Windows Vista SP1 Refresh Available

[1Frothy]

Check your Connect site Beta Testers. (Y)

It's build 17128.

Thanks for the acknowledgment Neowin Staff. (Y)

Edited January 10, 2008 by 1Frothy

[tdrock]

what kinda of changes do you see?

[1Frothy]

what kinda of changes do you see?

Just downloading now. I'm not clear if I am allowed to post my views on this build. See how I go.

Edited January 9, 2008 by 1Frothy

[NEVER85]

Interesting. Hopefully a near finished build. I only beta tested OneCare for MS so I'm not in on this, so hopefully you can share any new details you may find when it's done downloading, Frothy. :)

[1Frothy]

Interesting. Hopefully a near finished build. I only beta tested OneCare for MS so I'm not in on this, so hopefully you can share any new details you may find when it's done downloading, Frothy. :)

The only other tidbit is that this is regarded as the last build before RTM/RTW.

Long time before my download finishes MajinDark. But if I do have general comments I might post something.

[:: Lyon ::]

Please do post general comments.. (what improvements do you notice, or bugs that have been fixed that you encountered previously) etc :)

[Roger H. Veteran]

oooh juicy :) Thanks for the headsup :) I can't wait to see what pops up next :)

[1Frothy]

oooh juicy :) Thanks for the headsup :) I can't wait to see what pops up next :)

I have a feeling that Windows Vista SP1 will RTM/RTW at the same time as Windows Server 2008 RTM/RTW. ;)

[neufuse Veteran]

You can download the "vista sp1 rc refresh notabale changes" list to see whats different

[trancefreak]

sweet I liked the way the rc build ran compared to not having a service pack. SP1 baby :)

[neufuse Veteran]

for the people waiting for it

? Adds support for x64 EFI

another nice improvement

• Windows Vista SP1 includes a new compression algorithm for the RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) that helps reduce network bandwidth required to send bitmaps or images via RDP. The compression, which can be selected by administrators via Group Policy settings, is transparent to all RDP traffic, and typically reduces the size of the RDP stream by as much as 25-60%, based on preliminary test results.

[Roger H. Veteran]

that's the same since the first one... that's not new to the refresh build. :)

[trek]

Ah yummy. Checked this morning and nothing, but had a feeling something was up today lol. Currently at 1450KB/s downloading. Gotta love MS's servers.

[1Frothy]

You can download the "vista sp1 rc refresh notabale changes" list to see whats different

Sure. I have that document. But I'm not about to copy/paste out of it. That might prove silly. :p

[torrentthief]

how big is the .exe?

[Raa]

The only other tidbit is that this is regarded as the last build before RTM/RTW.

Source?

Wait, never mind.

[ObiWanToby]

so many languages...is the 5 language one english?

[+Tantawi Subscriber²]

Good news, it seems that we're getting the final build on February 27th :whistle:

[+Elі Subscriber²]

My Winver says: "Service Pack 1, v. 744" did I get the wrong build from connect or something?

[war]

6001.17128.080101-1935 is the full build #.

so many languages...is the 5 language one english?

Windows Vista SP1 RC Refresh Enterprise for X86 and X64 VL English or just use the windows update cmd

but yeah odd they dont say what those 5 languages are... unlike with all the language packs..

Edited January 10, 2008 by bmaher

[itsnotabigtruck]

With x64 EFI support, shouldn't it be able to run w/o BootCamp on Macs?

[Raa]

With x64 EFI support, shouldn't it be able to run w/o BootCamp on Macs?

No.

[ObiWanToby]

No.

Curious, why is this?

[Argi]

Pretty sure that'd mean it could. Macs are 64-bit and use EFI. >_>

Could someone post that changelog document please?

[1Frothy]

So I did the clean install of Vista SP1 Refresh.

+Seems faster

+4GB RAM now detected in 32-bit version

+No chattering Hard Disk after install

+So far all software installed, including NOD32 Version 3.0.621.0

+Explorer tasks very quick, noticably faster than RTM

-Real usable RAM still 3.32GB

That's it for now.