Installing Visual Studio 2008 SP1

Initial conditions:

This is on a windows XP Professional with SP3 on which SQL Server 2008 RC0 and VS Studio 2008 Standard with SP1(Beta) installed.

Step 1:

Set up a restore point to revert

Step 2:

Get the following file from Microsoft web site for VS 2008

VS2008-PatchRemovalTool-x86

















Run this file
For this you need original program disc for VS 2008 and you also need access to vs_shell.msi [This is from your previous installation of SQL Server 2008RC0]
Note: I also had a vs_shell.msi fromthe FebCTP

Step 3:
Get the VS 2008 SP1 from here,

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FBEE1648-7106-44A7-9649-6D9F6D58056E&displaylang=en

File name: VS90sp1-KB945140-ENU.exe

File Size: 536 KB

Run this file
Step 4:
Inspect installation log file


Takes quite a while!!!
Have patience.