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Reinstalling VB6.....Hi All,
I need to reinstall VB6 on a machine followning a HD crash! Can I reinstall from the CD, and then immediately run the SP6 installer to get the latest environment, or do I need to install the earlier SP's first? Thanks! John "John Morley" <jmorley@nospamanalysistech.com> wrote in message SPs are cumulative. You only need to install the last SP.news:uCAGOZb1FHA.2616@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > Hi All, > > I need to reinstall VB6 on a machine followning a HD crash! Can I > reinstall from the CD, and then immediately run the SP6 installer to get > the latest environment, or do I need to install the earlier SP's first? > > > Thanks! > > John -ralph John Morley wrote:
> I need to reinstall VB6 on a machine followning a HD crash! Can I What Ralph said. I'd only add, unless you have *specific* reasons for using SP6,> reinstall from the CD, and then immediately run the SP6 installer to > get the latest environment, or do I need to install the earlier SP's > first? most folks find SP5 to be more robust. You don't need to install earlier SP's. Install SP5 instead of SP6, as SP6
has many outstanding issues. http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates/sp/vs6/sp5/default.aspx Show quoteHide quote "John Morley" <jmorley@nospamanalysistech.com> wrote in message news:uCAGOZb1FHA.2616@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > Hi All, > > I need to reinstall VB6 on a machine followning a HD crash! Can I > reinstall from the CD, and then immediately run the SP6 installer to get > the latest environment, or do I need to install the earlier SP's first? > > > Thanks! > > John I've poked around a little bit to see why this is...heck, I even expected to
find an entire page devoted to it at Karl's site. <g> SP6 has some fixes that are benefitial, at least to me. 312218 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312218/)BUG: Deadlock in multithreaded process if you use Declare statements for APIs in Visual Basic ActiveX .dll files or .ocx files 295330 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295330/)BUG: Access violation occurs in MSVBVM60.dll when using WinInet ActiveX control in a Visual Basic COM DLL Maybe I make too much use of ACtiveX DLL's :| - Kev Show quoteHide quote "Someone" <nob***@cox.net> wrote in message news:OrXIihb1FHA.268@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... > You don't need to install earlier SP's. Install SP5 instead of SP6, as SP6 > has many outstanding issues. > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates/sp/vs6/sp5/default.aspx > > "John Morley" <jmorley@nospamanalysistech.com> wrote in message > news:uCAGOZb1FHA.2616@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... >> Hi All, >> >> I need to reinstall VB6 on a machine followning a HD crash! Can I >> reinstall from the CD, and then immediately run the SP6 installer to get >> the latest environment, or do I need to install the earlier SP's first? >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> John > > |
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