By now many of you may have seen reports of Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 in the wild. For a while, it was merely speculation (and several good hints) towards Release Candidate Refresh 2 (RCR2) being the Release to Manufacturer (RTM) build. There has been a 'registry hack' going around for a few days now to enable the option to download SP1 via Windows Update. This 'hack' is actually straight from Microsoft, which was given to beta testers on Connect January 23rd.
According to Geeks Anatomy, Jeff DaVos (a Windows Vista SP1 beta program leader) has said on the Connect news group that this is indeed the same release being used for RTM, and that “What you got is what we’re all running our Vista machines here internally - we definitely RTM’d”.
Link: Geeks Anatomy
According to Geeks Anatomy, Jeff DaVos (a Windows Vista SP1 beta program leader) has said on the Connect news group that this is indeed the same release being used for RTM, and that “What you got is what we’re all running our Vista machines here internally - we definitely RTM’d”.
Link: Geeks Anatomy
he probably saw what I posted and just reposted it here. Give credit where credit is due is all I am saying.
he probably saw what I posted and just reposted it here. Give credit where credit is due is all I am saying.
You should have used the "Submit News" function if you wanted to see it on the front page.
Radish™
he probably saw what I posted and just reposted it here. Give credit where credit is due is all I am saying.
So submit it as news next time.
he probably saw what I posted and just reposted it here. Give credit where credit is due is all I am saying.
Once again I find myself struggling to understand the mentallity of people, like your good self, who complain about not being given credit for conveying publicly available news, the origin of which they had nothing to do with in the first place.
For what it's worth:
Thanks, kudos and all that bollocks..... to Gotenks98 for cutting and pasting something he found on the web to another part of the web, an hour before someone else.
There, now everyone is happy.
See "reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\VistaSp1 /v Beta1 /t REG_SZ /d dcf99ef8-d784-414e-b411-81a910d2761d /f
IF NOT %errorlevel% == 0 ( goto ERROR)"
Isn't this supposed to be final, and -thus- not-Beta?
No kidding. Sad. So very sad.
Oh OK. After you format, you will want to turn off ALL updates, use old drivers etc. Why would you want to "ruin" a perfectly good install with updates, patches and service packs. Makes sense to me.
Last edited by Xerxes on 07 Feb 2008 - 23:41
It's YOU'RE. No, I'm not. I'm just telling you not to update your PC. What makes you think updates (not a SP) will not break "stuff"??? Your logic, it fails.
Your the one assuming I think updates are faultless, which I never said. However, I've heard plenty of reports that some poeple are experiencing problems after installing SP1 so I am cautious about installing it on mine, I never said I would never install it. I see nothing wrong with taking a cautious approach towards a SP.
Your the one assuming I think updates are faultless, which I never said. However, I've heard plenty of reports that some poeple are experiencing problems after installing SP1 so I am cautious about installing it on mine, I never said I would never install it. I see nothing wrong with taking a cautious approach towards a SP.
Source?
Your the one assuming I think updates are faultless, which I never said. However, I've heard plenty of reports that some poeple are experiencing problems after installing SP1 so I am cautious about installing it on mine, I never said I would never install it. I see nothing wrong with taking a cautious approach towards a SP.
Source?
Since I'm sure there were people having problems with the OS you're current running, how did you ever agree to install one on your PC?
Sorry to burst your bubble, but you've heard wrong. Vista SP1 is far more stable than Vista RTM (the original Vista release). SP1 has been released to OEM partners for integration into computers sold by the likes of Dell, HP, etc etc...
I'm no Vista fan. In fact I loathe it, but I have to work on it and develop for it. SP1 makes Vista a bit more tolerable. I'm definitely installing SP1 on all Vista systems.
Last edited by Xerxes on 08 Feb 2008 - 04:33
Anyone hitting this link should check out this post for clarification o the problem as the one above relates to an older build.
Colin.
There were however, two publicly released release candidates. (RC1 and RC1 Refresh)
This build (6001.18000) was RC1 Refresh 2, and it stood up to it's name as a Release Candidate, as it was eventually declared RTM.
it's only direct d/load from Connect
oh and btw .. it's not yet RTM
But either this way or March, Feb 18th, torrents, etc
Its out there allright
Runs perfect.
:yawn:
The Only thing wrong with my Vista is file transfer.......but i think i'll wait for the official release wouldn't want to cause any instability just because i couldn't wait.
error code: 0x80070002
kb article
HTH
im currently downloading RC1 for 64bit vista
and who knows we can get a .exe file instead of through Windows Update
Oh that's right, you can't
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
(1) Ran the .cmd file. All it does is add a couple of reg entries; I recommend loading the .cmd file into notepad or another text editor just so you know for certain it's not malicious.
(2) Went into Windows Update, told it to check for updates. It reported a single update, about 4MB. Installed that, asked me to restart, which I did.
(3) Ran Windows Update, checked for updates again. It reported another single update, this time around 5MB. Did the same thing - installed, restarted.
(4) I tried running Windows Update soon after but nothing was detected. Waited a few minutes, tried again, and WU finally showed Service Pack 1 in the list. It's also the first update which shows its size as a range; I think it was something like 60MB - 550MB. I began installation, it took a fairly long time on this laptop, alternating between actual downloading and a lot of hard disk access.
