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Old 05-07-2008, 10:39 PM
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I haven't been prompted to download SP1 yet on my laptop. I'm fairly certain that Vista hasn't been updated.

I'm not sure how to check what current version of Vista my machine is running. How does one go about doing this?
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Old 05-07-2008, 10:52 PM
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doesn't say anything about sp1. what's the deal?!
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Default Re: what version of Vista am I running?
Click Start, enter winver in the box and hit enter. It'll tell you if SP1 is installed.
I believe that if there are devices on your system without drivers [i.e a question mark in Hardware Manager] then SP1 will not download.
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Default Re: what version of Vista am I running?
go out to Windows Update manually, and get it.(not the update center in vista)
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Default Re: what version of Vista am I running?
To find out for sure, click Start, then right click on Computer, then select Properties. The screen that comes up lets you "view basic information about your computer".. Right there it will show you what version of Windows Vista you have. IF you have SP1, it will say so right there. Hope that helps!

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Default Re: what version of Vista am I running?
went to start, typed "winver" and it doesn't say anything about sp1. there are no question marks in the device manager and i've tried updating manually.
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Default Re: what version of Vista am I running?
SP1 does exist for Vista. Just go to Microsft's website and download it. I just updated my XP Professional to SP3.
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Default Re: what version of Vista am I running?
not sure why windows update won't do it for me.
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Default Re: what version of Vista am I running?
Alot of people have reported that SP1 doesn't seem to come as an automatic update. This is because Microsoft temporarily removed this from updates because there was an issue with something being compatible but i think its been added back to updates now so you should eventually receive it automatically soon
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Default Re: what version of Vista am I running?
I have SP1 now. It was offered via Windows Update. If you let it install from Window Update it is a much smaller file (65 megs instead of 750).
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That would only be because it has already installed part of the update already. SP1 is much bigger than 65Mb
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That would only be because it has already installed part of the update already. SP1 is much bigger than 65Mb
Right! SP1 has all the updates from start to present plus some fixes. If you get it through Windows Update the file is smaller if your computer is up to date. If you download the file manually you get everything.
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Default Re: what version of Vista am I running?
i would like to announce that after i installed the eight OPTIONAL updates to software on my computer through windows update..... a day later- SP1 showed up on my laptop as an important update. ABOUT TIME!

oh, and it's 66.9 meg file and it took about 20 min to download on my computer.
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