Vista SP2 Beta leaked in the wild

[Fred Derf Veteran]

These posts were split from "First patch for Windows 7 Beta is available on MS":

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=686508

also...

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[NienorGT]

Info about SP2 is there:

http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsv...ack-2-beta.aspx

[Elliot B.]

Info about SP2 is there:

http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsv...ack-2-beta.aspx

Nice :)

[Evolution]

The batch file at live betas.net didn't work :/

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

The batch file at live betas.net didn't work :/

The one that was posted here does work.

@echo off

reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\VistaSp2 /f > NUL 2>&1

reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\VistaSP2 /f > NUL 2>&1

reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\VistaSp2 /v Beta1 /t REG_SZ /d C21A5C64-2530-CC19-042F-9ABDB4ED27F9 /f

IF NOT %errorlevel% == 0 ( goto ERROR)

:SUCCESS

@echo.

echo ================================================== =========

echo Windows Vista SP2 registry keys successfully set.

echo Please check for updates on Windows Update.

echo ================================================== =========

@echo.

goto END

:ERROR

@echo.

echo ================================================== =========

echo ERROR setting the Windows Vista SP2 registry keys

echo Please run this script as Administrator (right-click, 'Run as Administrator').

echo ================================================== =========

@echo.

goto END

:END

pause

pause

[Evolution]

Unfortunately that didn't work either - I'm using Vista Ultimate 32-bit :/

[Roger H. Veteran]

Adds Windows Connect Now (WCN) to simplify Wi-Fi Configuration.

I thought that was already available in Vista RTM? My Linksys WRT600N router can do it and i even see the option in "Network" where i just type in a PIN and auto configures the system.

[Roger H. Veteran]

Unfortunately that didn't work either - I'm using Vista Ultimate 32-bit :/

Did you right click and choose Run as Administrator? If you just launch it nothing will happen.

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

Did you right click and choose Run as Administrator? If you just launch it nothing will happen.

1. Save the file in notepad as Vista SP2.bat

2. Right click on the batch file an run as admin.

3. Go to Microsoft Update and check for updates

4. Install patch KB955430

5. Restart if necessary

6. Go back to Microsoft Update and download and install SP2 ~292MB.

The above works or at least it did yesterday unless MS did something to stop it which I doubt. This should work on al versions of Vista as long as you have SP1 installed.

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

honestly, unless you NEED support for these new features right now, you're probably better off just waiting for the final release. i've had a helluva time w/ beta service packs in the past.

[revvo]

I can't see what's the rush for these betas of service packs. I know I wont risk my stable Vista setup until it's final :o

Besides, are they planning features for it or just the collection of patches up to now? I'm assuming the latter

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

I can't see what's the rush for these betas of service packs. I know I wont risk my stable Vista setup until it's final :o

Besides, are they planning features for it or just the collection of patches up to now? I'm assuming the latter

I have had no problems with it. There are very few added features most of it is for security. There is no one forcing anyone to try this. :)

http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsv...ack-2-beta.aspx

[Evolution]

Well then Microsoft must have disabled the trick or it just doesn't work for ultimate 32-bit.

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

Well then Microsoft must have disabled the trick or it just doesn't work for ultimate 32-bit.

That could be. Has anyone else had problems downloading this? Please respond if you have.

[Randolph]

Can't wait for SP2 even though SP1 is doing me good right now. (Y)

[jason13524]

Well then Microsoft must have disabled the trick or it just doesn't work for ultimate 32-bit.

Working fine on Ultimate 32bit here.

SP2 is well over 200 meg and the full thing inc SP1 is nearly 500 meg so there must be quite a few fixes in there.

[[DGS]]

placebo effect...

[The_Observer]

Not working for me, Pleace the CODE into a bat file and ran it!.

[stevember]

That could be. Has anyone else had problems downloading this? Please respond if you have.

Worked fine for me yesterday.

What does black screen say when you run it?

Probably got file *.bat.txt

[morgs]

For those of you that it isnt working for. I had to hide all of the updates i didnt want to install, specifically the malicious software removal tool. Once I right clicked on the update and selected hide update, i hit the refresh button and the update came back, i hid it again and refreshed and then came the stack update.

After i installed the stack update, i had to hide the malicious software update again and the SP2 file was there.

Hope this helps.

Edit: Obviously you also have to run the bat file before all of this will work.

Edited October 26, 2008 by morgs

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

Worked fine for me yesterday.

What does black screen say when you run it?

Probably got file *.bat.txt

If you use Notebook and save the code as a .bat file only you should get a file that looks like this:

You then right click on that batch file and run it as administrator.

[Evolution]

I did everything properly, the only updates I don't have installed are all the extras and language packs.

[Ci7]

For those of you that it isnt working for. I had to hide all of the updates i didnt want to install, specifically the malicious software removal tool. Once I right clicked on the update and selected hide update, i hit the refresh button and the update came back, i hid it again and refreshed and then came the stack update.

After i installed the stack update, i had to hide the malicious software update again and the SP2 file was there.

Hope this helps.

Edit: Obviously you also have to run the bat file before all of this will work.

why not just install MS malicious tool ?

it is useful

[morgs]

why not just install MS malicious tool ?

it is useful

Haha, I knew someone would bring that up. some months I install it, some months I dont... I couldnt tell you why. I decided not to this month and found that hiding the update worked for installing SP2.

I have mixed first impressions though.

Boot up seems to be a bit faster as well as starting applications. however I have a full gigabit LAN with a NAS and have seen the transfer speeds from the NAS drop down to about 2.5MB/sec way down from what i was getting before.

[Ci7]

Haha, I knew someone would bring that up. some months I install it, some months I dont... I couldnt tell you why. I decided not to this month and found that hiding the update worked for installing SP2.

I have mixed first impressions though.

Boot up seems to be a bit faster as well as starting applications. however I have a full gigabit LAN with a NAS and have seen the transfer speeds from the NAS drop down to about 2.5MB/sec way down from what i was getting before.

mood ,eh ;)

i am just surprised about how fast SP2 got installed aprox 20min mix

compared to sp1 which took more then hour installing