Removing Previously Installed
Service Packs
Microsoft does not recommend removing earlier service packs from
your computer before you install a new one. However, when you want
to prevent the automatic installation of an earlier service pack on
computers added to your organizational unit (for example, to prevent
computers from being upgraded to Service Pack 3, because SP4 is now
available), you can do so by performing the following procedure.
For information about removing service packs that were deployed with
Group Policy, see Removing a Service Pack Deployed by Using Group
Policy later in this guide.
To
remove an earlier service pack:
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In
the console tree, double-click Active Directory Users and
Computers to expand the tree, double-click the name of the
domain where the organizational unit that is receiving the
service pack resides, and then double-click the applicable
organizational unit name.
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Right-click the Active Directory object that the MSI package is
applied to, and then click Properties.
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Double-click the GPO you want to edit (for example, Desktop SP4
Upgrade).
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In
the Group Policy snap-in, double-click Software Settings under
the Computer Configuration node.
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Right-click the software package you want to stop installing on
computers newly added to your organizational unit (for example,
Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.
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Click All Tasks and then click Remove.
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Click Allow users to continue to use the software, but prevent
new installations and then click OK.
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