http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/vista-enterprise-desktop/windows-service-pack-blocker-soon-to-lose-xp-sp3-vista-sp1-blocks/ Mon, 13 May 2013 06:09:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/vista-enterprise-desktop/windows-service-pack-blocker-soon-to-lose-xp-sp3-vista-sp1-blocks/#comment-6 Ed Tittel Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:31:18 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/vista-enterprise-desktop/?p=114#comment-6 If the SPs can’t be installed the status of SP blocker toolkit won’t affect them at all. I’m curious, though: what kind of messages do these failures product? Do you get anything useful from the Event Viewer or pop-ups to help gather more information about the causes of failure?
When the time comes to install SPs, I usually make a complete image backup before I start. Because you sometimes cannot recover/roll back from a partial/incomplete SP install this may be the only way to restore a system that experiences difficulty partway through to proper operation.
I’d urge you to do this, and also to report back here with more information about what Windows reports when the SP applications fails.
HTH, and thanks for posting,
–Ed–

]]> http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/vista-enterprise-desktop/windows-service-pack-blocker-soon-to-lose-xp-sp3-vista-sp1-blocks/#comment-5 Yaakov Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:42:56 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/vista-enterprise-desktop/?p=114#comment-5 I have a problem: my XP is running SP2. When I try to install SP3, it rejects it. My (horrible Toshiba) Vista refuses to install SP1. What will happen to these 2 machines???

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