(Running Vista Ultimate 64-bit, SP-1, IE-7, classic mode.)

Based on previous posts here, I thought that by now MS's
update service would have offered me SP-2. No sign of it.
Has it been sent to everyone who should get it via automatic
updates? I have not yet installed IE-8, but previous posts
here suggest that IE-8 is not a prerequisite.

Insight?

--
----------
CWLee
Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
promote for performance, not preferences.

Go here, [url]http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd262148.aspx[/url], and
download the required x86 or 64 bit version instead of waiting for it to
come to you.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"CWLee" <cdubyalee@post.harvard.edu> wrote in message
news:eXPLtXT8JHA.2120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>
> (Running Vista Ultimate 64-bit, SP-1, IE-7, classic mode.)
>
> Based on previous posts here, I thought that by now MS's update service
> would have offered me SP-2. No sign of it. Has it been sent to everyone
> who should get it via automatic updates? I have not yet installed IE-8,
> but previous posts here suggest that IE-8 is not a prerequisite.
>
> Insight?
>
> --
> ----------
> CWLee
> Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
> cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
> promote for performance, not preferences.
>[/color]

While, technically, IE8 is not a prerequisite to SP2, I have noted on more
than one Vista machine that until you install the optional IE8, Windows
Update will not offer SP2...

"CWLee" <cdubyalee@post.harvard.edu> wrote in message
news:eXPLtXT8JHA.2120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>
> (Running Vista Ultimate 64-bit, SP-1, IE-7, classic mode.)
>
> Based on previous posts here, I thought that by now MS's update service
> would have offered me SP-2. No sign of it. Has it been sent to everyone
> who should get it via automatic updates? I have not yet installed IE-8,
> but previous posts here suggest that IE-8 is not a prerequisite.
>
> Insight?
>
> --
> ----------
> CWLee
> Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
> cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
> promote for performance, not preferences.
>[/color]

That is incorrect. SP2 will be offered regardless of the version of IE that
is installed.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
Vote for my shoe: [url]http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com[/url]

"dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7AFAD7CF-C14E-4B06-B1F0-2A8AE553BBCB@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> While, technically, IE8 is not a prerequisite to SP2, I have noted on more
> than one Vista machine that until you install the optional IE8, Windows
> Update will not offer SP2...
>
> "CWLee" <cdubyalee@post.harvard.edu> wrote in message
> news:eXPLtXT8JHA.2120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>>
>> (Running Vista Ultimate 64-bit, SP-1, IE-7, classic mode.)
>>
>> Based on previous posts here, I thought that by now MS's update service
>> would have offered me SP-2. No sign of it. Has it been sent to everyone
>> who should get it via automatic updates? I have not yet installed IE-8,
>> but previous posts here suggest that IE-8 is not a prerequisite.
>>
>> Insight?
>>
>> --
>> ----------
>> CWLee
>> Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
>> cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
>> promote for performance, not preferences.
>>[/color]
>[/color]

This has not been my experience. Until yesterday, for example, my brother's
computer was not offered SP2 until IE8 was allowed to install. Once
installed, SP2 was offered immediately. Perhaps if the IE8 update were
hidden, SP2 would show up for the OP...

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:OC3YZQU8JHA.2604@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> That is incorrect. SP2 will be offered regardless of the version of IE
> that is installed.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> [url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
> Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
> Vote for my shoe: [url]http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com[/url]
>
> "dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7AFAD7CF-C14E-4B06-B1F0-2A8AE553BBCB@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> While, technically, IE8 is not a prerequisite to SP2, I have noted on
>> more than one Vista machine that until you install the optional IE8,
>> Windows Update will not offer SP2...
>>
>> "CWLee" <cdubyalee@post.harvard.edu> wrote in message
>> news:eXPLtXT8JHA.2120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> (Running Vista Ultimate 64-bit, SP-1, IE-7, classic mode.)
>>>
>>> Based on previous posts here, I thought that by now MS's update service
>>> would have offered me SP-2. No sign of it. Has it been sent to everyone
>>> who should get it via automatic updates? I have not yet installed IE-8,
>>> but previous posts here suggest that IE-8 is not a prerequisite.
>>>
>>> Insight?
>>>
>>> --
>>> ----------
>>> CWLee
>>> Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
>>> cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
>>> promote for performance, not preferences.
>>>[/color]
>>[/color]
>[/color]

I am using - right now - a Vista HP laptop (x86) with IE7 to remote into a
Vista Ultimate Desktop (x64) also with IE7 and both are currently being
offered SP2 without any intervention on my part. Both are set as any
consumer system would be to check for windows updates, nothing special,
neither is a test bed but are rather everday working systems.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
Vote for my shoe: [url]http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com[/url]

"dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1A0611C6-F958-4D10-84C8-7B3C69A987DB@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> This has not been my experience. Until yesterday, for example, my
> brother's computer was not offered SP2 until IE8 was allowed to install.
> Once installed, SP2 was offered immediately. Perhaps if the IE8 update
> were hidden, SP2 would show up for the OP...
>
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:OC3YZQU8JHA.2604@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> That is incorrect. SP2 will be offered regardless of the version of IE
>> that is installed.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> [url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
>> Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
>> Vote for my shoe: [url]http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com[/url]
>>
>> "dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7AFAD7CF-C14E-4B06-B1F0-2A8AE553BBCB@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>> While, technically, IE8 is not a prerequisite to SP2, I have noted on
>>> more than one Vista machine that until you install the optional IE8,
>>> Windows Update will not offer SP2...
>>>
>>> "CWLee" <cdubyalee@post.harvard.edu> wrote in message
>>> news:eXPLtXT8JHA.2120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>> (Running Vista Ultimate 64-bit, SP-1, IE-7, classic mode.)
>>>>
>>>> Based on previous posts here, I thought that by now MS's update service
>>>> would have offered me SP-2. No sign of it. Has it been sent to
>>>> everyone who should get it via automatic updates? I have not yet
>>>> installed IE-8, but previous posts here suggest that IE-8 is not a
>>>> prerequisite.
>>>>
>>>> Insight?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ----------
>>>> CWLee
>>>> Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
>>>> cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
>>>> promote for performance, not preferences.
>>>>
>>>[/color]
>>[/color]
>[/color]

Same thing happened to me.

I knew the update was out there, but it didn't show up. And I'd been
putting off the IE8 update.

I let the IE8 update go through and shortly after that was done, I got
offered SP2.

I'm running Vista Ultimate 32 bit on an AMD dual core.

- Bill

"dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1A0611C6-F958-4D10-84C8-7B3C69A987DB@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> This has not been my experience. Until yesterday, for example, my
> brother's computer was not offered SP2 until IE8 was allowed to install.
> Once installed, SP2 was offered immediately. Perhaps if the IE8 update
> were hidden, SP2 would show up for the OP...
>
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:OC3YZQU8JHA.2604@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> That is incorrect. SP2 will be offered regardless of the version of IE
>> that is installed.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> [url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
>> Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
>> Vote for my shoe: [url]http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com[/url]
>>
>> "dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7AFAD7CF-C14E-4B06-B1F0-2A8AE553BBCB@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>> While, technically, IE8 is not a prerequisite to SP2, I have noted on
>>> more than one Vista machine that until you install the optional IE8,
>>> Windows Update will not offer SP2...
>>>
>>> "CWLee" <cdubyalee@post.harvard.edu> wrote in message
>>> news:eXPLtXT8JHA.2120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>> (Running Vista Ultimate 64-bit, SP-1, IE-7, classic mode.)
>>>>
>>>> Based on previous posts here, I thought that by now MS's update service
>>>> would have offered me SP-2. No sign of it. Has it been sent to
>>>> everyone who should get it via automatic updates? I have not yet
>>>> installed IE-8, but previous posts here suggest that IE-8 is not a
>>>> prerequisite.
>>>>
>>>> Insight?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ----------
>>>> CWLee
>>>> Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
>>>> cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
>>>> promote for performance, not preferences.
>>>>
>>>[/color]
>>[/color]
>[/color]

"dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>While, technically, IE8 is not a prerequisite to SP2, I have noted on more
>than one Vista machine that until you install the optional IE8, Windows
>Update will not offer SP2...[/color]

You're imagining things.

I had it offered to me and I've still not installed IE8.

[color=blue]
>"CWLee" <cdubyalee@post.harvard.edu> wrote in message
>news:eXPLtXT8JHA.2120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>>
>> (Running Vista Ultimate 64-bit, SP-1, IE-7, classic mode.)
>>
>> Based on previous posts here, I thought that by now MS's update service
>> would have offered me SP-2. No sign of it. Has it been sent to everyone
>> who should get it via automatic updates? I have not yet installed IE-8,
>> but previous posts here suggest that IE-8 is not a prerequisite.
>>
>> Insight?
>>
>> --
>> ----------
>> CWLee
>> Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
>> cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
>> promote for performance, not preferences.
>>[/color][/color]

Download It From [url]http://technet.microsoft.com[/url] (If You Have Broad Band) Or
Have A Friend Download It 4 You If You Are Still On Dialup.

"CWLee" <cdubyalee@post.harvard.edu> wrote in message
news:eXPLtXT8JHA.2120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>
> (Running Vista Ultimate 64-bit, SP-1, IE-7, classic mode.)
>
> Based on previous posts here, I thought that by now MS's update service
> would have offered me SP-2. No sign of it. Has it been sent to everyone
> who should get it via automatic updates? I have not yet installed IE-8,
> but previous posts here suggest that IE-8 is not a prerequisite.
>
> Insight?
>
> --
> ----------
> CWLee
> Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
> cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
> promote for performance, not preferences.
>[/color]

On June 19, 2009, I posted the message below. I can now
report that, although I have not yet installed IE-8,
yesterday's updates included SP-2. It took 5 hours
(dial-up) to download, and another hour+ to install, but it
seems to be working fine.

===========================

"CWLee" <cdubyalee@post.harvard.edu> wrote in message
news:eXPLtXT8JHA.2120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>
> (Running Vista Ultimate 64-bit, SP-1, IE-7, classic mode.)
>
> Based on previous posts here, I thought that by now MS's
> update service would have offered me SP-2. No sign of it.
> Has it been sent to everyone who should get it via
> automatic updates? I have not yet installed IE-8, but
> previous posts here suggest that IE-8 is not a
> prerequisite.
>
> Insight?
>
> --
> ----------
> CWLee
> Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
> cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas,
> and
> promote for performance, not preferences.
>[/color]