Got it fixed in 5 minutes!
Do the following:
1. Locate a second computer with access to the internet.
2. Open Notepad.
3. Copy and paste the following text into Notepad.
Dim xmlDoc, node, nodeList, fileName, backupFileName, numberOfPOQNodes
Set xmlDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
If Wscript.Arguments.Count = 0 Then
WScript.echo("Error! No XML file specified.")
Wscript.quit
End If
fileName = WScript.Arguments(0)
backupFileName = Left(fileName, InStrRev(fileName, ".") - 1) & "_backup.xml"
If Not xmlDoc.load(fileName) Then
WScript.echo("Failure loading XML file " & fileName & ".")
Wscript.quit
End If
xmlDoc.save(backupFileName)
Set nodeList = xmlDoc.documentElement.selectNodes("POQ")
numberOfPOQNodes = nodeList.Length
For Each node in nodeList
xmlDoc.documentElement.removeChild(node)
Next
xmlDoc.save(fileName)
Set xmlDoc = Nothing
WScript.echo(numberOfPOQNodes & " POQ nodes removed. Script completed.")
4. Click File, and then click Save as.
5. Name the file script.vbs and save the file to a removable media device such as a USB thumb drive.
APPLYING THE SCRIPT TO THE FAILED INSTALLATION:
1. Restart your computer and start pressing the F8 key on your keyboard. You have to press F8 before the Windows logo appears. If the Windows logo appears, you have to try again by waiting until the Windows logon prompt appears and then shutting down and
restarting your computer.
2. Use the arrow keys to select Repair your Computer in the Advanced Boot Options area, and then press Enter. If you are prompted, select the Windows 7 installation to be repaired, and then click Next.
3. Select the language and a keyboard input method, and then click Next.
4. Select a user name, type your password, and then click OK.
5. Under System Recovery Options, make a note of the Windows 7 drive letter listed on the line below Choose a recovery tool.
For example, you may see something similar to the following.
Operating system: Windows 7 on (C:) <VolumeName>
Note In this example, the drive letter for Windows 7 would be C.
6. Under System Recovery Options, click Command Prompt.
7. Insert the removable media with the script (.vbs) file that you previously created into the PC.
8. At the command prompt, navigate to the drive, and the directory, that contains the script (.vbs) file that you previously created.
For example, if you previously saved the script.vbs file that you created to the root of a USB thumb drive, and the drive letter associated with the USB thumb drive is the “E” drive, you would simply type the following at the command prompt, and
then press Enter.
E:
Note If you are not sure which drive contains the removable media you can use Diskpart to display a list of drives. To run Diskpart, follow these steps.
1. Type Diskpart, and then press Enter.
2. Type List volume, and then press Enter.
3. Make a note of the drive that contains the removable media with the script (.vbs) file that you previously created. Assuming you used a USB thumb drive, the drive type will be listed as “Removable”.
4. To exit Diskpart type Exit, and then press Enter.
9. At the command prompt, type the following command and press Enter:
Cscript Script.vbs C:\Windows\winsxs\pending.xml
In this example, (c:\) is the drive letter that the Windows 7 operating system is installed on.
This will run the script in the Script.vbs file. After the script completes, you may see a message similar to following.
2 POQ nodes removed. Script Completed
10. To exit the command prompt type Exit, and then press Enter.
11. Restart your computer. Service Pack 1 installation should now complete successfully.
Further problems? See:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;975484
Hope this helps out!
