35:44+00:00

I pulled out a Windows Vista computer that hadn't been turned on since 2014 today.  It's failed loading Windows Vista Service Pack 1 three times, which seemed strange since SP1 came out in '07. 

Looking at the Update History, Service Pack 1 has failed to install between 50 and 100 times dating back to June, 2008. 

Do you have any ideas what I need to do to make this work?

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  1. lmacri 2,500 Reputation points
    2020-12-29T14:13:41+00:00

    Hi ArizonaDude:

    Standalone .exe installers for Vista Service Pack 1 (KB936330, released March 2008) and Service Pack 2 (KB948465, released May 2009) are still available for download from theMicrosoft Update Catalog at the following links:

         Service Pack 1: https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=Vista KB936330

         Service Pack 2: https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=Vista KB948465

    SP1 is a prerequisite for SP2 and must be installed first if your current Vista OS has no service packs installed. Select the smaller Five Languages installer if your OS is English, French German, Japanese or Spanish (for other languages use the All Languages installer) and be sure to download the 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) .exe installer that matches your current OS.  Save the installer to your desktop, close your browser and other open programs, right-click on the .exe file and choose "Run as Administrator" to run the installer.

    As Bill Smithers noted above, Microsoft deactivated the Windows Update servers for older operating systems like Win XP and Vista on 03-Aug-2019.  To patch your Vista SP2 OS back to end of extended support (11-Apr-2017) once SP2 is applied see the VistaForums FAQ What To Do if Windows Update Hangs or Throws an Error [UPDATED August 2020] for further assistance.

    32-bit Vista Home Premium SP2 * Firefox ESR v52.9.0 * Malwarebytes Premium v3.5.1-1.0.365

    HP Pavilion dv6835ca, Intel Core2Duo T5550 @ 1.83 GHz, 3 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-12-29T09:51:41+00:00

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