Menno said:
I have a Dell Studio laptop here. Windows Home Premium, 64 bit.
All the important updates it finds are installed, but Service Pack 1 still
isn't showing up as an option. A help page suggested a few options, the
last of which was download the service pack and it took me to a link which
produced this:
http://mewnlite.com/WTF.jpg
How am I supposed to decipher that mess?
"Symbols" packages are for the support needed to run a debugger.
That eliminates six of ten. Only four left.
The first one, equals the sum total of the last three (in size).
That tells you the first one is the "granddaddy", and it only
makes sense to get that one, if you have some Itanium computers
around, as well as the other flavors.
That leaves the three at the bottom. Best guess is IA64 is Itanium
(dontcareium).
Now down to two
Windows6.1-KB976932-X64.exe is for a 64 bit OS install (903.2MB)
Windows6.1-KB976932-X86.exe is for a 32 bit OS install.(537.8MB)
You can do a search against Microsoft, look for KB976932, and verify
it's the announcement of SP1.
For my 64 bit laptop, I used the 903.2MB one.
One other bit of warning - Windows 7 has some "bad habits" when it
comes to dialog boxes. Clicking on the EXE got no apparent
response. There was a dialog box that had minimized itself and was
sitting on that crappy task bar. It took me a while to realize something
had changed. On another occasion, something "popped behind".
So you have to keep an eye peeled for the sneaky OS. Dialogs
hardly ever do the right thing.
I think I eventually ran mine elevated, but I'm not 100% sure that was
necessary. I elevated it, because of the "no apparent response" on
the first try. Whatever I did, it worked.
Make sure you've done a backup, before running that thing. It may set
a restore point for you, but that won't necessarily help you escape
all possible failure modes.
Also, disable your AV. I did that on mine, and after the first reboot,
the AV re-enabled itself all on its own.
HTH,
Paul
