stephen81 Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 I have a PC with Vista Home Premium installed (no service packs). I want to install SP1 but I'm on a really slow internet connection. I have a Vista installation disc with SP1 included. Does anyone know if it is possible to use that to install just the service pack, without having to do a full windows installation?Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 If the service pack installation file (Windows6.0-KB936330-X86-wave0.exe for x86, Windows6.0-KB936330-X64-wave0.exe for x64) exists on that disk, then you can use it.Otherwise you can download it on a faster connection and transfer it, or order an install disk from Microsoft - see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb738089. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digerati Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Just asking since I skipped Vista, but Windows 7 SP1 installs very nicely via Windows Update and the advantage there is WU updates only the affected files and settings for your specific version of Windows 7. This results in the actual download with Windows Update being much smaller than if downloading the whole installation file. Doesn't Vista WU work in a similar fashion?I bet you could ask around work, school or the neighborhood and find someone who will loan you their SP1 install disk. It would be perfectly legal to do it that way. If the disk is a burned disk and not an official Microsoft upgrade disk, unless I really, really, really trust that person, I would run some anti-malware scans on the files first. In any event, because things can go wrong with any major upgrade like a full service pack, backup any data files you don't want to lose before upgrading. To make things easier on your system, I recommend cleaning up the hard disk(s) first by uninstalling any programs you don't use, and cleaning the hard disk of clutter (cookies, temporary Internet Files, and such) with a good cleaner, like Windows Vista Disk Cleanup. If you don't have a huge drive with lots of free space, it would not hurt to defrag either - again, Windows native defragger will work just fine for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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