MacDuffie wrote:
Don't you have SP1 on disk? Does that work?
Absolutely. Yes I have SP1 as a downloaded file and it works just fine. It is only if I try to install the current SP1 via any on-line source that it fails. It fails whether done through Win Updates or downloading a stand alone install. The same is the case with IE 10. Of course I can't try IE 11 as it requires SP1 for Win 7.
As a note Win 7 recognizes the install of SP1 even though it is not really there. It will no longer show up in Updates.
When attempting to install SP1 it states that it has succeed on the first attempt but it is not actually installed. After that subsiquent attempts will do absolutely nothing.
Other than my Win 7 virtual machine I have seen this on two totally different physical systems.
If I do the update to SP1 from my stored version there is no issue. It all works just fine and I don't get the notice screen that my install is out of date.
I have tested this three times via my Win 7 virtual machind starting from a clean install each time with zero difference in results. After doing an image I have tested twice on my Win 7 laptop side with the exact same results.
If I use my archived SP1 install all is well on both systems.