I have tried severl times to install Windows 7 SP1 32-bit (through windows update and from the stand alone file) on my Dell Latitude E5400 with no luck. I keep receiving the same error over and over again 0x8004100e. Does anyone have any ideas?

wbemErrInvalidNamespace = 0x8004100e, So you have WMI issues. try this: Can you please try the command winmgmt /verifyrepository from an elevated commad prompt(cmd - run as administrator)? If you get WMI repository is Inconsistent please try the following to reinstall WMI. net stop winmgmt ren %windir%\System32\Wbem\Repository Repository_backup net start winmgmt Open Command Prompt (cmd ) with elevated credentials (administrator) Run winmgmt /salvagerepository to attempt to rebuild the repository Register WMI components cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem for /f %%s in ('dir /b *.dll') do regsvr32 /s %%s for /f %%s in ('dir /b *.mof *.mfl') do mofcomp %%s wmiprvse /regserver winmgmt /regserver 7.Reboot machine After that, please test WMI connection with wbemtest as follows. Run %SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem\WbemTest.exe Click Connect Click Connect If you still hit connectivity error, you may want to try comprehensive rebuild below rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection WBEM 132 %windir%\inf\wbemoc.inf Above command will ask for your Windows 2008 R2 installation disc Hope it helps. Source: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproSP/thread/5e28b803-51ee-4e20-80bc-22761e86b889 if it still fails, we must look for error messages in the file CBS.log. Please run the Windows Explorer and go to the folder "C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\ " and copy all files to your document folder, also copy the setupapi.dev.log from the folder C:\Windows\Inf and the file "C:\Windows\winsxs\poqexec.log " to your document folder (otherwise you can't upload it), zip all files into 1 ZIP and upload the zip to your SkyDrive [1] and post a link here. André [1] http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproui/thread/4fc10639-02db-4665-993a-08d865088d65 "A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" Want to install RSAT on Windows 7 Sp1? Check my HowTo: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=150221

WMI repository is consistent

Andre, Thanks for your help. Even though WMI reported consistent I decided to go ahead and follow your directions and rebuild the WMI repository and that worked. I now have installed SP1 installed. Thanks.

follow your directions and rebuild the WMI repository and that worked. I now have installed SP1 installed. thanks for the Feedback :)"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" Want to install RSAT on Windows 7 Sp1? Check my HowTo: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=150221

Hi Andre, Like HenryDa - this also worked for me too!!!!! Thank you so much for your help on this one! P.S. The system I was using had bad sectors, replaced the hard disk and restored from a system image - so this might not have restored the WMI properly. The system was also a Dell Vostro 3450. Regards, Dave

I have been trying to install Windows 7 SP1 multiple times. I get this error code: 80073712 I have tested "System Update Readiness Tool", clean boot, Shutting down services and sfc.exe /scannow doesn't fix the problem. Checkdisk doesn't fix the problem. Rename the Software Distribution folder tested The Windows Update troubleshooter After these operation i have no clue what to try. Here is a link for my cbs.log http://cid-793565f42e4581e3.office.live.com/browse.aspx/sp1