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    How long should Vista SP1 take to install?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by daewoo19, Mar 19, 2008.

  1. daewoo19

    daewoo19 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm at Stage 1 of 3 - 98% complete and it's been this way for the past 30 minutes! What should I do?
     
    daewoo19, Mar 19, 2008
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  2. McGrady

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    Took me less than an hour to completely install.
     
    McGrady, Mar 19, 2008
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  3. Leon

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    Same here. Wait for another hour.
     
    Leon, Mar 19, 2008
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  4. daewoo19

    daewoo19 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok, but did you seen any progress? Did it get stuck at a certain point for a while? The blue circle thing is spinning but there is no other indication that anything is happening? It's probably been at Stage 1 for 45 minutes so for.
     
    daewoo19, Mar 19, 2008
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  5. LIVEFRMNYC

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    Mines took about an hour. I also notice it stayed at Stage 1 on X% for awhile.
    I would give it 2 hours max to tell for sure if there is a problem.
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Mar 19, 2008
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  6. Leon

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    Try not to shut it off when it's installing an update.
     
    Leon, Mar 19, 2008
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  7. blackmamba

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    Wow. Mine took roughly about 18 minutes to completely install. Yes, I timed it.
     
    blackmamba, Mar 19, 2008
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  8. Polsta

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    ive just finished the install , all went smoothly and took about 30-40 mins all in incliding downloading and installing !
     
    Polsta, Mar 19, 2008
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  9. daewoo19

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    Well it got past stage 1 but now it's been at "Shutting down..." for the past 20 minutes. Sigh.
     
    daewoo19, Mar 19, 2008
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  10. Matt is Pro

    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

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    I let it install while I went out to eat. It was at the Vista Login screen once I got back. I logged in to find "Vista SP1 has successfully been installed on your system." Or something to that effect.
     
    Matt is Pro, Mar 19, 2008
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  11. coolguy

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    Around an hour including the time to download thru WU.
     
    coolguy, Mar 19, 2008
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  12. daewoo19

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    Damn You Vista!!! I took a one hour nap and when I came back, I was still at the shutting down screen. I figured it wasn't going to shut down on its own by this point so I manually power it down. I boot up again and I get I message saying windows could not boot up, acpi.sys was missing. I boot up with the Windows cd and restore my system. So my computer works now but the SP1 installation failed...
     
    daewoo19, Mar 19, 2008
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  13. zaphod.beeblebrox

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    Had exactly the same problem on my DELL XPS. After quite a long time staying at 98% Phase 1 the system reboots and enters repair mode.

    Problem is solved but no SP1 installed.

    Problems point into the direction of ACPI.SYS.
     
    zaphod.beeblebrox, Mar 21, 2008
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  14. ust2010

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    My lappy took almost 2 hours to install and reboot.
     
    ust2010, Mar 21, 2008
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  15. skerryman

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    Whilst turning off my laptop at 2 A.M last night I noticed the "Update installing 1 of 1" so I left it on all night, I wake up and ten hours later its still at stage 1, can't shut down or anything. I'm guessing it could only be SP1. Any advice guys??
     
    skerryman, Mar 22, 2008
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  16. Prasad

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    My uber old desktop took around two hours to fully install SP1. :)
     
    Prasad, Mar 22, 2008
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    My notebook is only 3 months old. What the hell microsoft? Is there another perhaps more reliable way to download this thing?
     
    skerryman, Mar 22, 2008
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  18. Freelancer332

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    Just keep waiting.
    If it stays like that for about...let's say... 3 hours. Then something is probably wrong. :p
     
    Freelancer332, Mar 22, 2008
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  19. skerryman

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    Try 10 hours man. I was sure it would be done by the time I woke up.
     
    skerryman, Mar 22, 2008
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