That's the problem. You don't always know it's going to fail until it actually fails with the configure/revert error.
Usually when a repair install keeps failing like this for whatever reason, a clean install is about the only other option.
What was the original reason for wanting to do a repair install? Perhaps there may be a way to sort it without having to reinstall.
Still at crossed purposes here.
It is the uninstall of SP1 via Add/Remove programs that is failing to happen.
After trying to uninstall it says configuring, then says unable to do so and then reverts and says SP1 has not been uninstalled.
I need to know how to get rid of SP1 - if I have to try the repair install with the original retail disk, which did not install SP1.
If it try the upgrade with SP1 installed [even though I have burnt a disk with SP1 on it] I get the message that Windows 7 Professional cannot be upgraded to Windows 7 Professional. [which is what this repair is supposed to e for?]
One of the main reasons for doing this is to restore Personalization options [I have tried every listed one I can find - and nothing has worked]
Most likely you may have used Disk Cleanup to remove old update files. This would prevent the uninstall of SP1.
What is wrong with your Personalization options?
Might be the result of a platform update.
Try rt clicking setup.exe>properties>compatibilty tab>Vista(SP2) >OK
Hello,
I have never used disk clean up.
Personalisation no longer exists [?] It stopped working for no apparent reason. Rt click on desktop returns IE unspecified error.
Not available in Control panel.
scannow makes no diference.
Group policy unable to create snapin.
All online suggestions found to "cure" have failed.
The in-place repair installation worked like a charm on my computer. Your clear instructions gave me reassurance that the procedure was the best solution for my problems with Windows. Now that I've completed the installation, almost all my computer problems, including the re-installation of MS Office 2007 and failed installations of several Windows updates, including Windows 7 SP 1, have vanished. The computer performs like new again! It's a pleasure to use it! Thanks SO MUCH, Shawn, for the tutorial. You saved me from having to endure additional grief and aggravation.
If I have Windows 7 Professional installed with SP1 but my disk doesn't specify anything about SP1 then which should I use? I'm afraid of running the wrong one and causing a greater problem than I now have. I would just like to have my computer operating as it should be and was before these glitches started up. Your help is greatly appreciated:)
Last edited by BAMAMOM; 09 Jul 2014 at 17:39.
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