Warning: Windows 7 Service Pack 1

Psychedelic

I installed "an important update" which I think was Windows 7 Service Pack 1 on my laptop last night, got home today to find the screen was still on and stalled on an update screen. Tried to reboot but just got a black screen with "Fatal error appplying update operation".

System restore in the Samsung Recovery Solution didn't work. Pressing F8 at boot didn't work. I managed to do a backup of recent files and have done a complete system restore now so I have to set up the whole O/S again and re-install all my programs.

Be careful if you intend to install Service Pack 1 on a 64-bit Windows 7 machine. Google this to see what I mean: "fatal error applying update operation"

matt-dublin

ive deployed it on about 20 machines without any issues?

edit: looks like this may be your issue:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975484

microsoft wrote:

This issue can occur when a user attempts to install the Service Pack, does not restart the machine to complete the installation, installs other updates and then restarts the machine. This issue can also occur if the Service Pack is installed simultaneously with other updates when using WSUS.

how to fix:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/why-am-i-receiving-error-0xc0000034-after-installing-windows-7-service-pack-1-sp1

GarIT

Psychedelic wrote: »

I installed "an important update" which I think was Windows 7 Service Pack 1 on my laptop last night, got home today to find the screen was still on and stalled on an update screen. Tried to reboot but just got a black screen with "Fatal error appplying update operation".

System restore in the Samsung Recovery Solution didn't work. Pressing F8 at boot didn't work. I managed to do a backup of recent files and have done a complete system restore now so I have to set up the whole O/S again and re-install all my programs.

Be careful if you intend to install Service Pack 1 on a 64-bit Windows 7 machine. Google this to see what I mean: "fatal error applying update operation"

That can happen with any update, I see it all the time, it has nothing to do with any certain update, its usually caused by improperly turning off the computer during an update, or sometimes just turning it off at the wrong time during an update. Power cuts while updating can cause it too. It's rare but its just being unlucky that causes it too.

tman

Yep, no issues whatsoever with the update on the 7 Windows 7 PCs that I have access to either...

How do you mean pressing F8 at boot didn't work?...

Kinetic^

Psychedelic wrote: »

I installed "an important update" which I think was Windows 7 Service Pack 1 on my laptop last night, got home today to find the screen was still on and stalled on an update screen. Tried to reboot but just got a black screen with "Fatal error appplying update operation".

System restore in the Samsung Recovery Solution didn't work. Pressing F8 at boot didn't work. I managed to do a backup of recent files and have done a complete system restore now so I have to set up the whole O/S again and re-install all my programs.

Be careful if you intend to install Service Pack 1 on a 64-bit Windows 7 machine. Google this to see what I mean: "fatal error applying update operation"

Not had any issues on the many PCs I've installed Service Pack 1 on.

Shane O' Malley

Ran it on 4 win 7 64bit machines with no problem.

Psychedelic

Cheers lads, I think what happened so is that when I shut down my computer when the updates were in progress (but I didn't know they were) and I plugged my laptop out.

How do you mean pressing F8 at boot didn't work?..

I didn't get the option to boot in safe mode etc. It just went a screen that had boot as normal and something like "repair boot" but that didn't do anything.

Trevor451

I think the best option if you were not able to solve the issue to would to get a windows 7 CD (you can download these legally for free) and try the repair option.

I have installed windows 7 on both my desktop and netbook and I have had no problems.

Overheal

Trevor451 wrote: »

I think the best option if you were not able to solve the issue to would to get a windows 7 CD (you can download these legally for free) and try the repair option.

You can download the Recovery Environment Disc legally and free.

http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/windows-7-system-repair-discs/

tman

Psychedelic wrote: »

I didn't get the option to boot in safe mode etc. It just went a screen that had boot as normal and something like "repair boot" but that didn't do anything.

Think you sometimes have to press F8 again to display the full list

Moon54

There should be no need to reinstall Windows 7.

I've had to fix several PC's with an "error applying update operation" error.
Usually the PC would boot showing an updating message, but the screen would only show 0% completed all the time.

The trick is to leave the 0% screen on, eventually the PC will restart itself, and it'll undo the last update itself.
(It's a large update so it may look like the PC has crashed, but it hasn't)
To then fix the problem, I found the easiest way was to go to Windows Update in Win 7,
de-select all ticked updates and just do one at a time, then restart.

So, tick an update, restart, tick an update, restart etc.
Time-consuming, but after doing that for about 5 or 10 times you can then chance selecting all updates.

Hope that helps.