'Not a valid AutoCAD service pack file' when modifying an ad

[Jim Shipley]

I am getting this error when attempting to update our AutoCAD 2005
Electrical or Mechanical admin image.

"Not a valid AutoCAD Service Pack File. Please select a valid file."

I followed the instructions on the readme file about extracting
ACAD2005sp1SWL.msp from ACAD2005sp1SWL.exe. When I select this file and hit
'next' I get the error. Tried it using UNC naming also.

Help!
Thanks
Jim Shipley

[Bud Schroeder [Autodesk I]

Hi Jim,

It looks like your trying to apply the AutoCAD SP to your AutoCAD Building
Electrical and Mechanical. This patch is just for AutoCAD. Each Vertical
application will release there own SP based on the AutoCAD Service Pack.

Hope this helps.

Bud Schroeder
AutoCAD Test Development
Autodesk Inc.


"Jim Shipley" <NOSPAMjshipley@zzzmayfran.com> wrote in message
news:4141e99d$1_2@newsprd01...

I am getting this error when attempting to update our AutoCAD 2005
Electrical or Mechanical admin image.

"Not a valid AutoCAD Service Pack File. Please select a valid file."

I followed the instructions on the readme file about extracting
ACAD2005sp1SWL.msp from ACAD2005sp1SWL.exe. When I select this file and
hit
'next' I get the error. Tried it using UNC naming also.

Help!
Thanks
Jim Shipley

[Jim Shipley]

-Not sure of what you mean by 'Building'. We have AutoCAD Mechanical 2005,
and AutoCAD Electrical 2005, both network licenses. So you're saying that
these will have their own SP's?

Thanks,
Jim

"Bud Schroeder [Autodesk Inc.]" <bud.schroeder@autodesk.com> wrote in
message news:4142051f$1_3@newsprd01...

Hi Jim,

It looks like your trying to apply the AutoCAD SP to your AutoCAD Building
Electrical and Mechanical. This patch is just for AutoCAD. Each Vertical
application will release there own SP based on the AutoCAD Service Pack.

Hope this helps.

Bud Schroeder
AutoCAD Test Development
Autodesk Inc.


"Jim Shipley" <NOSPAMjshipley@zzzmayfran.com> wrote in message
news:4141e99d$1_2@newsprd01...
I am getting this error when attempting to update our AutoCAD 2005
Electrical or Mechanical admin image.

"Not a valid AutoCAD Service Pack File. Please select a valid file."

I followed the instructions on the readme file about extracting
ACAD2005sp1SWL.msp from ACAD2005sp1SWL.exe. When I select this file and
hit
'next' I get the error. Tried it using UNC naming also.

Help!
Thanks
Jim Shipley

[Bud Schroeder [Autodesk I]

Hi Jim,

If you take a look at the readme you will see that it only mentions AutoCAD
2005 and AutoCAD LT 2005 for patching. Each vertical application will
release there own service pack.

Hope this helps.

Bud


"Jim Shipley" <NOSPAMjshipley@zzzmayfran.com> wrote in message
news:41420bf1$1_2@newsprd01...

-Not sure of what you mean by 'Building'. We have AutoCAD Mechanical
2005,
and AutoCAD Electrical 2005, both network licenses. So you're saying that
these will have their own SP's?

Thanks,
Jim

"Bud Schroeder [Autodesk Inc.]" <bud.schroeder@autodesk.com> wrote in
message news:4142051f$1_3@newsprd01...
Hi Jim,

It looks like your trying to apply the AutoCAD SP to your AutoCAD
Building
Electrical and Mechanical. This patch is just for AutoCAD. Each
Vertical
application will release there own SP based on the AutoCAD Service Pack.

Hope this helps.

Bud Schroeder
AutoCAD Test Development
Autodesk Inc.


"Jim Shipley" <NOSPAMjshipley@zzzmayfran.com> wrote in message
news:4141e99d$1_2@newsprd01...
I am getting this error when attempting to update our AutoCAD 2005
Electrical or Mechanical admin image.

