If you unpack and check your unknown SP's \update\update.inf, SP1a will have a line like this one in the [Product.Add.Reg] section.
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HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion","SubVersionNumber",0,"a"
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HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion","SubVersionNumber",0,"a"
said KB article even mentions that registry change, heh.qazmko1029 wrote:if you do a quick search, there's an article by microsoft explaining the difference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/813926
Still thanks for your offer.
Thanks for providing that info, I was not aware that it was just a "stub". Network installers have always been my preference.mrpijey wrote:When checking the MSDN copy of SP1a it's 131MB in size, so it fits just fine (about 2MB for the JVM). The 1.9MB one you see is just a downloader. Look at the filename:
sp1aexpress_usa.exe
The express one is just the downloader which grabs the rest off the net.