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diff --git a/src/Installing_Visual_Studio_2008_Service_Pack_1.adoc b/src/Installing_Visual_Studio_2008_Service_Pack_1.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aad0156 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/Installing_Visual_Studio_2008_Service_Pack_1.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +Installing Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 +============================================ +:author: Aaron Ball +:email: nullspoon@iohq.net + + +== {doctitle} + +Recently, I realized that a few of our developement servers were running Visual +Studio 2008 with the beta of SP1. One would assume that the installation of a +service pack wouldn't be too difficult but since they already had the beta of +service pack 1 installed, the installation of SP1 became a bit more +complicated. + +If you download the service pack installation file from Microsoft and run it, +you get an error saying that you need to run the Service Pack Preparation Tool +before being able to install. Head to the Microsoft website and download the +removal tool. + +http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A494B0E0-EB07-4FF1-A21C-A4663E456D9D&displaylang=en#AffinityDownloads + +In my case, I ran the SP prep tool and received yet another error. It said that +it need some files on the installation disk for **Visual Studio 2008 Shell +(integrated mode) ENU**. The ticket here is that we don't have a disk for that +and to my knowledge, there isn't one. Microsoft has a download for it but it's +an executable that doesn't extract an iso. I searched around for a solution to +the problem and found a site that said to simply uninstall *VS 2008 Shell* +(listed in Programs and Features as Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Shell...). I +performed said action and the prep tool ran fine with no errors. + +After running the prep tool, I simply ran the installer for the service pack +with yet again no errors. + +The install did, however, take about two hours (ugh). + +There you have it. + + +Category:Microsoft +Category:Visual_Studio + + +// vim: set syntax=asciidoc: |