I have this same issue downloading and trying to install SP2.
I just bought an HP e9140f, Windows Media Center PC, Vista Home Premium, currently running SP 1, AMD Phenom II X4 925 Processor 2.8 GHz, 8 GB memory, 1 TB hard drive, 64 bit operating system. Whew, what a mouthful! So, the bottom line here is that the referenced Vista SP2 MSDSM "Driver Error" for a Server 2008 system doesn't apply to me either. BUT, I'm not installing it anyway and I will tell you why.
I have had nothing but problems with this PC for about a month now since I got it, and in particular Windows Media Center, and an issue with it trying to play live TV. I have been on HP tech line to India, the Philippines, and a very little with the US support groups. It has a Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1290 (Model 85xxx, Combo ATSC/QAM, SW Encode) TV card, and an ATI Radeon HD 4650 display adapter in it, both factory installed in this system model. I will post that issue on another error post here as well.
We have gone through SO MANY troubleshooting steps over this past month I can't remember them all. However, I know one of those steps under their direction was to download and install ALL the updates, one being SP2. After that the video just hung the whole PC including the screen such that I had to shut down, drain the power by unplugging the system, holding the on button down for 3 minutes, then starting over. Can you believe that? I couldn't either, but I complied. Once I rebooted the system again they had my revert to and update 3 days prior to SP1, where I was having problems with the live TV coming through on certain channels in the first place. Yes, I get those channels through my service provider, Comcast, and through all 3 other set top boxes including another Vista system system 2 1/2 years running Ultimate, and a laptop running XP Home. So, no problems on the TVs or PCs. What do they tell me, which I know they wanted to shift the blame? They said it was the set top box!!!!! I insisted it wasn't. After I got done with them I proved it to myself and switched the boxes and I was right, ...it's the PC and something in like the cards, drivers, or something in there. I went to the store (another retailer) and bought another e9140f and set it up and it had the same TV hanging problem, so I took it back the next day. IT IS THIS HP e9140f SYSTEM AND WHAT'S IN IT!!!
Having said all of that and weighing all the options, I figured I'd wait and see if someone comes out with a fix before the 90 return guarantee runs out, since on other things it seems to run ok, .....until trying SP2 again, and now the warning! I think after so many others have had an issue with this SP2 update, and now that the feedback is getting back to them, this warning now comes up about a driver. Did you notice it doesn't identify the driver? It's probably because Microsoft hasn't identified it either. When I click the link to get to the link it's pointing to I get a 'cannot connect to internet' flag, which of course, I think, MS is trying to point the finger at you and your internet connection. However, I open a browser window and connect to a site, and PRESTO!! It ain't me or my system's internet connection. Sorry Microsoft, your perhaps latest blame shift attempt didn't work with me!
And did you all know that while in 'Device Manager' if you click 'View', then 'Show hidden devices', at least some (maybe and maybe not all) Microsoft's hidden devices will then show up on the list? When I did that a 'Microsoft Streaming Quality Manager Proxy', which by the way was released 6/21/2006 (OVER 3 YEARS ago!), showed up. I only mentioned that one because I have a major live TV issue here with my PC, besides the SP2 update error. But, that also leads me to the question, "why would Microsoft 'hide' their devices??" Perhaps they want to hide behind something to escape blame????
Now what is the issue we're faced with here Microsoft? Step up to the plate Microsoft 'techies' and fix this issue for us and all the others that haven't posted it here that have this same issue.
Give us an answer AND fix!!!
...The next day ...after the so called "fix".
I followed the suggested fix and uninstalled update 972036, then trieed SP2 again. Well, ...it got mostly through it and encountered issues and said it would try again after the reboot. I tried and apparety encountered the same issues so reverted, or at least said it reverted to before it tried the SP2 install. However, it now boots and upon logging in cannot find 3 drivers. They are:
NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Microsoft ISATAP Adapter (twice ...must be 2 in there)
TUN Adapter (must be associated wit the ISATAP somehow)
My system is FIXED alright! NOT!!!!!
It searches and cannot find the fixes, even though I went to the HP website and at least personally downloaded the NVIDIA driver. I rebooted and still comes up with the same 3 issues.
Well, today I need to wrap things up for a week of vacation. I'm clearing all my stuff I can off of this thing, running the free download File Shredder from FileShredder.org to wipe clean all my no longer existing stuff off of the free disk space, and returning this unit for a full refund.
I'll guess I'll find out how that goes. :-(
