Is Vista SP1 really the shot in the arm your Vista system needs? We’ve spent many hours strapped to our benchmarking system in a caffeine and pizza fuelled haze to uncover these very interesting results. We tested Vista: As it comes out of the box (RTM — or “release to manufacturing”) As it comes out of the box, with all Windows Update patches applied...
Back in December, I mentioned some changes were coming with WGA in Windows Vista. I want to say first that I’m excited about the step forward we’re taking with SP1 and proud of the work that has gone into it. I’m excited both about the changes we’ve made to the user experience that we talked about and also about what we’ve done in Windows...
Kevin Remde: The product team decided to give you TechNet and MSDN subscribers a little Valentine’s Day gift by making SP1 available for download. Go to the http://technet.microsoft.com/subscriptions/default.aspx page. Notice the “Top Subscriber Downloads” section. You can also go here to get it – For TechNet Subscribers For MSDN Subscribers And if you’re a subscriber, it will require you to log-in with the Windows...
After getting an earful from IT professionals on the delayed release of Vista SP1, Microsoft said Monday it would make the software available this month to some customers. Volume-licensing customers will get the English version of the software at the end of this week, Mike Nash, corporate vice president for Windows product management, announced on the Vista Team blog. Nash said other languages would...
It looks like Microsoft has posted the final Vista SP1 bits to their OEM site which is accessible to anyone that registers. The file is a 1.13GB .img which combines the 32-bit and 64-bit update executables into one image: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now available for download. Windows Vista SP1 will deliver improvements and enhancements to existing features that significantly impact...
Windows Vista SP1 will be released as an update on Microsoft Update (MU). The patch is very large and there is a bug in Windows Server 2003 in the WinVerifyTrust API that will cause signing validation to fail. What this means is that once you approve this update on a System Center Essentials 2007 server on a Windows Server 2003 server, every time the...
The Microsoft Update Product Team has given a heads up that Office 2003 SP3 will be available from Microsoft Update automatic distribution (for Vista and XP) approximately thirty days from January 27th. SP3 was released for customers about four months ago. The reason they have said approximately thirty days from January 27th is because the availability will happen gradually and not everyone will see...
The wait is nearly over for the first service pack for Windows Vista, according to sources close to Microsoft. Microsoft has said the highly anticipated service pack would be out in the first quarter of this year, but some say it could be available in the next few weeks, more than a month before the quarter ends on March 31. A Taiwanese news outlet...
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC Refresh is available to Beta testers through Windows Update. Experience the WU installation path for Windows Vista SP1 by following these simple steps and give us your feedback to improve our quality. There are two ways to install the service pack, first, as a pop-up notification that the service pack is ready to be installed (this is the...
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