Guest Richard Fangnail Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 I downloaded the SP blocker from Microsoft and ran it. I checked in regedit that it changed the value in the proper place. If I change my mind in the future, do I have to go into Regedit and change that value, or would I run the blocker EXE again, or what? Thanks
Guest Daave Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Re: Blocking SP3 "Richard Fangnail" <richardfangnail@excite.com> wrote in message news:521abb08-0665-4762-8e55-d1fd90d98792@25g2000hsx.googlegroups.com... >I downloaded the SP blocker from Microsoft and ran it. I checked in > regedit that it changed the value in the proper place. > > If I change my mind in the future, do I have to go into Regedit and > change that value, or would I run the blocker EXE again, or what? Essentially, all the blocker does is alter the registry value you referenced. You could have done that manually had you so chosen. And you are correct, changing the registry value back to its original value undoes the block. Also note that SP3 from *Automatic Updates* is blocked. You can actually leave the registry alone and still install SP3, provided you install from CD or DVD or from the standalone package. Personally, that's probably the better way of installing it anyway, since it gives you more control. See: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/12/10/download-windows-service-pack-blocker-tool-to-prevent-and-block-automatic-update/
Guest PA Bear [MS MVP] Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Re: Blocking SP3 Why did you install the blocker after all we went through about changing your AU settings in your other thread? Jeez... Richard Fangnail wrote: > I downloaded the SP blocker from Microsoft and ran it. I checked in > regedit that it changed the value in the proper place. > > If I change my mind in the future, do I have to go into Regedit and > change that value, or would I run the blocker EXE again, or what? > > Thanks
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