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re: SP3 does not install
Friday, May 16, 2008 at 10:29 am
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Posted by Alvar Kresh (53 messages posted)


Have you tried to do a manual download, and then trying to install offline?


On Friday, May 16, 2008 at 8:15 am, GeoR wrote:
>On 4/22/08, Microsoft showed the update gold shield telling us to download/install
>and update. I proceeded to use Microsoft Update and the system scanned our laptop
>Acer Aspire AMD base.
>After a long wait it inform us that we had the SP3 to be installed.
>Proceeded to install it and although I understand it is a large release, it took
>over 1.5 hrs to come back with the Service Pack 3 Setup Error: "A device attached
>to the system is not functioning".
>It does not tell you what device, just to select OK to Remove Changes.
>It goes to another long, long time before indicating that it failed.
>Now, over four weeks later, another gold shield showed up about SP3.
>Follow the same process as before, but it showed that the install was zero MB size,
>and after 1.5 hrs, came back with the same SP3 Setup Error.
>It is obvious that it is detecting something but it does not help you to know what
>you can do. Any suggestions?


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SP3 does not install (GeoR: Friday, May 16, 2008 at 8:15 am)

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All messages in this thread [show all]
-SP3 does not install (GeoR: Fri, May 16, 2008, 8:15 am)
-re: SP3 does not install (bob wells: Fri, May 16, 2008, 10:28 am)
-re: SP3 does not install (bob wells: Fri, May 16, 2008, 10:40 am)
-re: SP3 does not install (Larry: Fri, May 16, 2008, 12:55 pm)
*re: SP3 does not install (bob wells: Fri, May 16, 2008, 2:17 pm)
*re: SP3 does not install (Alvar Kresh: Fri, May 16, 2008, 10:29 am)
-re: SP3 does not install (Phil: Fri, May 16, 2008, 2:49 pm)
-re: SP3 does not install (appleoddity: Fri, May 16, 2008, 7:03 pm)
*re: SP3 does not install (Larry: Mon, May 19, 2008, 6:08 am)
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