Shipping a High Quality Vista Service Pack 1

re: Shipping a High Quality Vista Service Pack 1

Steven Jones — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:25:30 GMT

When will the standalone download be available on the Microsoft Download Centre ??

re: Shipping a High Quality Vista Service Pack 1

Maarten — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:52:36 GMT

I'm sorry, but I believe MSDN and Technet subscribers should have gotten SP1 along with the OEM's on milestone 1.

We are awaiting SP1 so we can actually test our applications and client portals with SP1 and whether we need to program any changes. And we want to do that BEFORE our clients can get the updates through the regular channels.

Not releasing SP1 to MSDN/Technet will cause a lot of IT professionals to look elsewhere for SP1, it has already "leaked" to the internet.

Quite honestly, it is a slap in the face to all those that paid good money for their MSDN and technet subscriptions, and were expecting to test SP1 at least for a FEW lousy weeks before the masses get a hold of it.

Microsoft dropped the ball on that one. Badly.

re: Shipping a High Quality Vista Service Pack 1

John Dallman — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:27:23 GMT

Will it be on MSDN and TechNet at Mile Stone 2? Is there a reason why it wasn't on those sites at Mile Stone 1?

re: Shipping a High Quality Vista Service Pack 1

John — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:42:03 GMT

Is DirectX 10.1 integrated in SP1? Coz I've installed the 6001.18000.080118-1840 version and DirectX 10.1 is not there.

re: Shipping a High Quality Vista Service Pack 1

bpaul — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:52:32 GMT

Nothing before March 18 is expected.

re: Shipping a High Quality Vista Service Pack 1

bpaul — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:01:39 GMT

Unfortunately no..SP1 would only be available on MSDN/TechNet in mid March.

It's just an update and we are not trying to make it secret. It may be leaked or not but from MSDN/TechNet perspective, it takes a while to update sites with new product.

Currently it's available through Connect for SP1 TAP customers only. We understand that you are looking for SP1 for tesing your vista compatible products. You may contact Microsoft for alternate options. I hope that may help.

re: Shipping a High Quality Vista Service Pack 1

bpaul — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:12:07 GMT

No..MSDN/Technet availability is in Milestone 3. There are some legal terms with VL which needs to be fixed/addressed before we can post it to MSDN/Technet.

re: Shipping a High Quality Vista Service Pack 1

Bob Dingwall — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:38:01 GMT

We are a small company that provides Laptop Computers to our "Road Warriors".

Each of these computers have been modified so that there is no way they can be connected to the Internet (for security reasons)

Two of these computers are running Vista Home 32.

How can we get Vista SP1 on CD Rom so that we can update these two machines ?

If this is what we are to expect in the future, maybe our future should be looking at another Operating System.

Please respond to me at my URL listed above.

Thank you,

Robert E. Dingwall, CEO

R.E. Dingwall and Asociates

re: Shipping a High Quality Vista Service Pack 1

bpaul — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:56:19 GMT

Windows Vista SP1 is now available through MSDN/Technet. You may download the SP1 from MSDN or Technet and burn on a CD and install on any Windows Vista SKU.

It would also be available through Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center by Mid March.

We will have Slipstream version of Vista as well for fresh installations.

re: Shipping a High Quality Vista Service Pack 1

b strickland — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:38:36 GMT

So are the gonna make a VISTA SP1 CD available or not? What the heck is "Windows Vista SKU". What about us poor slobs that still have dial-up. I understand the SP1 update is 200+ MB. (200 hours download time) So make a CD and charge for it. XP SP1 and 2 were free. Why is Microsoft making it so difficult for Vista users. I'll think I'll switch back to XP as I will be dead before support is ended for it and for MS to fix Vista. Not a joke!!!!!!!!!!!

re: Shipping a High Quality Vista Service Pack 1

bpaul — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:24:02 GMT

We are not going to ship SP1 separately in a media. We have slipstreamed version of Windows Vista media with SP1. For RTM users, unfortunately you have only option as download the package. It's 434.5 MB and may take 17 hours on dial-up connection :(.

Vista SKU means different versions of Windows Vista such as Business, Enterprise, Ultimate etc.

Vista SP1 (KB 936330) is completly free but only problem is that you need to download this. It was same with Windows XP. If you want to download Windows XP SP3, it's 900 MB and may take 30 Hours to download. As Windows XP is going out of support next year, it's always better to have either latest SP or newer OS. But finally it's your decision!

re: Shipping a High Quality Vista Service Pack 1

bpaul — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:24:06 GMT

Vista SKU means different versions of Windows Vista such as Business, Enterprise, Ultimate etc.