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CHAPTER 1 GETTING AND INSTALLING SP1
Figure 1.1
Unpacking SP1
Figure 1.2
“Hello!” from SP1
Figure 1.3
SP1’s software license
I find agreeing to software licenses of all kinds sort of liberating, you know? I mean, when I go
to install a piece of software, I’m usually a little anxious about whether it’ll break something and
cause me trouble. But once I’ve read the license and clicked I Agree, then I’ve pretty much surren-
dered all of my goods to that software company. (Read a license some time and you’ll see what I
mean.) That causes a wonderful Zen-like feeling of freedom from material wants to gently wash
over me. Anyway, click the I Agree radio button and click Next to see the “Where shall we backup
before installing?” page, as in Figure 1.4.
The idea here is that in the unlikely event that you find yourself suffering from “updater’s
remorse” and want to restore your server to its pre-SP1 state, then you can: as you’ll see in a bit,
sp1.exe will let you uninstall SP1. This step tucks away the RTM files so that the uninstaller can
function if necessary.
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