Microsoft just released service pack1 for vista!

On my fz180 a popup just asked me to install the sp1 from microsoft

 

hip-hip-hooray for Microsoft!

 

Is that real? Have you install it? How does it feel now? Is it faster? Snappier?

 

SWEEEEEEEET!!!!!

I cannot wait to hear about all the problems fixed...maybe I'll try it out.

EDIT: Are you sure this isn't the Release Candidate?
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/bb738089.aspx

 

Umm I just checked through windows update,nothing about service pack 1.

 

maybe MS is being careful... getting the general public reaction towards it

 

none here on the 64x end

 

service pack beta already was great improve for me!

 

same here!!

 

I'll be looking for it in Windows Updates!

 

Me neither. No mention of Service Pack from Windows Update.

 

This is just a good joke. Vista SP1 will be out in feb/march.

 

That's just the latest refresh. Rumor has it it'll be out this monday, though...

 

According to Channel Web Network, SP1 is being released to manufacturing this Monday:

http://www.crn.com/software/206102246

 

How easy is it to slipstream SP1 with Windows Vista? I followed the instruction of slipstreaming SP2 with Windows XP from http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp and it works very well. Will the procedure be similar for slipsteaming SP1 with Vista?

 

There was a recent Microsoft OFFICE SP1 - could that be what you downloaded?

 

That's what I'm guessing too. As I just got this MS Office SP1 update 2 days back as well.

Rumors has it that it would be released officially on the 4th of April.

 

I got a prompt for Office 07 Service Pack 1 Update, but not windows.

 

Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 were released to manufacturing today:

http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9863959-56.html

 

Fuzzy man, you're way too active with that post. Cut & paste rulz!
Microsoft said that SP1 has reached the RTM stage, but that it will not be available through WU until mid march.

 

mid march?!??! What !???! guess I'll be using sp1 RC for a while longer

 

Hurray! Vista SP1 released to manufacturing today. It will be available through windows update in mid march.

 

Why would it take over a month for them to make it available on WU if the final version is ready to be release to OEMs?

 

Yeah, good question.

 

RTM = burning disks and ****...
Anyway, Windows Server 2008 has also been released to manufacturing and I'm gonna get it a few hours. Where's the fun in waiting a month or so?

 

i'm more inclined to believe that a piece of malware popped up saying it's vista sp1.

 

Hmm...no. SP1 just went RTM. And I have the RTM for WS08.

 

anyone got a leaked download of the new RTM?

 

Hi guys.
I have to say a big sorry to all of you!
I got a message from Windows update
for a sp1 and was sure it was vista sp1.
But this is what it was:

I wonder how i didn't pay attention.!
Anyway sorry for this.
But I wait for the sp1 with lot of impatience as the beta I installed
already fixed few important issues I was having and after the install
my laptop now works with no problems. Startup has been dramatically
improved and os is very stable now

 

Caveat Emptor:

http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-windows-vista-sp1-update-32bit-rtm-build-600118000-read-nfo-ndn/

TT

 

cool man, so its finally here
Gonna get this now

 

WTF.......


We apologize the site you are attempting to visit has been blocked due to its content being inconsistent with the religious, cultural, political and moral values of the United Arab Emirates.

 

https://www.relakks.com/

HTH,

TT

 

WTF is that?

 

It's a VPN, anonymizing service. Probably, like Flickr, Skype, Youtube, etc, also banned in the UAE.

TT

 

Bootleg, bootleg, bootleg. Do you REALLY want to trust that this is not riddled with spyware, or worse a rootkit? Wait for the real McCoy.

Gary

 

Is this the same build as the final SP1?

 

Yes it's the real deal. I've installed it and it's fine.

TT

 

I've installed it too, I'm fine with it, no noticeable difference tought...

 

And you both have checked for rootkits, spyware, zombie exploits, etc??? These copies in the wild are pirated, plain and simple. The only way they exist is because someone is violating an NDA under which they got it. There is no way for ANY of us to be certain these are not riddled with exploits. Any one who downloads a service pack from anywhere other than Microsoft is placing a big red target on their machine saying "hackers, this way in".

Gary

 

It's the real deal, I got it from a trusty source, where I usually get lot of things, can't say more...
But here is an article fron Winbeta for you to be sure of the genuiness of this SP :
Mary Jo Foley: Surprise! If you were among the 15,000 chosen testers who got the Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 Release Candidate (RC) 1 Refresh 2 test build in late January, you already have the final SP1 bits.

Microsoft changed the version number on the code, but the bits are exactly the same, company officials acknowledged on February 7.

I asked Microsoft last week whether the Refresh 2 build was the release to manufacturing (RTM) build and company officials said, point-blank, it was not. So why admit it now?

“We couldn’t say anything prior because before the RC is approved for RTM (Monday morning, February 4), there is always the possibility the code will get changed,” a company spokeswoman said.

Source Article: Mary Jo Foley's Blog

 

LOL. Here's who's really installing rootkits

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/11/sonys_drm_rootk.html

TT

 

Ancient "news". But my point still stands, folks are running willy nilly to any place that claims to have the real SP1 with no idea of the veracity of the file. God only knows what else might have been "slipstreamed" into that real SP1. Why run the risk?

Gary

 

Read my post and stop beeing so worried!
OK some files are "infected" but if you use some common sense then it should be OK, at least for me it has always been!!

 

I read you post and no, I won't. Not as long as there are folks suggesting that it is perfectly safe to download this SP from ANYPLACE other than a Microsoft server. There is absolutely no way to know if it is perfectly safe or not.

This whole notion that you just need to use "common sense" has no common sense, especially in light of the fact that RIGHT NOW, this very minute any one can get this SP from a Microsoft Server if they are willing and able to make a twek to their registry.

Gary

 

Ok just to let you know that youcan compare the MD5 of the file you download BEFORE installing it...
If you trust ZDNet, if you don't... You are really paranoid!

For anyone interested, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes at ZDNet posted the MD5s for the official 32-bit and 64-bit update executables for Windows Vista SP1 RTM.

-32-bit (434MB ): d597866e93bc8f80ecca234c4e9ce5a2

-64-bit (726MB ): 983308426e8ee7649f53b41f4e5c42d4

As a quick reminder, Vista SP1 RTM = Vista SP1 RC Refresh 2.

News Source: ZDNet Blogs


And now here is a screenshot of the MD5 ckecksum I just made, just for you!

 

PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was hoping someone would post checksums to make this a moot point. But I had not been able to find any thus far.

Now we DO have a way to know if the other places have a legitimate unmodified copy of the SP. That was my whole point all along. Now, armed with this info folks can SAFELY download the SP be certain they are getting what they want.

Thank you for digging that out. And please when you get an opportunity, post a link to your message in other threads where you see folks suggesting alternate places to download the SP. (You might want to add a note on how to get the MD5 Checksum for the files they download, so they can compare.)

Well done! Rep for you...

Gary

 

Warez is warez. If you understand the issues you know the risk. If you know how to research these things, then you would know there's been no reported incidences with it, certainly not on genuine systems. That's not a guarantee, but it's a good sign.

That said, no-one's telling you to download it. You've just been tipped off that it's there. What you do with your system is your business. Me, I like to keep mine up to date.

But like I said, caveat emptor, this ain't an official release.

TT

 

And now that karimnacer has posted the checksums for us, it is easy to see if you have the real thing or not. The risk has now been substantially mitigated.

Gary