[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":228},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog:2007:how-to-spot-a-visual-studio-2005-sp1-installation":3,"blogMore-Development":175,"comments-how-to-spot-a-visual-studio-2005-sp1-installation":188},{"_path":4,"_dir":5,"_draft":6,"_partial":6,"_locale":7,"title":8,"description":9,"date":10,"category":11,"tags":12,"excerpt":15,"body":36,"_type":164,"_id":165,"_source":166,"_file":167,"_stem":168,"_extension":169,"url":170,"wordCount":171,"minutes":172,"commentCount":162,"image":173},"/blog/2007/how-to-spot-a-visual-studio-2005-sp1-installation","2007",false,"en","How to spot a Visual Studio 2005 SP1 installation","If you have a couple of machines, a few virtual machines and secondary installations such as Express editions (for XNA of course) you can easily lose track of which have been patched with service pack 1. Especially if you also messed around with the SP1 beta.","2007-01-19T13:03:35+00:00","Development",[13,14],".NET","Visual Studio",{"type":16,"children":17},"root",[18,25],{"type":19,"tag":20,"props":21,"children":22},"element","p",{},[23],{"type":24,"value":9},"text",{"type":19,"tag":20,"props":26,"children":27},{},[28,34],{"type":19,"tag":29,"props":30,"children":31},"em",{},[32],{"type":24,"value":33},"Help > About",{"type":24,"value":35}," from Visual Studio 2005 can tell us, cryptically...",{"type":16,"children":37,"toc":160},[38,42,50,70,87,104,129,152],{"type":19,"tag":20,"props":39,"children":40},{},[41],{"type":24,"value":9},{"type":19,"tag":20,"props":43,"children":44},{},[45,49],{"type":19,"tag":29,"props":46,"children":47},{},[48],{"type":24,"value":33},{"type":24,"value":35},{"type":19,"tag":20,"props":51,"children":52},{},[53,60,62,68],{"type":19,"tag":54,"props":55,"children":59},"img",{"className":56,"src":58},[57],"screenshot","https://img.damieng.com/blog/VS2005About42.png",[],{"type":24,"value":61},"No service pack: Version 8.0.50727.",{"type":19,"tag":63,"props":64,"children":65},"strong",{},[66],{"type":24,"value":67},"42",{"type":24,"value":69}," (RTM.050727-4200)",{"type":19,"tag":20,"props":71,"children":72},{},[73,78,80,85],{"type":19,"tag":54,"props":74,"children":77},{"className":75,"src":76},[57],"https://img.damieng.com/blog/VS2005About363.png",[],{"type":24,"value":79},"Service pack 1 beta: Version 8.0.50727.",{"type":19,"tag":63,"props":81,"children":82},{},[83],{"type":24,"value":84},"363",{"type":24,"value":86}," (SP.050727-3600)",{"type":19,"tag":20,"props":88,"children":89},{},[90,95,97,102],{"type":19,"tag":54,"props":91,"children":94},{"className":92,"src":93},[57],"https://img.damieng.com/blog/VS2005About762.png",[],{"type":24,"value":96},"Service pack 1: Version 8.0.5727.",{"type":19,"tag":63,"props":98,"children":99},{},[100],{"type":24,"value":101},"762",{"type":24,"value":103}," (SP.050727-7600)",{"type":19,"tag":20,"props":105,"children":106},{},[107,109,118,120,127],{"type":24,"value":108},"Thanks to ",{"type":19,"tag":110,"props":111,"children":115},"a",{"href":112,"rel":113},"https://rikkus.info/",[114],"nofollow",[116],{"type":24,"value":117},"Rikkus",{"type":24,"value":119}," and ",{"type":19,"tag":110,"props":121,"children":124},{"href":122,"rel":123},"https://www.gringod.com",[114],[125],{"type":24,"value":126},"Gringod",{"type":24,"value":128}," for providing their about