(5) Started the actual install. Appeared exactly like the first two screens on http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvi...sp1_screens.asp but since it was WU-based instead of standalone, it didn't have any remaining screens. Took a while.
(6) Once it had finished its stuff, I went to restart. Now, instead of that "Windows is configuring updates..." message you sometimes get when installing updates, it had something like:
Installing Service Pack 1: Stage 1 of 3: 0%.
Do not turn off your computer.
The first stage got to 100%, then it turned to stage 2, which when it got to 100% restarted the machine. When windows booted up, stage 3 progressed until it booted as per normal. Now I'm here, I've checked System and it shows Service Pack 1 is installed. Also, if you check the above link with all the screenshots, that final one with the registry values? Mine had IDENTICAL build and version numbers as Paul's, which therefore means, if you download using this way, you WILL get what's going to be released later on. It's all good!
Final points:
* Do not be freaked out when Service Pack 1 is downloading, cos it will probably be maked "Service Pack 1: Release Candidate 1". Well, that's not a surprise, because Microsoft decided this particular candidate had reached maturity and hence is the same as the RTM (as shown in the registry).
* There is no "time bomb", there aren't any messages on the desktop stating it's a service pack or anything. It's proper.
* I've been using, for testing purposes on another machine, an OEM build of Vista Ultimate that I got from the evil torrent sites. It's one of those "preactivated" copies which makes life so useful when reinstalling and you don't want to have to reactivate your legit copy, of which I have one as well. Well... Vista remained activated after installing SP1, so the threat of being deactivated hasn't come to fruition. I'm pretty sure those other hacked versions which use tricks to keep it activated will probably fail though, but since this install cannot be distinguished from a truly legit copy, MS couldn't deactivate it, so I'm safe.
So there. Hopefully that's useful enough to make a decision whether to install.
(1) Ran the .cmd file. All it does is add a couple of reg entries; I recommend loading the .cmd file into notepad or another text editor just so you know for certain it's not malicious.
(2) Went into Windows Update, told it to check for updates. It reported a single update, about 4MB. Installed that, asked me to restart, which I did.
(3) Ran Windows Update, checked for updates again. It reported another single update, this time around 5MB. Did the same thing - installed, restarted.
(4) I tried running Windows Update soon after but nothing was detected. Waited a few minutes, tried again, and WU finally showed Service Pack 1 in the list. It's also the first update which shows its size as a range; I think it was something like 60MB - 550MB. I began installation, it took a fairly long time on this laptop, alternating between actual downloading and a lot of hard disk access.
(5) Started the actual install. Appeared exactly like the first two screens on http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvi...sp1_screens.asp but since it was WU-based instead of standalone, it didn't have any remaining screens. Took a while.
(6) Once it had finished its stuff, I went to restart. Now, instead of that "Windows is configuring updates..." message you sometimes get when installing updates, it had something like:
Installing Service Pack 1: Stage 1 of 3: 0%.
Do not turn off your computer.
The first stage got to 100%, then it turned to stage 2, which when it got to 100% restarted the machine. When windows booted up, stage 3 progressed until it booted as per normal. Now I'm here, I've checked System and it shows Service Pack 1 is installed. Also, if you check the above link with all the screenshots, that final one with the registry values? Mine had IDENTICAL build and version numbers as Paul's, which therefore means, if you download using this way, you WILL get what's going to be released later on. It's all good!
Final points:
* Do not be freaked out when Service Pack 1 is downloading, cos it will probably be maked "Service Pack 1: Release Candidate 1". Well, that's not a surprise, because Microsoft decided this particular candidate had reached maturity and hence is the same as the RTM (as shown in the registry).
* There is no "time bomb", there aren't any messages on the desktop stating it's a service pack or anything. It's proper.
* I've been using, for testing purposes on another machine, an OEM build of Vista Ultimate that I got from the evil torrent sites. It's one of those "preactivated" copies which makes life so useful when reinstalling and you don't want to have to reactivate your legit copy, of which I have one as well. Well... Vista remained activated after installing SP1, so the threat of being deactivated hasn't come to fruition. I'm pretty sure those other hacked versions which use tricks to keep it activated will probably fail though, but since this install cannot be distinguished from a truly legit copy, MS couldn't deactivate it, so I'm safe.
So there. Hopefully that's useful enough to make a decision whether to install.
Ditto. I had the exact same experience. The installation was very quick and painless.
(3) Ran Windows Update, checked for updates again. It reported another single update, this time around 5MB. Did the same thing - installed, restarted.
And before someone starts bashing about the number of restarts, these updates are being discreetly slipped to people with other updates so if you're up-to-date when this comes to WU, you won't need to restart that many times.
Thanks for the CMD download Neowin, nice to see you getting some backhand windows files again
Finally got it to install.
After I used the CMD file, my desktop says "test mode" in all four corners (like "safe mode"
Even after installation it still says this, along with the version # at the top of the screen:
"Microsoft ® Windows ® (Build 6001: Service Pack 1)"
Any way to remove these and be "normal"?
DirextX Version: DirectX 10
I thought SP1 was going to include DirectX 10.1 Are we sure that this is final?
I'm 100% sure this is the case. As I said I might be wrong...?
At least mine is 100% retail so I'm not bothered.
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