"Not a valid AutoCAD Service Pack File. Please select a valid file."

I followed the instructions on the readme file about extracting
ACAD2005sp1SWL.msp from ACAD2005sp1SWL.exe. When I select this file
and
hit
'next' I get the error. Tried it using UNC naming also.

Help!
Thanks
Jim Shipley

[adrm]

It returns exactly the same thing when applying SP1 to a plain Acad 2005 existing administrative image: "The file you specified is not a valid Red Deer administrative service pack. Please specify a valid file". What's wrong with it ?

[Jim Shipley]

OK. Thanks
Jim

"Bud Schroeder [Autodesk Inc.]" <bud.schroeder@autodesk.com> wrote in
message news:41433d5c$1_2@newsprd01...

Hi Jim,

If you take a look at the readme you will see that it only mentions
AutoCAD
2005 and AutoCAD LT 2005 for patching. Each vertical application will
release there own service pack.

Hope this helps.

Bud


"Jim Shipley" <NOSPAMjshipley@zzzmayfran.com> wrote in message
news:41420bf1$1_2@newsprd01...
-Not sure of what you mean by 'Building'. We have AutoCAD Mechanical
2005,
and AutoCAD Electrical 2005, both network licenses. So you're saying
that
these will have their own SP's?

Thanks,
Jim

"Bud Schroeder [Autodesk Inc.]" <bud.schroeder@autodesk.com> wrote in
message news:4142051f$1_3@newsprd01...
Hi Jim,

It looks like your trying to apply the AutoCAD SP to your AutoCAD
Building
Electrical and Mechanical. This patch is just for AutoCAD. Each
Vertical
application will release there own SP based on the AutoCAD Service
Pack.

Hope this helps.

Bud Schroeder
AutoCAD Test Development
Autodesk Inc.


"Jim Shipley" <NOSPAMjshipley@zzzmayfran.com> wrote in message
news:4141e99d$1_2@newsprd01...
I am getting this error when attempting to update our AutoCAD 2005
Electrical or Mechanical admin image.

"Not a valid AutoCAD Service Pack File. Please select a valid file."

I followed the instructions on the readme file about extracting
ACAD2005sp1SWL.msp from ACAD2005sp1SWL.exe. When I select this file
and
hit
'next' I get the error. Tried it using UNC naming also.

Help!
Thanks
Jim Shipley

[Bud Schroeder [Autodesk I]

Hello,

It sounds like your still running AutoCAD 2004 NIW. Install the AutoCAD
2004 NIW and create a NEW deployment. Then following the instructions in
the SP1 readme extract the MSP file. Now try applying that to the AutoCAD
2005 Deployment.

Hope this helps and thanks for posting to the News Groups.

Bud


"adrm" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote in message
news:1206725.1095076095020.JavaMail.jive@jiveforum 2.autodesk.com...

It returns exactly the same thing when applying SP1 to a plain Acad 2005
existing administrative image: "The file you specified is not a valid Red

Deer administrative service pack. Please specify a valid file". What's wrong
with it ?

[Bud Schroeder [Autodesk I]

I see I that I typed AutoCAD 2004 NIW. Make that AutoCAD 2005 NIW. The
NIW will be backward compatible, but not forward compatible. So you will
always want to use the latest version.

Hope this helps.

Bud


"Bud Schroeder [Autodesk Inc.]" <bud.schroeder@autodesk.com> wrote in
message news:4145a3ac$1_3@newsprd01...

Hello,

It sounds like your still running AutoCAD 2004 NIW. Install the AutoCAD
2004 NIW and create a NEW deployment. Then following the instructions in
the SP1 readme extract the MSP file. Now try applying that to the AutoCAD
2005 Deployment.

Hope this helps and thanks for posting to the News Groups.

Bud


"adrm" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote in message
news:1206725.1095076095020.JavaMail.jive@jiveforum 2.autodesk.com...
It returns exactly the same thing when applying SP1 to a plain Acad 2005
existing administrative image: "The file you specified is not a valid Red
Deer administrative service pack. Please specify a valid file". What's
wrong
with it ?