Vista sp2

[MikeCyber]

Hi
I cannot update nvidia hence i believe i need to update vista64 to sp2. how? tried that before but I guess grub gets in the way?
Thanks
PS: Or win8 dev prev which fails to install directx sdk

sigh os...i still need that crap.

[Habitual]

Windows ServicePacks are usually done inside the OS (after booting into Windows).

How is grub getting "in the way"?

[MikeCyber]

Vista installs several hours and ends with rolling back the sp2 update.

sigh...unbelievable crap os

[QIII]

I think that support for the SP2 update has reached EOL and can't be done any longer. This is all over Windows support forums.

It'll act like it is installing and then roll back, even on a pure Windows system.

[kio_http]

I think that support for the SP2 update has reached EOL and can't be done any longer. This is all over Windows support forums.

It'll act like it is installing and then roll back, even on a pure Windows system.

Vista SP2 is definitely supported. The problem with vista is that it re-installs boot loader and fails when grub is on mbr. I had this problem too and restored the Windows bootloader to mbr and then sp2 installed fine.

I had the same issue with vista sp1 also.

[QIII]

When did you install the SP? I just went back to a couple of Windows help forums I used to give advice on and some of the threads where I gave the "official" solutions are still active.

We ditched Vista at the office not only because it was a dog, but also because of this very problem. New employee, new install of SP1, couldn't get SP2 upgrade to work.

[MikeCyber]

Seems it's not Grub related and no even sp1 fails to install.

Sigh I need nvidia drivers on crappy Vista

uhm also wine is no alternative as I cannot install vc++ 2008.

even the Win8 dev prev doesn't seem to allow installing directx sdk.

Any ideas on how to save my tons of Fs9/FSX installed addons so I could
reinstall vista?

[kio_http]

Seems it's not Grub related and no even sp1 fails to install.

Sigh I need nvidia drivers on crappy Vista

uhm also wine is no alternative as I cannot install vc++ 2008.

even the Win8 dev prev doesn't seem to allow installing directx sdk.

Any ideas on how to save my tons of Fs9/FSX installed addons so I could
reinstall vista?

You can launch vista setup from within Windows and select upgrade, your software and documents stay but you lose all Windows updates and the process takes ages.

Its a bit like the repair option in XP.

[MikeCyber]

Thanks, yes it took ~ 10 hours...sigh...i could not use such a slow computer anymore. And even worse, it doesn't use nvidia drivers, returns a host prozess error and doesn't find the desktop profile!
Sigh....after I could install nvidia I felt ok like it could not get worse, but hey it did.
Any repair ideas as I don't want to lose tons of FSX addons?

[daslinkard]

I had Vista on one of my old machines....along came me learning about Ubuntu.....then Vista became my old OS.