Microsoft KB Archive/897154

= Requirements for installing Windows SharePoint Services updates and hotfixes on a computer that is running the original release version of Windows SharePoint Services =

Article ID: 897154

Article Last Modified on 7/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services

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INTRODUCTION
This article discusses the requirements for installing Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services updates and hotfixes on a computer that is running the original release version of Windows SharePoint Services.



MORE INFORMATION
The original release version of Windows SharePoint Services does not have built-in functionality that lets you install updates such as hotfixes. Therefore, you cannot install a Windows SharePoint Services update, such as a hotfix, on a computer that is running the original release version of Windows SharePoint Services. Before you install a Windows SharePoint Services update, you must first install Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 1 (SP1).

This condition is an exception to the Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy for service packs. This condition applies only to the original release version of Windows SharePoint Services. The typical Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy applies to future service packs and to future versions of Windows SharePoint Services.

For more information about an error message that you receive when you try to install a Windows SharePoint Services update on a computer that is running the original release version of Windows SharePoint Services, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

891060 You receive a &quot;The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service&quot; message when you try to install a Windows SharePoint Services update on a computer that is running the original release version of Windows SharePoint Services

For more information about Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 1, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

841876 Description of Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 1

For more information about the Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle

Additional query words: wss patch sp software update

Keywords: kbinfo kbtshoot kbupgrade kbsetup KB897154

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