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A Service Pack for Microsoft Windows is a set of updates for the operating system. A Service Pack is always related to a single version of an operating system, i.e. Windows XP.

A single operating system may have several Service Packs created for it, a good example being Windows XP with service packs 1, 2 and 3.

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Patch vs. Hotfix vs. Maintenance Release vs. Service Pack vs

When you are somewhere between version 1 and version 2, what do you do to maintain your software? The terms Patch, Hotfix, Maintenance Release, Service Pack, and others are all blurry from my point of view, with different definitions depending on…
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Attempted to read or write protected memory

I've started seeing an AccessViolationException being thrown in my application a several different spots. It never occured on my development pc, our test server. It also only manifested itself on 1 of our 2 production servers. Because it only…
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How do I determine which service pack Visual Studio is running?

How do I determine which service pack (if any) Visual Studio is running? Right now I'm trying to determine if a machine is running VS2008 or VS2008 SP1.
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How can I tell if SP1 is installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard?

I've been given access to a server and told SP1 was installed on it, but I think maybe it wasn't. How can I check if Service Pack 1 is installed on Windows Server 2008 R2? What I've tried: If I right click Computer, then click Properties, it says…
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 Installation

I have installed the German version of Visual Studio 2010 Professional (got it per Microsoft DreamSpark). When I'm trying to install the Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1, I get the following message from the installer: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010…
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.NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 causes 404 pages on ASP.NET Web App

I have a problem with IIS 6.0 ceasing to work for an ASP.NET application after installing Service Pack 1 for .NET 3.5. I have 2 identical virtual dedicated servers. Installing SP1 on the first had no adverse effect. Installing it on the second…
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Does Win 2008 r2 x64 server come with .net 3 sp1 package already installed?

same as in title? I have a test server with mentioned OS and my app is .net 3.5 based. I do want to know if win 2008 r2 comes with service pack 1 for .net 3.5 from the box. And does it come with .net 3.5 sp1 family update as WELL, since after I…
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Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Redistributable

Does anyone know where to download the Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Redistributable? I sure would like to have it so I don't have to download the service pack for every install.
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How to determine SQL Server version on a reporting server

All of our production instances of reporting services are split into the web server components and the reports database components. I know that you can detect the instance of SQL Server on a database server by the following TSQL: SELECT…
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Will machine.config be reset upon SP/hotfixes to .net framework?

If I've made changes to my machine.config, will those changes be wiped-out upon an update to the .net framework?
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What is the build number of Delphi2009 after the fourth service pack?

I installed Delphi 2009 Update 4 yesterday (very painful process ;) Now, How can I make sure if it is properly updated? What is the build number shown in the IDE about box?
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Error in displaying background image of my windows application after deploying

I am building a windows application in Visual studio 2010 using C Sharp. The problem is not with any code. I am having a problem after deployment. When i made an executable .exe of the application it will work fine with operating systems like…
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External Installer has stopped working

I have Visual Studio 2010 Professional on my machine. I am trying to install Service pack 1 for VS 2010 but getting error "External Installer has stopped working". Earlier I have installed the same copy of service pack on my desktop and it worked…
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Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation when executing SQL Server 2019 service pack

I already had SQL Server 2019. After upgrading my Windows 10 to latest October Update, I found my SQL Server does not have latest service packs. I downloaded latest service pack CU8 from Microsoft and ran it. After initializing set up, I get…
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Code to check if XP Service Pack 3 Installed (And .net 3.5)

I want to write a program (in vb.net) that checks a customers configuration to make sure that they're ... Running XP service Pack 3 Running .Net 3.0 or above. Give them a warning if they are not running .Net 3.5 or above. or Running Vista…
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