Re: Windows XP SP2 Install Not Showing Up at Install History
From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/11/04
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 12:00:57 -0400
That's correct. It won't show up in Windows Update history, because you installed it locally.
-- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "Dad2ten" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:02e001c4977a$f233ecb0$a301280a@phx.gbl... > hp pavilion 520c windows xp home sp2 > Hi! > I at first started downloading sp2 from the Windows update > web site, but due to slow dial-up connections I was having > more trouble than it was worth. So I installed from the > disk, and now the Windows Update site doesn't recognize > the sp2 installed on my Computer. I know it wouldn't show > up on my update history, because I didn't install through > Windows Update. ????? Dad2ten > >>-----Original Message----- >>When you say Install History, are you referring to > Add/Remove Programs? If so, when they did the > installation, they may have elected not to backup your > current files. In this case, there's no way > to "uninstall", as the original files were removed. >> >>-- >>Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered > Smart Display >>Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes >>http://www.dougknox.com >>-------------------------------- >>Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro >>http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm >>-------------------------------- >>Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. >>Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. >> >>"gpete" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > message news:013401c4976d$090a83d0$a501280a@phx.gbl... >>>I have a dial up modem so I took my CPU into Circuit > City >>> to have them install Service Pak 2 which they did. >>> However the installation history is not showing that > the >>> service pak was installed. I called the store to > confirm >>> that work was done and it was. >>> >>> I have Norton anti-virus installed plus Nero back-up >>> system. Could either of these be preventing an update > to >>> be recorded in my PC's installation history? >>> >>> Since Service Pak 2 is not showing up in my PC's >>> installation history (in spite of the fact that it has >>> been installed), will this present future problems with >>> installing service packs? >>> >>> I appreciate any feedback you can offer. >>. >>
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