You have to uninstall the beta/rc. It is not supported to go from anything but RTM to SP1 RTM
*ASB *(Find me online via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... * On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Guyer, Don <[email protected]> wrote: > Wonder how having the beta SP1 installed prior changes things? I understand > you have to uninstall that first, which kinda freaks me out. > > > > How many others have gone through that particular process? > > > > *Don Guyer* > > Windows Systems Engineer > > Datasafe Platform > > Fiserv Enterprise Technology > > *Fiserv* > > [email protected] > > Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 > > Fax: 610-293-4499 > > www.fiserv.com > > > > *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 22, 2011 6:46 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Windows 7/2008R2 SP1 available > > > > Well, that makes sense. > > > > Obviously – not my area of expertise. J > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* Crawford, Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 22, 2011 6:45 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Windows 7/2008R2 SP1 available > > > > As I understand, when going through Windows Update, it doesn’t have to > download the bits that you may already have as part of previous patches. So, > the more up to date you are, the smaller the download for SP1. > > > > *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 22, 2011 5:26 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Windows 7/2008R2 SP1 available > > > > I don’t understand how that’s possible (although I’ve noticed that). Even > if you multiple that by 6, you only get (rounding up) 500 MB, instead of the > 1.3 GB of the “full archive” download. Weird. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* Rod Trent [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 22, 2011 3:22 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Windows 7/2008R2 SP1 available > > > > Going through Windows Update, it’s only a 70MB or so download. > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 22, 2011 3:05 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Windows 7/2008R2 SP1 available > > > > The ISO has all three architectures, but you can download x64 vs x86 > separately. > > > > *ASB *(Find me online via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) > *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...** > * > * * > > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Mike Hoffman <[email protected]> wrote: > > It’s a shame they won’t split it into the 3 architectures on the disk. That > download has 32/64 and I64 all on the one iso. > > > > Still, what’s a 500gb download times 300 million copies … > > > > I’m sure when it gets on Windows Update it will be a lot smaller. > > > > Mike > > > > *From:* Carl Houseman [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 22 February 2011 19:30 > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Windows 7/2008R2 SP1 available > > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3202ce6-4056-4059-8a1b-3a9b77cdfdda&displaylang=en > > > > It's letting me download the 2GB file without a DL manager... wonder how > long that will last. And it appears to be just one download irrespective of > 32/64-bit. > > > > Carl > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
