Vista SP1 Available through Microsoft Downloads on March 19th

[Apple-a-Day]

Vista SP1 will be openly available on March 19th on the MS Downloads site. At this time no date is slated for the SP to appear on the Microsoft updates site. This should give MS some time to work out the "required updates" issue that is supposed to make SP1 install a smoother transition. How ever as we have been seeing.. the updates them selves don't seem to be smooth at all.

[Emon]

I have updated 3 PCs so far to SP1 (one of them even had SP1 beta and I had to uninstall that first) .. the updates worked flawlessly.

[Apple-a-Day]

I have updated 3 PCs so far to SP1 (one of them even had SP1 beta and I had to uninstall that first) .. the updates worked flawlessly.

My install was clean so had no update issues. Unfortunate for some it was not smooth, but thats life. Some times you win sometimes you lose.

[:: Lyon ::]

I thought it's out on the MS Download, not torrent (by looking at the post title)

[Frank]

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For those who do not understand the original post. I believe the poster is trying to say it will be available on March 19th for Download from the Microsoft Download site BUT it will not be available through automatic updates or Windows/Microsoft Update until they get the process worked through.

Just curious Apple, where did you get your info?

[Farstrider]

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For those who do not understand the original post. I believe the poster is trying to say it will be available on March 19th for Download from the Microsoft Download site BUT it will not be available through automatic updates or Windows/Microsoft Update until they get the process worked through.

Just curious Apple, where did you get your info?

^^^By the way Frank I hate that ant! It gives me a headache! :hmmm:

No Vista SP1 bits for users until mid-March (Found at ZDnet)

Customers who’ve been waiting for Microsoft to release the final Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 bits are going to have to wait another month or two to actually get their hands on them — at least through legal channels.

In a posting to the Windows Vista team blog, Corporate Vice President of Windows Product Management Mike Nash explained how and when users can get the Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 bits. Microsoft released Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 to manufacturing on February 4.

According to Nash, the schedule looks like this:

Update: Early March: SP1 bits will be made available to TechNet and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscribers.

Mid-March: Microsoft releases SP1 to Windows Update in five languages (English, French, Spanish, German and Japanese) and to the download center on microsoft.com. “If Windows Update determines that the system has one of the drivers we know to be problematic, then Windows Update will not offer SP1,” Nash explained. “Since we know that some customers may want to update to SP1 anyhow, the download center will allow anyone who wants to install SP1 to do so.”

Mid-April: Microsoft begins delivering Vista SP1 via Automatic Update. “That said, any system that Windows Update determines has a driver known to not update successfully will not get SP1 automatically,” Nash explained. “As updates for these drivers become available, they will be installed automatically by Windows Update, which will unblock these systems from getting Service Pack 1.” (And remember, there is a Vista SP blocking tool available for users who don’t want SP1 to install automatically.)

April: SP1 will RTM for the remaining languages.

Edited February 21, 2008 by Farstrider

[Guspaz]

^^^By the way Frank I hate that ant! It gives me a headache! :hmmm:

No Vista SP1 bits for users until mid-March (Found at ZDnet)

Customers who?ve been waiting for Microsoft to release the final Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 bits are going to have to wait another month or two to actually get their hands on them ? at least through legal channels.

In a posting to the Windows Vista team blog, Corporate Vice President of Windows Product Management Mike Nash explained how and when users can get the Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 bits. Microsoft released Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 to manufacturingFebruary 4.

According to Nash, the schedule looks like this:

UpdaEarly March: SP1 bits will be made available to TechNet and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscriberMid-March: Microsoft releases SP1 to Windows Update in five languages (English, French, Spanish, German and Japanese) and to the download center on microsoft.com. ?If Windows Update determines that the system has one of the drivers we know to be problematic, then Windows Update will not offer SP1,? Nash explained. ?Since we know that some customers may want to update to SP1 anyhow, the download center will allow anyone who wants to install SP1 toMid-Aprilid-April: Microsoft begins delivering Vista SP1 via Automatic Update. ?That said, any system that Windows Update determines has a driver known to not update successfully will not get SP1 automatically,? Nash explained. ?As updates for these drivers become available, they will be installed automatically by Windows Update, which will unblock these systems from getting Service Pack 1.? (And remember, there is a Vista SP blocking tool available for users who don?t want SP1 to instaAprilally.)

April: SP1 will RTM for the remaining languages.

According to Nash, it launched to TechNet and MSDN on Feb 14th:

http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsv...-customers.aspx

[Apple-a-Day]

According to Nash, it launched to TechNet and MSDN on Feb 14th:

http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsv...-customers.aspx

True but that was not for "Joe Public" just subscribers of TechNet and MSDN. "Joe" gets MS supported assistance March 19th for Vista SP1