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SUMMARY
This article provides information about the contents of the Visual Studio
6.0 service packs and where to obtain them. This information is also
available from the Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack Web site at: MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft releases service packs to provide bug fixes and address other
issues that customers have discovered since the product's release. This
service pack was created for the Visual Studio family of tools.
Localized versions include:
What Does This Service Pack Fix?Service Pack 3 contains all of the updates and fixes contained in Service Packs 1 and 2. See the readme for Service Pack 2 for a description of what was fixed in Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2:Q214591 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 2 Readme Service Pack 3 addresses known issues with the Visual Studio 6.0 development system. These fixes include:
The full description of the fixed bugs and all changed files is in the readme. Please see the REFERENCES section below for the list of articles. Where Do I Get the Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3?The Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3 is being offered from Microsoft free of charge in the United States and Canada (Outside of North America, please contact your local subsidiary for region-specific information and ordering information). There will be no additional cost for shipping and handling.The service pack can also be downloaded. See the download instructions below. NOTE: MSDN Universal customers will automatically receive this service pack in the next quarterly release, in July 1999. Alternatively, customers can order the product by phone or mail: There are two different CDs being shipped. One contains the French, German, Italian, Spanish, and English versions of the Service Pack, and the other contains the Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and English versions of the Service Pack. Yes, the English version of the Service Pack is included in both CD types. While there are only two different types of CD contents, the labeling and other text on the outside of the CD has been translated into four languages. The following are the part numbers for the Service Pack CD choices. When ordering, please specify one of these:
Fax (716) 873-0906 - US Fax (905) 374-3855 - Canada By mail in the United States: Microsoft Visual Studio 6.00 Service Pack 3 PO Box 1096 Buffalo, NY 14240-1096 By mail in Canada: Microsoft Visual Studio 6.00 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Canada Order Centre PO Box 643 Fort Erie, ON L2A 6M1 Ordering in Europe, Africa, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East: MSDN Information Centre P.O. Box 5576 Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 Ireland Phone: +353-1-708 8690 Fax: +353-1-708 8666 In North America and Canada, the Service Pack will be delivered within four to six weeks. IMPORTANT: Outside of the regions listed above, customers must contact their local subsidiary for ordering information. Where Can I Download Visual Studio 6.00 Service Pack 3?You can also download this service pack from the following site:http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/sp/default.asp Because the Web version of the Service Pack is 117Mb, we recommend ordering the CD-ROM version. How Can I Uninstall the Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs?There is no automated uninstall for the Visual Studio 6.0 service packs. To uninstall Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack updates to the developer tools on your system, follow these steps:
How can I tell if the Visual Studio 6.0 service pack is installed?The Help About box for developer tools does not indicate what updates have been made since the initial release of the product in 1998.After a service pack has been applied to a developer tool, the only indication that the service pack has been applied is in the version information embedded in file properties for the binary files that were updated. For additional information about the Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack is Installed REFERENCES
To find all of the bugs that are fixed in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3 for your
product, query on the following keyword in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Additional query words:
Keywords : kbservicepack kbVS600sp2bug kbVS600sp3fix kbDSupport |
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