We have updated the KB that deals with this error to include a new script to get users out of the 0xc0000034 condition and allows SP1 to install properly. This fix will only work for users who are currently in a 0xc0000034 state after applying Service...

I know that one of the workarounds everyone is using is editing the pending.xml file and rebooting the machine.  This is seemingly working for everyone that the SetupExecute registry value does not.  I wanted to give a brief rundown as to why...

UPDATED BLOG INFORMATION FOR THIS ISSUE IS NOW LOCATED HERE: http://blogs.technet.com/b/joscon/archive/2011/03/16/new-information-on-error-code-0xc0000034.aspx This blog is being left up for information only I've seen several reports now of the...

Now that we’ve had the service pack available for a couple of weeks, I wanted to post a quick note for those of you who have not yet rolled out the service pack to your environment for things you can do before installing Service Pack 1 that might...

I’ve noticed a fairly common them with some of the Service Pack 1 failures recently and that is customers who have installed most, if not all, of the language packs available for their OS. The question I always ask myself is why? If you really do...

I’ve seen a lot of different threads on the newsgroups and internally from customers asking when Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 will be released. The answer is: soon . I don’t have an exact date or I would post it here. However...

You may receive the following error when installing Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2: 0xC0000022 (STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED) This can be due to McAfee Host Intrusion Protection being installed on the system. To workaround this problem...

During the installation of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7/2008 R2 you might encounter the following error: 0x800f0904 - CBS_E_MORE_THAN_ONE_ACTIVE_EDITION This can be due to the release candidate failing to uninstall properly. The \Windows\Logs\CBS...

I know I've mentioned CheckSUR a lot around here and its a really vital tool for troubleshooting servicing problems within the OS. I'm happy to report that the utility has been updated to work on Service Pack 1 installations for Windows 7 and R2. I...

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 may fail to install properly on systems which have had the Driver Sweeper utility from Phyxion run against the Windows image. You could possibly encounter errors 0x800f0a13 or 0x800f0826 in your \Windows\Logs\CBS.log file that...

When installing Service Pack 1 on Windows 7 installations, you may enounter the following error code in the \Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log: 0x8004a029 The log snippet will look similar to the following: 2011-02-21 18:56:58, Error CSI 000006e1 (F) Done...

Just a quick post this morning, the Windows Team blog has more information on SP1 including another, easier way, to remove the service pack files from your machine. You can access it here: http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2011...

You might encounter an issue during the installation of SP1 for Win7/R2 where the installer exits with: 0x800f0a12 This is due to the automount policy for your machine being set to disable. We block the service pack installation in these cases because...

An often asked question is how to reclaim space after a service pack installation. We've talked about VSP1CLN and COMPCLN for Windows Vista and 2008. Now that SP1 is out, it's time to talk about how to do this on Win7/R2. It's a DISM command now: DISM...

I've seen this a couple of times already, enough that I thought we should have some quick content on it. When you attempt to install the standalone package for Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 you might get the following error: 0x800f081f <--This maps...

We currently have a known issue with the RSAT tools ( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=7d2f6ad7-656b-4313-a005-4e344e43997d&displaylang=en ) for Windows 7 SP1 installations. You will get an error when you attempt to install...

Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 SP1 has shipped. Here’s the bottom line: Volume Licensed, MSDN and TechNet subscribers get access February 16 . All customers get access February 22 through Windows Update and direct download The...

I wanted to get this out as a link so that we can elicit some feedback from the product group. Many of you dont have a problem being vocal here so now is your chance to put that voice to good use. http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2011...

I know I havent written anything in a little bit, sorry about that. I wanted to do a quick run down of some of the servicing related questions I have seen from customers over the last week or so with their answers in the hopes that it might help one of...

I've been asked about this twice this week so I wanted to write something quick on the topic. The short answer to this is: No. The somewhat longer answer as to why is the following. Very similar to how Microsoft does not support the editing of a component...

I was asked in a prior comment to give greater detail on how hard linking works in the file system and how it applies to the component store and the way files are serviced.   I’ve enlisted the assistance of my co-worker and uber disk expert Robert...

It’s been asked several times that I start to write more about how to troubleshoot servicing issues.  Several things go into working on these issues, many of which I have written about on here at one point or another.  The best way I can think...

This was written by a co-worker of mine recently and I thought I would post it here as I think it's very good information. One of the biggest tasks as support engineers at Microsoft is researching the answers to very specific scenarios. I was...

Although I know it may appear that the CBS.log is a really verbose log, there are times when you might need for the logging to be more verbose than it already is. Luckily, we have the ability for you to enable verbose logging for CBS. What this adds to...

Odd day at work today, I kept getting asked questions by people that simply cant be answered. Some were on behalf of customers, some were questions from peers or others inside of Microsoft but I thought I would make a quick note of a couple of them to...