Reapplying Service Packs after restore?

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Hi,

I restored my SBS 2003 Premium Server a few weeks ago to identical hardware
(controllers, hard drives, etc). I used the backup utility that comes with my
SBS to backup and restore the server.

Before I restored the server, I had applied Windows 2003 SP1 and the SBS
SP1, Windows 2003 SP2, ISA 2004 SP 3, Exchange SP1 & 2....

So, what I did was install a fresh copy of SBS, installed Windows 2003 SP1 &
SP2 (SBS SP1 would not install) and performed the restored... I used the same
Admin password as before. The restore succeded and mostly everything seems to
be working ok but I'm not sure if I need to re-install some of the service
packs. The reason I asked is because I ran the ISA Best Practices Analyzer
and the report showed that I was running ISA 2004 SP 2 even though SP3 was
showing under Add/Remove Programs so I re-installed ISA 2004 SP 3 and now I
think it shows the correct version.. any way to verify this?

Also, I saw error 1005 from "dsrestor" and when I looked it up I found KB
that made think that this has something to do with Windows Server 2003 SP1
and SBS SP1... so should I install SBS SP1?? It was installed before the
disaster but like I said above, it wouldn't install when I was getting ready
for the restore process and I haven't tried it since then. I'm not sure if I
need to reinstall SP1, then SBS SP1 and then SP2... any ideas?

I know this sounds like two different issues but my main question is if I
have to re-apply any of the service packs (Exchange, ISA, SBS)...

Please help! Thanks!
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