>>Joe,
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>>Because the service pack is for the 6.0 version of the studio and you have (if it is 97 that you have) the 5.0 version.
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>Here is what the ms web site says about it...
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>The Service Pack will address the following products:
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> Visual Studio 97 (Enterprise and Professional Editions)
> Visual Basic 5.0 (Enterprise and Professional Editions)
> Visual C++ 5.0 (Enterprise and Professional Editions)
> Visual InterDev 1.0
> Visual J++ 1.1 (Professional Edition)
> Visual FoxPro 5.0
> Visual SourceSafe 5.0


BTW - There is a service pack 3 for both vs97 and vs6.