Microsoft confirms: Vista SP1 not until March
Microsoft may have soothed the angst of the service pack hungry masses by releasing Vista SP1 to manufacturing, but users won’t be able to actually download it until mid-March at the earliest, company officials said Monday. During beta testing for Vista SP1, Microsoft found that some device drivers were causing problems on systems with SP1 installed. Although the issues can be fixed by uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers, Microsoft decided this would be too complicated for most users. As a result, Microsoft will spend the next month hunting for additional problematic device drivers, said David Zipkin, senior product manager in Windows Client Group.”With drivers, we wanted to make sure when folks upgrade to Vista that they have a smooth experience,” Zipkin said.
In mid-March, Microsoft plans to release Vista SP1 in 5 languages — English, French, Spanish, German and Japanese — through Windows Update and the Download Center, Zipkin said, adding that Microsoft will ensure that SP1 isn’t pushed out to PCs that have the aforementioned drivers installed. In April, Microsoft will begin auto updates of Vista SP1 to users who’ve chosen this option, and will also release the rest of the language specific versions of Vista SP1, Zipkin said. Microsoft has handed off the final Vista SP1 bits to its OEM partners, and if testing goes well, they’ll soon begin building new PCs based on Vista SP1 images. Microsoft has also begun pressing Vista SP1 DVDs for its retail and volume licensing customers.
Source: CRN News
Comments(61)
this is a shame as i cant be bothered to reinstall XP which i really must get round to doing!
Can’t believe it…. anyone got a link to the RTM?
what’s vista? is it better than Halo3?
Heres a reliable torrent for those who need just the patch,
http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3999102/Windows_Vista_SP1_x86_Installer_5-Lang_Build_18000(longhorn_rtm.
I installed it and it works perfect. This is 1840 so it is RTM. Please seed.
Someone NOT wishing to install SP1 (at least for now) in case you have automatic updates should look here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D7C9A07A-5267-4BD6-87D0-E2A72099EDB7&displaylang=en
That is BS, They have it done and there not releasing it til march
F U microsoft!
-jr- you are a dusche
Reliable link to a X64 SP1 anyone?
I still cant find one….?…
hahaha vista lamers
XP RULZZZZZZ!
Vista SP1 RTM has been uploaded to newsgroups…
6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_en-us-FRMCFRE_EN_DVD
Server 2008 x86 RTM…
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Server 2008 x64 RTM…
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… I downloaded it last night from the microsoft website… What?
Installing Vista? Are you nutz?
“Although the issues can be fixed by uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers, Microsoft decided this would be too complicated for most users.”
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
@11 you probably just downloaded the beta of SP1 as an offical release is not yet available
Vista is made by 3-rd world programmers. That’s why is always late and buggy like hell.
Who cares? What kind of idiot is using Vista now anyway?
What’s the point reporting about an OS before it’s stable?
Vista isn’t ready and they’re making people pay to test it.
MS know how to exploit public stupidity.
@10 Vista it´s made by north americans morons thats why sucks
@ 17, i think you were refering to 15…
who would have thunk it, microsoft releasing something that aint ready? Thats a first. ROFLMFAO
@19, “thunk it”? you must be a mac user.
you ladies like moaning don’t you?
It’s completely up to you which OS you use….
@16
Something that Linux distros and the whole open source movement have been doing for years albeit free. If you dont want to use Vista after reading documentation etc on the problems then dont…simple as.
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in the meantime, you can try the service pack 1 release candidate. you can download it from microsoft.com
It may have bugs still, but it sure as hell runs nicer than Vista at release date.
@23
they have already posted the 30 days of night dvdrip.
u know whats funny though, i just got through watching The Number 23 for the first time, lol, what a weird thing to happen.
anyways, i’d rather stick with xp, cuz vista just requires too many things to run it, plus its buggy.
and im just fine as i am with my vista look with my xp.
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http://www.mininova.org/tor/1151055
I remember when Leopard for Mac was released and every PC user said “Yeah, well wait until Vista comes out, it’ll be sooo much better”
Really sounds like it from the above comments…..LOL LOL LOL
To all the people moaning who cares what you think it’s what the person running the OS thinks and im glad they taking there time i would much rather wait for it to be a more stable SP
PS – XP was just as unstable if not more than Vista in early XP days before they had a SP
Yep, true Internal, in a year Vista might be ok.
Pre-SP = Public beta test.
MS take the pee-pee.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/02/01/vista-sp1-rc-refresh-2-600118000080118-1840-standalone-offline-install-package-bt-download/
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Vista SP1 RC Refresh 2 6001.18000.080118-1840 Standalone Offline Install Package BT Download
Windows Vista SP1 RC Refresh 2 is probably the closet version to the RTM release of Service Pack 1 for Vista. There even many forums and blogs that dubbed Vista SP1 RC Refresh 2 with build number 6001.18000.080118-1840 as the RTM version, mainly due to the fact that Vista Service Pack 1 is now officially called only “Service Pack 1″, without version number, and the desktop does not carry and plant with “Evaluation Copy” watermark anymore.
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DX10 on Linux nowz!1
XP used to be so bad before SP2, so Micro$oft has taken some steps forward with Vista, but I’m using Vista for my Media Center, which works great (Dell Vostro Slim) and XP on my Desktop. Don’t knock people that run Vista.
what happened to the release date of XP sp3?
when is XP sp3 coming? i am look formward to that?
will i have to use some crack to install it? WGA ?
sp3 is second quarter of 2008. Why would you need to install it? Its a free update to XP. Obviously if you did not pay for XP then you’ll probably have to wait for a WGA crack. I on the other hand, did pay for it so no problems
Windows Service Pack 3 v.3282 –> http://www.torrentz.com/6d6db85ef18b2cddb0f824eb2a31eedd8dc36752
I’ve been using it awhile now. Even upgraded from the sp3 public release candidate to this version.
