Vista~ Do i have the serivce pack?

diabloplayer75 · May 20th, 2008

How do i check if i have the service pack for Windows Vista? The reason i ask is because i tried to launch a game and it brought up a warning that i should get windows vista before trying to play their game.

Anyways, that is all :)

oldman_gamer · May 20th, 2008

Windows update will show you what is or insn't installed as far as ser. packs.

**Capper** · May 20th, 2008

Start> Computer (right click and select "Properties")

Under "Windows Edition" and the Copyright information it will say "Service Pack 1"

diabloplayer75 · May 20th, 2008

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Originally Posted by Capper

Start> Computer (right click and select "Properties")

Under "Windows Edition" and the Copyright information it will say "Service Pack 1"

Ohh no way i don't have service pack one then! Shoot i thought my disc came with it. I already ran all the windows updates i think.. hrmm going to check if i have any other updates

Parker · May 20th, 2008

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Originally Posted by diabloplayer75

Ohh no way i don't have service pack one then! Shoot i thought my disc came with it. I already ran all the windows updates i think.. hrmm going to check if i have any other updates

Just download it straight from Microsoft's website. Much easier.

azianai · May 20th, 2008

apparently it doesn't pop up on the windows update if it detects hardware thats not compatible with SP1. I know I haven't seen it on my desktop, and its prob the GX2 thats causing it to not show up. I tried just installing it from microsoft directly, but the nvdisplay.dll driver just kept crashing with it installed.

diabloplayer75 · May 20th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by azianai

apparently it doesn't pop up on the windows update if it detects hardware thats not compatible with SP1. I know I haven't seen it on my desktop, and its prob the GX2 thats causing it to not show up. I tried just installing it from microsoft directly, but the nvdisplay.dll driver just kept crashing with it installed.

Figures, The last thing i should have updated some "security center upgrade" that i decided to ignore was the service pack.. lol installing now.. (installing really slow cuz i'm installing a game aswell at same time.)

screwballl · May 20th, 2008

the easiest way to tell which version windows:

and

both at the same time

polobunny · May 20th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by screwballl

the easiest way to tell which version windows:

and

both at the same time

Shortcut to the procedure Capper described above. I used to use it all the time to zoom to Device Manager tab, but now I just WINKEY+R "devmgmt.msc". :P

screwballl · May 20th, 2008

devmgmt, diskmgmt, services... there are others but these are the 3 main ones I use

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diabloplayer75 Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 190	Vista~ Do i have the serivce pack? How do i check if i have the service pack for Windows Vista? The reason i ask is because i tried to launch a game and it brought up a warning that i should get windows vista before trying to play their game. Anyways, that is all :)

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azianai Aeria gloris Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,373	Re: Vista~ Do i have the serivce pack? apparently it doesn't pop up on the windows update if it detects hardware thats not compatible with SP1. I know I haven't seen it on my desktop, and its prob the GX2 thats causing it to not show up. I tried just installing it from microsoft directly, but the nvdisplay.dll driver just kept crashing with it installed. (thanks blake!)

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