"Chip Pearson" <chip@cpearson.com> wrote in message
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>I have VS2005 and VSTO on both my laptop and desktop machines. I downloaded
>SP1 from MSDN and saved the setup exe file to a folder. First, I tried to
>upgrade to SP1 on my laptop. I ran the program, and it ran for about 10
>minutes then quit. It gave no indication whether it successfully upgraded
>VS2005. I went to the Help menu, chose About, and it displays:
>
> Version 8.0.50727.42 (RTM.50727-4200)
> And all the products in the "Installed Products" list display
> "77617-168-7076001-41168"
>
> These numbers (I think) matched the numbers on my un-upgraded desktop
> version of VS2005.
> Nowhere is "SP1" displayed.
>
> So, I decided to give it a go on the desktop machine. I ran the setup exe,
> and got a "Windows Installer - Preparing To Install" window that remain
> unchanged for about 40 minutes. Finally, it popped up a message saying
> something to the effect "Install Server Is Inaccessible" (I forget the
> exact wording -- shame on me for not writing it down). I had to Cancel out
> of the Installer, and when it finally terminated, I started VS2005, went
> to Help/About, and now I see
>
> Version 8.0.50727.42 (RTM.50727-4200), same as before,
> but all the product numbers in the "Installed Product" list show
> 77617-168-7076001-41490
> Nowhere is "SP1" displayed.
>
> So, my question, is, was SP1 installed on either the laptop or desktop,
> either fully or partially? How would I determine whether it was installed,
> and how do I get it to do a full upgrade?
>
> If it matters, I'm running Windows XP Pro SP2, Office 2003 and Office 2007
> both installed with NET Programmability enabled, with VSTO SE installed. I
> installed VSTO SE prior to trying to install SP1 on each machine.
>
> I would appreciate any answers or comments. Thank you very much.
>
> --
> Cordially,
> Chip Pearson
> Microsoft MVP - Excel
> Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
>
www.cpearson.com > (email address is on the web site)
>
>
Installing SP1 takes a long time. What did you do with your laptop after the
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