Works great.
i got 2 notebooks that came with windows home.
but i am using windows xp x64 edition.
too bad you cant exchange 2 OEM windows versions for on retail edition…
Cheer up all you microsoft consumers…than make fun of all mac users in other posts. At least recognize youre stuck to a substandart OS (XP) and cant update because Bill’s team intentions were to make an OS so heavy all you guys who wanted it had to run to the nearest shop to buy a new machine. Regards to all the MAC community!!!
The more interesting information is the release of Server 2008,i bet this will be more fast and stable than Vista,just like Windows 2003 was to XP. Microsoft continues their trend to produce their best operating systems in the server line and using the consumer line for beta testing and bug hunting their server code. In case you never tried Windows 2003 as a workstation including games, you are really missing the best OS Microsoft had pulled out, i had used it before i migrated to Vista64 for 3.5 years, its faster and more stable than XP ever was,in everything. I hope Server 2008 continues this way.
@38 isn’t it what Apple does every time it releases a new OS? forces you to buy a new (overpriced) computer?
you’re the best example of what a Mac fan is. an idiot who thinks he knows about computer because he overpaid for hardware and software… Oh wait I forgot, it’s to not give money to the Evil Microsoft.. wait.. isn’t Jobs worse than Gates? Didn’t you guy see that yet? Oh nvm it’s because you are some brainwashed sect-like worshiper.
I don’t like either but I have to recognize that, at least, Gates gives money and does a lot for charities. something Jobs does not do.
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2006/01/70072
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are those real?
At least sp1 is out.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1151
They are real to the extent that its apparently not the RTM, but RC refresh 2, which is the closes you can get to the RTM.
I dont know…people are freaking out about this. Certainly is a high demand for this thing….
Vista SUX ARSE!
No amount of ‘Updates’ or other crap will improve it.
They need to screap it and restart with XP as the template. I would prefer that my PC just WORKS! rather than arguing with it all the time that I AM THE BLOODY ADMINISTRATOR!
Anyone switching… Google ‘Vista Issues’ then rethink it!!!
Man, I got serious issues about vista, but we are almost forced to change our OS every 5 years, and we still are powerless to face Gates & company. what can we do to change this situation? Is Linux the solution? Perhaps..
@dejavu
You’re just another noob that cannot disable UAC! LOL!
I find Vista to be pretty stable now, I had issues initially in early 2007, to be honest on my machine now its performing better than XP or any other MS OS I’ve used. Lets face it Win98/Me was the worst OS ever, XP was like a godsend back then, Vista is a step forward from XP, the only issue I have is its not a big enough step forward. Obviously there are people who have had genuine problems, but “Vista sucks” “Mac rules” comments are made by people who know nothing about computers.
What is up with Apple fanboys? I find it baffling that such people exist. Its just a multinational offering overpriced products, how can you love them. I think they should offer hookers as part of health plans as some of these guys seriously need to find better things in life
Haha, the new Mac OSX actually has more issues and bugs reported than Vista…. >.> So why are apple fanboys saying move to Apple >.>
have to wait till march for sp1 vista.. it’s all good.
thnx to 41-42!
it’s real.
Like I said in the last SP1 thread, SP1, aka Vista Beta 2.0. Or would that be Beta 1.0, with the original Vista being Vista Alpha.
Don’t you people understand that one of the main reasons a Mac is better than Windoze is because they sync up with iPods much better?
I haven’t had a virus yet using a Mac. And I have never had to learn how to use a silly, two-button mouse.
Vista ultimate (with aero) runs great for me on a sempron 3100 (1.8Ghz)/1GB RAM/geforce7600GS
Moving from XP, i did not feel my pc becoming more sluggish…
Just accept that vista works differently than XP: with XP i had 700MB of free RAM. Great, but did it help launching programs/opening windows faster? No.
Have 450MB of free RAM on vista, but my windows do open slightly faster, and the overall experience is a bit smoother.
And i really that the more powerful the sytem is, the more difference you’ll feel.
And the interface is so much better, especially with bigger screens =)
Also nice improvement on the fonts over xp
I really can’t understand people that keep saying vista is crap and not very stable,I have been running vista since it came out and honesty I think it is more stable than xp,especially the 64 bit version,I think with vista if you have a crap pc vista will run like crap but if you have a fairly newish pc with core 2 duo or quad core Q6600 with at least 2 or more gigs of ram,and a desent brand motherboard like asus or gigabyte,then vista is going to run really nice and stable.
A while ago I tried installing vista onto an older pc that had a pentium 4 3ghz with 1 gig of ram,and I have to say that vista really did run like crap,but that’s because it’s just not made for the older systems,I have 3 newish pc’s in my home and they all run like a dream with vista,because they all have desnt parts in them,2 of them have core 2 duo E6750 and 2 gigs of ram and the 3rd pc has the Q6600 quad core with 4 gigs of ram.
As long there is free ram in your system Vista will use it for caching purposes! If an application require more ram then Vista will free some ram for it! This is how Vista is supposed to work! Why not use that extra ram? I have 3Gb of Ram and almost all my physical memory is used! Its better to use internal memory and not the harddrive! Btw: multi-core cpu’s also help Vista alot!
Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Update 32Bit RTM Build 6001 18000 Read NFO – nDn
hurry with links OMG
wheres the rapisshare links guys
WOW! Now rapidshare has resume download support? Thats nice! Very nice! Anyway I will check those links provided by gavrilove! I hope they are the real deal!