"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgamil.com> wrote in message
news:258B444D-F948-438A-BAE3-7B7FD77B3F56@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> There are over 100 million Vista users in the world.
> It would take an enormous amount of server capacity
> to offer SP1 to 100 million users all at once.[/color]


Ok...so you say that to say what? It *was* offered to my dad. Did Microsoft
make a mistake? Is Microsoft offering it to a just a few computers at a
time? I honestly don't understand what you are saying.

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> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience -
> Windows System & Performance
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> "Just.some.guy" <return.email@address.not.valid.com> wrote in message
> news:9ezIj.14839$oE1.430@trndny09...
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> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgamil.com> wrote in message
> news:64837BFC-D386-46A9-A0F5-59C32E94BCF2@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is not available for installation
>> from Windows Update and is not offered by Automatic Updates:[/color]
>
> Then why was it offered as an update on my dad's computer? He is running
> Vista Home Basic on his Compaq desktop, and he installed it, only to have
> it
> mess up, and he wound up uninstalling it. (I posted here) But it was
> definitely offered.
>
>
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>> [url]http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948343[/url]
>>
>> Learn how to install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1)
>> [url]http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/Help/133c8953-c9cd-4fa5-8883-03e91bb6f2021033.mspx[/url]
>>
>> Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Standalone (KB936330)
>> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b0c7136d-5ebb-413b-89c9-cb3d06d12674&DisplayLang=en[/url]
>>
>> Free SP1 technical support from Microsoft:
>> [url]https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&x=8&y=7&prid=11274&gprid=500921[/url]
>>
>> --
>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Desktop Experience -
>> Windows System & Performance
>>
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>> "chickie" wrote:
>>
>> Hello.
>>
>> I have an Acer M5620, Intel Quad Core Q6600 computer, running Vista Home
>> Premium.
>> It has all available updates but when I go to the Windows Update site it
>> does not show Vista SP1 , just says there are no new
>> updates available.
>> I am about to go buy XP Pro and get rid of this dreadful OS, I was only
>> keeping Vista until I could see if SP1 made a difference in
>> the way it runs, but if I can't even access SP1 then there's no point
>> keeping it.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Tia
>>
>> Helen Poirier
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