When you try to start a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computer after installing a Windows Service Pack and subsequently uninstalling NetGear Storage Central or Zetera Z-SAN software, you receive the following stop error message:

STOP: 0×0000007B ( parameter1 , parameter2 , parameter3 , parameter4 )
INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

When Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 is installed as an in-place upgrade (over an existing installation of Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008), or when a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 Service Pack is installed, registry settings to load filter drivers may not remain intact in their original locations. For example, the registry settings to cause a filter driver to be loaded for any current or new device in the Disk class may be moved to the registry locations for each specific device in the Disk class currently present on the system.

Following this migration of filter driver settings, one of the scenarios in which problems may occur is when uninstalling filter drivers after a Service Pack or in-place upgrade installation. If the filter driver setup program does not remove the filter driver entries from their new locations in the registry before deleting the filter driver files, problems may occur when Windows is restarted, reads the migrated registry settings and attempts to load the deleted filter driver files. This will result in Windows being unable to start the device for which the filter driver was previously loaded. If the device is one that is critical to starting Windows (for example, the disk device on which Windows is installed), Windows may fail to start after the filter driver is incompletely uninstalled.

When you try to print a document during a service pack installation or a driver installation in Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7, the print job fails. Additionally, you receive the following error message:

error 61 (ERROR_PRINTQ_FULL)

Windows Vista service packs update several system files and device drivers. When Windows Vista service packs are installed, some older drivers are reinstalled. When these drivers are reinstalled, audio problems may occur. This article lists the device drivers that are known to cause problems when you install Windows Vista service packs. It also provides information about how to update your drivers.

This article is intended for intermediate-to-advanced users. If you are a beginner-level user who is trying to troubleshoot an audio problem that was triggered by the installation of a Windows Vista service pack, or for more information generally, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
948481 How to troubleshoot sound problems that you experience after you install a Windows Vista Service Pack

After you perform System Restore in Windows Vista, you are unable to install a Windows update, a hotfix, or a service pack. Additionally, you may receive the following error message:

80071A91 (ERROR_RM_NOT_ACTIVE)

When you try to install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), you may receive one of the following error messages:
Error message 1

Installation was not successful

Error message 2

An internal error occurred while installing the service pack

There’s been plenty of talk about the first service pack for Vista. Conflicting information from Microsoft and others would have you believing there will be a service pack, there won’t be, or even that there already is one, all depending on the day you read the news. What should you believe? Keep reading →