dialogs!",{"type":19,"tag":130,"props":131,"children":132},"blockquote",{},[133],{"type":19,"tag":20,"props":134,"children":135},{},[136,138,143,145,150],{"type":24,"value":137},"Burge points out that clicking ",{"type":19,"tag":29,"props":139,"children":140},{},[141],{"type":24,"value":142},"Show updates",{"type":24,"value":144}," inside ",{"type":19,"tag":29,"props":146,"children":147},{},[148],{"type":24,"value":149},"Add/Remove Programs",{"type":24,"value":151}," reveals the SP1 update nested beneath Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 xxx Edition, although it doesn’t tell you if you still have the beta installed.",{"type":19,"tag":20,"props":153,"children":154},{},[155],{"type":19,"tag":29,"props":156,"children":157},{},[158],{"type":24,"value":159},"[)amien",{"title":161,"searchDepth":162,"depth":162,"links":163},"",2,[],"markdown","content:blog:2007:how-to-spot-a-visual-studio-2005-sp1-installation.md","content","blog/2007/how-to-spot-a-visual-studio-2005-sp1-installation.md","blog/2007/how-to-spot-a-visual-studio-2005-sp1-installation","md","/blog/2007/how-to-spot-a-visual-studio-2005-sp1-installation/",124,1,{"className":174,"src":58},[57],[176,180,184],{"title":177,"date":178,"url":179},"HTML5 Video Cheatsheet: Optimizing videos for the web","2025-12-05T00:00:00Z","/blog/2025/html5-video-cheatsheet/",{"title":181,"date":182,"url":183},"Transactions in the MongoDB EF Core Provider","2025-10-25","/blog/2025/mongodb-explicit-transactions/",{"title":185,"date":186,"url":187},"Queryable Encryption with the MongoDB EF Core Provider","2025-09-22","/blog/2025/mongodb-queryable-encryption/",[189,210],{"_path":190,"_dir":191,"_draft":6,"_partial":6,"_locale":7,"title":192,"description":193,"id":194,"name":195,"email":196,"avatar":197,"date":198,"body":199,"_type":164,"_id":207,"_source":166,"_file":208,"_stem":209,"_extension":169},"/comments/how-to-spot-a-visual-studio-2005-sp1-installation/37808","how-to-spot-a-visual-studio-2005-sp1-installation","37808","Thanks, this actually prevented me from re-downloading SP1 when I already have it installed...",37808,"dustin","nospam@dustinsoftware.com","https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/75e05d4cae036eb6e6273155a4075df4?r=pg&d=retro","2010-03-10T14:08:10",{"type":16,"children":200,"toc":205},[201],{"type":19,"tag":20,"props":202,"children":203},{},[204],{"type":24,"value":193},{"title":161,"searchDepth":162,"depth":162,"links":206},[],"content:comments:how-to-spot-a-visual-studio-2005-sp1-installation:37808.md","comments/how-to-spot-a-visual-studio-2005-sp1-installation/37808.md","comments/how-to-spot-a-visual-studio-2005-sp1-installation/37808",{"_path":211,"_dir":191,"_draft":6,"_partial":6,"_locale":7,"title":212,"description":213,"id":214,"name":215,"date":216,"body":217,"_type":164,"_id":225,"_source":166,"_file":226,"_stem":227,"_extension":169},"/comments/how-to-spot-a-visual-studio-2005-sp1-installation/1793","1793","Thanks for this very helpful post. I've referred to it 3 times now.",1793,"Paul","2007-02-05T12:02:31",{"type":16,"children":218,"toc":223},[219],{"type":19,"tag":20,"props":220,"children":221},{},[222],{"type":24,"value":213},{"title":161,"searchDepth":162,"depth":162,"links":224},[],"content:comments:how-to-spot-a-visual-studio-2005-sp1-installation:1793.md","comments/how-to-spot-a-visual-studio-2005-sp1-installation/1793.md","comments/how-to-spot-a-visual-studio-2005-sp1-installation/1793",1779264593985]