Re: SP2 install for Vista 64-bit
Michael
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"Gordon Biggar" <colone...@msntoday.com> wrote in message
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>I have received numerous contacts via Windows Update about installing SP2
>for my two 32-bit Vista platforms. I have seen on the Microsoft download
>site that a SP2 version for Vista 64-bit is also available, but Windows
>Update has never notified me about same. Is that because the 64-bit
>version of Vista does not require as many patches, and therefore the SP can
>be ignored?
>
> Gordon Biggar
Gordon Biggar
for any follow-up.
GB
"Michael" <majdn...@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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Pete
See recent threads in microsoft.public.windowsupdate with the following
subjects:
Vista SP2 Not Offered
KB 954430 keeps installing KB954430
and this thread in the MS Vista Update Forum:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/ddc270b9-057c-4658-9fd5-ac42bf5e0a29
Peter Foldes
Copied from a post by Mow Green MS MVP
<snip>
You're not alone with this issue of SP2 not being offered to Vista SP1
x64 systems. See the last post in this thread:
Service packs May not be offered for installation through Windows Update
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/ddc270b9-057c-4658-9fd5-ac42bf5e0a29
<end snip
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"Michael" <majdn...@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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Gordon Biggar
I downloaded the standalone version and installed it without a problem.
GB
"Peter Foldes" <ok...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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