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A newer version of the Vista SP1 is rumored to be available soon, but if you’ve installed the original SP1 Beta release, it sounds like you’ll first have to uninstall it (or maybe you just don’t want SP1 installed anymore). In the past, service packs weren’t always uninstallable, but thankfully that’s not the case with this one. As it turns out, uninstalling a service pack takes at least as long as installing it, so follow these steps, and get yourself a drink for the wait.
- Click the Start menu and choose Control Panel
- Choose Uninstall a Program from the Programs section of the Control Panel
- On the left, choose View Installed Updates
- In the list of updates, look for Service Pack for Microsoft Windows (KB936330) and select it
- Choose Uninstall.
- Confirm that you want to uninstall the update
- The uninstall will take some time. Expect at least 10 minutes for the first segment
- You’ll be asked to restart the machine. Say yes, which will result in the computer going through another long segment (similar to the first segment) of ‘Configuring Updates’. After the restart, as the computer reloads, it will continue with even more ‘Configuring Updates’ (again, similar in time to the first segment).
- SP1 Beta is now uninstalled! One side effect that my machine has is that the evaluation watermark remained on my desktop, though after working a bit writing this tip, it magically disappeared.
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Techy News » Blog Archive » ITsVISTA Tip 63: Uninstall Vista SP1 Beta
Nov 12, 2007 at 7:57 am
[...] Read the rest of this great post here [...]
Chris
Nov 12, 2007 at 3:24 pm
To remove watermark go2;
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=82868&hl=
Aurélien
Nov 17, 2007 at 5:32 am
What if it does not work ??
I tried you method which is the normal way to uninstall something, but it practically doesn’t work for me (error : can’t uninstall every update).
Is there not some other manipulation to do ?
Ambionix
Nov 20, 2007 at 6:11 am
On my machine an uninstall of Vista SP1 beta … reinstalls Vista SP1 beta
Does anyone has the same problem or a solution for this?
boss_0978
Dec 6, 2007 at 9:31 am
my vista sp1 v658 won’t uninstall either, it does uninstalling updates 1 through 3 and gets to 100% with each of them and after rebooting it tells me uninstall failed.
client
Dec 23, 2007 at 8:03 pm
does NOT work!!!!!!!
Vistahater
Jan 21, 2008 at 9:24 am
Nope this doesn’t work. I can’t uninstall the damn thing, big warning! Huge FU to Ms.
kris
Feb 13, 2008 at 9:14 am
thanks, i’m gonna need this!
J
Mar 18, 2008 at 10:47 pm
it worked for me just fine
Becca
Mar 29, 2008 at 3:50 pm
The latest SP1 was released. Good thing I found this, thanks!
col
Jun 3, 2008 at 2:04 pm
my vista sp1 v658 won’t uninstall either, it does uninstalling updates 1 through 3 and gets to 100% with each of them and after rebooting it tells me uninstall failed.
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The way t o overcome this is 2 uninstall your virus scan software before you uninstall the beta sp1 , then reinstall virus scan .
Jason
Jun 18, 2008 at 11:31 pm
worked fine for me. watermark stayed for me though but sp1 beta is gone… I had to uninstall it b/c it was beta and “license expires in 14 days. back up files and install any windows.”
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