Comments on: Packing your service now http://www.lafferty.ca/2005/08/15/packing-your-service-now/ Rich Lafferty's OLD blog Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:39:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: trinnit http://www.lafferty.ca/2005/08/15/packing-your-service-now/comment-page-1/#comment-1992 trinnit Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:56:42 +0000 #comment-1992 Could "Service Pack" whatever be seperate from the Admin Tools Pack? Seems to be saying the OS needs to be at a certain level (installed service pack) before you can install the Admin Tools pack which is a seperate thing. Could “Service Pack” whatever be seperate from the Admin Tools Pack? Seems to be saying the OS needs to be at a certain level (installed service pack) before you can install the Admin Tools pack which is a seperate thing.

]]> By: fweebles http://www.lafferty.ca/2005/08/15/packing-your-service-now/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 fweebles Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:05:53 +0000 #comment-1991 At a guess: The error message is one of those "insert parameters here" ones, of the form: (with the same Service Pack as that of $sofware). It just so happens that $software happens to contain the phrase "Service Pack 1", which makes everything all the more confusing. I'd venture a guess that it would apply equally well if the parenthetical read "with the same Service Pack as that of Windows Server 2003 Admin Tools Pack). That is, you have to match the release number/SP of the admin tools to the release number/SP of the version of windows you're running (in this case, SP 1). That's all I've gotten out of it so far. At a guess:

The error message is one of those “insert parameters here” ones, of the form:

(with the same Service Pack as that of $sofware).

It just so happens that $software happens to contain the phrase “Service Pack 1″, which makes everything all the more confusing.

I’d venture a guess that it would apply equally well if the parenthetical read “with the same Service Pack as that of Windows Server 2003 Admin Tools Pack).

That is, you have to match the release number/SP of the admin tools to the release number/SP of the version of windows you’re running (in this case, SP 1).

That’s all I’ve gotten out of it so far.

]]> By: Rich http://www.lafferty.ca/2005/08/15/packing-your-service-now/comment-page-1/#comment-1990 Rich Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:56:07 +0000 #comment-1990 Oh, it's even better -- the whole thing means I'm going to have to install XP! But still that last bit escapes me. Oh, it’s even better — the whole thing means I’m going to have to install XP! But still that last bit escapes me.

]]> By: substitute http://www.lafferty.ca/2005/08/15/packing-your-service-now/comment-page-1/#comment-1989 substitute Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:34:14 +0000 #comment-1989 It means you're going to have to reinstall everything again. It means you’re going to have to reinstall everything again.

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