Vista Service Pack 1 Issues

Posted by Sech in News, Tips on Apr 20th, 2008 | 2 responses

Microsoft has done it again!

If you enjoyed the pain of upgrading Vista get ready for another wave of pain.

A week ago I downloaded the Vista Service Pack 1 and ran the update on my Sony laptop which halted at boot. Tried the safe mode and saw crcdisk.sys as the last entry when the computer halts. A quick search about crcsisk.sys revealed that others had the same problem and some had to go through re-installing vista to fix it. Scary stuff... Luckily I had made a set of recovery disks and a quick system restore solved the problem of not being able to boot.

So I waited for Vista Service Pack Update to be delivered by Windows update. Today, after prompting I let the update go through again. Call me brave or stupid... Guess what? My laptop halted at boot with an error message about acpi.sys being corrupt which required another recovery disk repair and rolling back the update. This is ridiculous.

Here are the results of search about Vista Service Pack Problems on Yahoo. This is scary stuff.

I just can not understand this blunder by Microsoft that is called VISTA... How is it that a new OS upgrade demands more memory, more computing power, more money to get these things and runs slower? How is it that by upgrading to a new OS you end up dumping some of your peripheral hardware because there are no drivers available? How is it that when it is time to update this new OS, it halts your computer? How can a multi-billion dollar company make such a blunder?

Six months ago, it was nearly impossible to find a new computer with Windows XP. They are easier to find now. We just ordered two with XP professional loaded from DELL.  And I heard Microsoft will discontinue Windows XP. Unbelievable! I think Vista offers a great opportunity to enter the Computer OS market for a company who can put together a reliable, feature-packed, compatible linux distro. I also hear Vista runs better on MAC. How Ironic! You got Apple building computers with INTEL chips and making them capable of running Microsoft software while Microsoft trying to turn Windows into a Mac look-alike with all the useless eye candy. First thing I do with a computer loaded with Vista is to turn off all that Aero stuff.

I hope computer and hardware manufacturers start putting some pressure on Microsoft to get its act together because their tech support lines will be getting a lot of calls after this Vista Service Pack 1 start going through the Windows Update.

UPDATE Jan 9, 2009 >>>

After I re-imaged the my hard drive to the original setup, I went through the Vista Service Pack 1 update without a problem by following the instructions on Sony Support site:

When using the Windows Update utility, the installed Microsoft Hotfix KB948343 may block the installation of the Windows Vista® Service Pack 1 (SP1) update if the following drivers are also installed:

Sigmatel Audio Version 6.10.5511.0 (or earlier)
Intel Graphics Version 7.14.10.1322 - 7.14.10.1403
UPEK finger Print Version 1.9.2.99 (or earlier)

If you are experiencing this issue, you will need to download and install the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Five Language Stand Alone KB936330 update from the Microsoft Download Center at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b0c7136d-5ebb-413b-89c9-cb3d06d12674&DisplayLang=en.

IMPORTANT: The Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Five Language Stand Alone KB936330 file size is 434.5MB, and may take a while to download.

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2 Responses to “Vista Service Pack 1 Issues”

  1. Rich256 says:
    April 28, 2008 at 6:23 am

    Had a similar problem a couple weeks ago. It was a SATA hard drive. Even if not being used to boot Vista would not boot.

    MS Tech recommened deleting the following files:
    del C:\windows\system32\drivers\pcmcia.sys*
    del C:\windows\system32\drivers\1394bus.sys
    del C:\windows\system32\drivers\ohci1394.sys
    del C:\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\pcmcia.infblablabla*
    del C:\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\1394.infblablabla
    del C:\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\sdbus.infblablabla*
    del C:\windows\inf\sdbus.inf*
    del C:\windows\inf\sdbus.PNF*
    I could not even get a prompt.
    Used a SATA to USB device. Was able to go in and delete files. Only three of the above were there. It then booted.

  2. Sech says:
    June 27, 2008 at 1:37 pm

    I really did not want to get into deleting files from by system folders. I have also seen recommendations of deleting other files.

    Well, in my Sony laptop’s case, I was able to force a Service pack 1 upgrade at the 4th attempt. I can’t tell you how or why it happened. Maybe at each previous try I had to use recovery disks some of these files you mentioned replaced.

    I am actually pretty happy with Vista after the Service pack update. The biggest problem I used to have — Internet Explorer 7 crashing when a few tabs open — disappeared.

    Thanks for the help.

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