Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (Ready Tomorrow)

planemad

I have good information that Microsoft will be launching Vista SP1 tomorrow 18/03 via the windows update website.

alanrowell

It's not a DVD, it's an offer to get the DVD

Conor_3

I got it 2 weeks ago from the OEM site at microsoft.com

donny-gal

kltpzyxm wrote: »

I hope its better than the release candidate that I installed which subsequently prevented my DELL D620 from resuming from hibernation correctly....causing me to have to reboot it each time...and eventually revert back to XP.....

I had the same problem, but downloaded a fix from microsoft after following the help and it did resolve it.
DG

inspace

Download at your peril theres plenty on the net suggesting its not ready yet with lots of shutdown problems ect. Also a lot of software is nowhere near ready yet as theve only just got used to vista anyway.

I would just like to add that I think vista is spot on barring a few very minor glitches on my laptop which came preinstalled and just had to uninstall some parts of it to get the best from it - just incase you thought i was one of the haters.

Give it a month or two for the SP1 upgrade to be on the safe side and let other people be the guinea pigs.

And also be aware that they might just add it to the auto update soon so be wary of getting it by accident.

superscaper

inspace wrote: »

And also be aware that they might just add it to the auto update soon so be wary of getting it by accident.

I don't think so for about another month yet.

inspace

Possibly and very probable but some people got it by accident a few weeks ago when a glitch meant a few thousand or so where offered it in advance through auto until they noticed it.

Ice_2

I didn't think they were gonna add it to the up-dates as it's a get it if you want thing isn't it...

superscaper

Ice wrote: »

I didn't think they were gonna add it to the up-dates as it's a get it if you want thing isn't it...

No. Service packs are critical updates and so WILL be added to the autoupdate, but it will be delayed compared to manual download as is standard practice, usually so it can relieve the burden on the servers and normally it's not rolled out to everyone all at once. They contain critical security fixes so although it may be fine putting it off for a while, to permanently not install it is foolhardy. The reason people get so much spam is because they're being sent by people's computers that aren't updated especially to the latest service pack.

sleep2much

Conor wrote: »

I got it 2 weeks ago from the OEM site at microsoft.com

I got it too from the same site, it's not the final version, the new one may have some extras including the anti-piracy hunt and destroy, so if your running a legit copy of Vista I'd get the new SP1, if your running a dodgy bypass (clock crack or bios emulator) both of which I've never heard of, I'd steer clear.

HoofeHearted

It's available now!!!
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b0c7136d-5ebb-413b-89c9-cb3d06d12674&DisplayLang=en

Further down the page it says
DO NOT CLICK DOWNLOAD IF YOU ARE UPDATING JUST ONE COMPUTER: A smaller, more appropriate download is available on Windows Update.