Vista 64 SP 1 Upgrade isn't working

Microsoft... Your stupid SP1 isn't working.. Lot of updates fail lately lately.

My Visual Studio 2008 SP1 failed, too.  I had to lot of jumping around to get it to installed.

their MSDN download area download things at 16kbps.  I chatted with a ladly but appears to be wasted of time.

I had very similar experience with this user.

I am not going to update vista 64 sp1 for a while

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I get the same result, ie. error 80070002 when trying to install Windows 

Vista Service Pack 1 (KB936330). My time-consuming investigation has led me 

in a dozen directions. I have seen (and unsuccessfully tried) these "fixes":

1. Downloading and installing the so-called "hot fix", then reinstalling SP1.

2. Per the Windows Help and Support: "deleting temporary update files" 

(which by the way also deletes yiour Windows Update History), by following 

the three step procedure (1) stop the Windows Update Service, by Click to 

open Administrative Tools, double-click "Services", right-click "Windows 

Update", then click "Stop"; (2) delete temporary update files by deleting all 

files in the folders: C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\* and 

C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\*

(3) restart Windows Update Service, by Click to open Administrative Tools, 

double-click "Services", right-click "Windows Update", then click "Restart"

3. Checking on Google for "80070002": I see many, many other people have had 

this problem, but most just list what they tried (as I am doing) without 

success (ditto). Some links mentioned a "registry problem" and I had 

recently downloaded and run some Registry Cleaners, eg. Wise Registry, AML 

Free Registry Cleaner, Eusing Free Registry Cleaner, so this seemed like a 

possibility.

4. One link explicitly claimed it could "fix" the 80070002 problem by 

downloading and running a "free" program to fix the Registry. This turned 

out to be RegCure which when I downloaded and ran it did list a bunch of 

"registry problems", but then when you try to fix them it says you have to 

buy a license (for $30, I think) to actually fix the problems it found. 

This seemed like a real SCAM to me for what was claimed to be "free" 

software. (Not the first time I have encountered this, however, and I'm sure 

not the last.)

5. I tried going directly to the Microsoft Updates site, but they claimed 

using the “Start...Windows Update” under Vista provided a very much smaller 

downloadable install program than the "standalone" versions available from 

the Website, at least for "x86" and "x64". Which then started me off on a 

Google quest to find out what the hell "x86" and "x64" were. This led to a 

quite interesting lesson in computer architecture and the history of hardware 

development, BUT no closer to a fix for 80070002.

6. Trying again, I actually got the SP1 downloaded, but I had a problem with 

the subsequent "install" which I tried at least 3 or 4 times.

7. The last time I got a "Welcome to Windows Vista Service Pack 1" window 

but when I clicked "What you should know before installing Service Pack 1", 

it tried to run a “spclite.exe” program which my Trend Micro Internet 

Security Anti-virus SW "trapped". When I Googled "spclite" I got some pretty 

scary warnings, eg. See for example: 

“http://www.prevx.com/filenames/X15612749082116792 47-0/SPCLITE.EXE.html”

It seems to imply that spclite.exe might be a virus, spy ware, or malware. 

But again, they want money to sell you a service to tell you for sure.

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