From: DL on
Personally I let MSUpdate do its own thing for critical updates

"Mike D." <me(a)you.com> wrote in message
news:uYgxzdKuKHA.5148(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> If you manually apply Office SP2, Windows Updates still reports SP1 needs
> to be installed. It doesn't make any sense...
>
>
>
> "Steve Rindsberg" <abuse(a)localhost.com> wrote in message
> news:VA.000057a0.93ac4f61(a)localhost.com...
>> In article <OXUxHLEuKHA.6124(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, Mike D. wrote:
>>> Agreed....which is why I don't know why Windows Updates thinks I need
>>> Office
>>> 2007 Sp1...
>>
>> Can't help you on that one; I tend to let Windows Updates recommend
>> whatever it
>> likes (and ignore it while I go and do whatever I feel I really *need*).
>>
>> What happens if you download the Office SP2 update and apply it
>> "manuallY"
>> rather than letting Windows Update handle things?
>>
>>
>>>
>>> "Steve Rindsberg" <abuse(a)localhost.com> wrote in message
>>> news:VA.0000579d.913a17cc(a)localhost.com...
>>> >
>>> >> Does anyone know how to 1) have Office SP2 show up as a needed update
>>> >> instead of SP1, and 2) how to configure Windows Update to show that
>>> >> no SP
>>> >> is
>>> >> needed after SP2 is installed?
>>> >
>>> > Pay no attention to the fellows wrestling in the mud down below the
>>> > bridge
>>> > there. Pay no attention to me, if you like.
>>> >
>>> > MS, though, has this to say about it:
>>> >
>>> > "Because Office service packs are cumulative, you do not have to
>>> > install
>>> > Service Pack 1 before you install Service Pack 2. Service Pack 2
>>> > includes
>>> > all
>>> > of the fixes that were included in Service Pack 1."
>>> >
>>> > Quoted from this article:
>>> >
>>> > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953195
>>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
>


From: Steve Rindsberg on
In article <uYgxzdKuKHA.5148(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, Mike D. wrote:
> If you manually apply Office SP2, Windows Updates still reports SP1 needs to
> be installed. It doesn't make any sense...

It doesn't. Simplest thing might be to go ahead and apply SP1 then SP2 in
order. See if making it happy makes it happy.

>
> "Steve Rindsberg" <abuse(a)localhost.com> wrote in message
> news:VA.000057a0.93ac4f61(a)localhost.com...
> > In article <OXUxHLEuKHA.6124(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, Mike D. wrote:
> >> Agreed....which is why I don't know why Windows Updates thinks I need
> >> Office
> >> 2007 Sp1...
> >
> > Can't help you on that one; I tend to let Windows Updates recommend
> > whatever it
> > likes (and ignore it while I go and do whatever I feel I really *need*).
> >
> > What happens if you download the Office SP2 update and apply it "manuallY"
> > rather than letting Windows Update handle things?
> >
> >
> >>
> >> "Steve Rindsberg" <abuse(a)localhost.com> wrote in message
> >> news:VA.0000579d.913a17cc(a)localhost.com...
> >> >
> >> >> Does anyone know how to 1) have Office SP2 show up as a needed update
> >> >> instead of SP1, and 2) how to configure Windows Update to show that no
> >> >> SP
> >> >> is
> >> >> needed after SP2 is installed?
> >> >
> >> > Pay no attention to the fellows wrestling in the mud down below the
> >> > bridge
> >> > there. Pay no attention to me, if you like.
> >> >
> >> > MS, though, has this to say about it:
> >> >
> >> > "Because Office service packs are cumulative, you do not have to
> >> > install
> >> > Service Pack 1 before you install Service Pack 2. Service Pack 2
> >> > includes
> >> > all
> >> > of the fixes that were included in Service Pack 1."
> >> >
> >> > Quoted from this article:
> >> >
> >> > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953195
> >> >
> >
> >
> >