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andy t
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      07-18-2008
This is such a silly question really, but it would put my mind at rest.

I recently reviewed my history and it told me on an earlier date that
service pack 1 failed to update, and then on a later date it said it had
succeeded. Everything above that date was successful! Does this mean I now
have it? Why did it fail in the first place?
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Shenan Stanley
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      07-18-2008
andy t wrote:
> This is such a silly question really, but it would put my mind at
> rest.
>
> I recently reviewed my history and it told me on an earlier date
> that service pack 1 failed to update, and then on a later date it
> said it had succeeded. Everything above that date was successful!
> Does this mean I now have it? Why did it fail in the first place?


We'd have no idea why it would have failed originally. Strangely we aren't
sitting at your computer where we can investigate. ;-)

Could have been a variety of reasons - including power failure, you turning
it off, network connectivity loss, etc.

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      07-19-2008
Start button || Control Panel || Programs
Under Programs and Features - click View installed updates.

Have a look and let us know.

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| This is such a silly question really, but it would put my mind at rest.
|
| I recently reviewed my history and it told me on an earlier date that
| service pack 1 failed to update, and then on a later date it said it had
| succeeded. Everything above that date was successful! Does this mean I now
| have it? Why did it fail in the first place?
| --
| andy t


 
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andy t
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      07-19-2008
Thanks for the replies guy's, so am I to assume that it has downloaded
successfully?
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"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> andy t wrote:
> > This such a silly question really, but it would put my mind at
> > rest.
> >
> > I recently reviewed my history and it told me on an earlier date
> > that service pack 1 failed to update, and then on a later date it
> > said it had succeeded. Everything above that date was successful!
> > Does this mean I now have it? Why did it fail in the first place?

>
> We'd have no idea why it would have failed originally. Strangely we aren't
> sitting at your computer where we can investigate. ;-)
>
> Could have been a variety of reasons - including power failure, you turning
> it off, network connectivity loss, etc.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

 
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