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Vista Service Pack 1 (RC1 Refresh) Upgrade
Blog Comment Am I correct in my understanding from your article, and my assumption based on it, that it takes several hours to install the current SP1 pre-release, and that when the final SP1 release becomes available it will be necessary to uninstall that pre...
[January 17, 2008, 11:31]
Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) Confusion
Blog According to an article I read on the Microsoft site (sorry not got source) SP1 although final and ready to install must be initiated by clicking a link on the SP1 page. Compared to the 2-3hr ordeal of the beta install the final SP1 took less than...
[March 20, 2008, 11:50]
Microsoft Reveals The Programs Vista SP1 Will Break
News Users are advised to install updates from the application vendor to fix the problem. A program may experience a loss of functionality after you install Windows Vista SP1. However, most programs will continue to work as expected after you install...
[February 21, 2008, 7:22]
Windows Vista - Here I Go Again!
Blog So, after reading all of the recent posts about Vista SP1 being available "Real Soon Now" (which made me aware that there are some Vista updates that must be installed before SP1 will install), and reading David Long's good article about...
[February 19, 2008, 13:02]
Microsoft Pulls Vista SP1 Update
News Servicing stack update KB937287, released last week, contained updates to Windows Vista installation software, and was billed as being "necessary to successfully install and to remove Windows Vista SP1 [Service Pack 1] on all versions of Windows...
[February 20, 2008, 15:24]
Vista Service Pack 1 (RC1 Refresh) Upgrade
Blog Depending on how up to date you keep your system this maybe 1 install or several. Overall the install went smoothly and exactly as described in the instructions - with one exception. After the registry tweak running windows update reveals all the...
[January 15, 2008, 15:42]
Freed From The Novell Client
News Even though the key benefit of running Native File Access is that it frees you from relying on the Novell Client, the workstation that you're going to use to install and configure Native File Access must be running a recent version of the Novell...
[January 29, 2003, 10:25]
Vista SP1 - Now Installed And Running
Blog I finally got the latest Intel 965 graphic drivers to install under Vista. I had to let Vista install the default Microsoft driver first, then select "run as Administrator" for Printers / E240 / Properties, and it would then let me select "New...
[March 24, 2008, 10:37]
Exchange 2000 SP3: Packed With Essential Fixes
News Using Terminal Services to install Exchange 2000 SP3 will definitely require a restart. The order in which you install Exchange 2000 service packs is the same as with previous service packs. As you'll see, Exchange 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3...
[September 4, 2002, 8:40]
Microsoft's February Security Bulletins
News Install the update. It's probably easier to just install the patch, especially since the workarounds cause multiple functionality restrictions in many DirectX applications. Install the update. Install the update.
[February 21, 2006, 13:30]
Microsoft: Pirate Software Will Not Be Supported
News Press reports indicating Windows XP Service Pack 2 will install on pirated or illegal copies of Windows XP are not entirely true," said Dominic Carr, Microsoft Asia-Pacific's senior product manager for Windows.
[May 11, 2004, 13:35]
Multi-OS PCs Suffer Vista SP1 Installation Hitches
News Owners of Vista Ultimate and Vista Enterprise who also run a non-Microsoft operating system on the same PC may not be able to install Vista Service Pack 1 without changing the boot process of their machines.
[March 25, 2008, 8:13]
ReadyBoost Or ReadyDrag
Blog Comment All tests were conducted before SP1 and some were repeated post SP1 install. Results pretty much the same. I've started seeing SSD in ExpressCard format with capacitys from 4GB to 32GB which are also touted as suitable for ReadyBoost.
[February 18, 2008, 11:44]
Obsolete Versions Not Working On A Brand New Motherboard? Surprise?
Talkback > I recently bought an Intel MOBO and wanted to put win 98 and xp-sp1 on it but, neither would install. All I got was BSOD. Could this be because neither of these versions of Windows is compatible with the motherboard?
[March 23, 2007, 12:11]
MS Abuse
Talkback I recently bought an Intel MOBO and wanted to put win 98 and xp-sp1 on it but, neither would install. I put the setup disk in another computer and on there I found that you could only install xp-sp2 and vista.
[March 23, 2007, 11:52]
INF Requirements For 64-Bit Systems: Changes To INF Requirements For The Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Operating System
White Papers Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 and later versions of Windows do not install driver packages with undecorated INF sections on non-x86-based 64-bit systems (Intel Itanium and AMD64). This paper describes changes to INF requirements that affect...
[October 16, 2004, 0:00]
SP1 All Pluses
Member Review In the end I am very glad I did install it. I was a bit nervous installing SP1 beta on my new laptop as there were plenty of posts on the Microsoft SP1 forums with issues ranging from BSOD to random restarts.
[February 13, 2008, 9:39]
Installing Exchange 2007 On Windows Server 2008
White Papers The paper also details the supported methods to move from Exchange 2007 on Window Server 2003, to Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008 and finally covers the prerequisites needed, before showing the actual install.
[April 23, 2008, 0:00]
Symantec, Windows Users Beset By Vista SP1 Flaws
News Okay, no big deal, go to the Nvidia site, download the latest drivers, install and nada. The install fails.every time, without fail. The drivers in question are for Endpoint Protection and Network Access Control, two of Symantec's flagship...
[March 20, 2008, 15:44]
Changing The Product Key On Windows XP
News But if you're unsure, a quick way to tell is to install Service Pack 1. If you try to install SP1 and get the following error message: The Product Key used to install Windows is invalid. Perhaps an end user purchased an additional retail license...
[May 14, 2003, 11:38]
