SP1 and Hotfixes on client

I've just finished applying SP1 and the hotfixes (in the prescribed order) to my development SQL2005 server. I'm guessing that I need to upgrade my clients, too. I imagine the clients can be upgraded using the big SP1 installer, but do I need to install all of the hotfix packages or just the sqltools hotfix? The article about the hotfix is pretty adamant about all hotfixes being installed on a server, even if particular components aren't installed, but they completely neglect the client where only SQL tools are installed.

Thanks

Steve

[570 byte] By [StevenCardinal] at [2007-12-24]

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If your machine only has client tools, you are fine only installing the Tools hotfix patches. The reason we suggest installing all patches (such as on the server) is due to shared files, shared MSI resources, etc. All of these issues are not present when you only have 1 "component" installed, such as Tools.

Thanks,
Sam Lester (MSFT)

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