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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.technet.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Springboard Series - The Resource for Windows Desktop IT Professionals : Windows Vista SP1</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/springboard/archive/tags/Windows+Vista+SP1/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Windows Vista SP1</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>Windows Service Pack Blocker Toolkit</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/springboard/archive/2009/01/29/windows-service-pack-blocker-toolkit.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:21:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3194437</guid><dc:creator>Celine Allee</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/springboard/comments/3194437.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/springboard/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3194437</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" face=Calibri&gt;Here’s an update for those of you who have installed the Service Pack Blocker Tool for Windows XP or Windows Vista. This code temporarily prevents the installation of a service pack through Windows Update, typically for one year after general availability of the service pack. The expiration date for the Service Pack Blocker Tool for Windows Vista SP1 is &lt;B&gt;April 28, 2009&lt;/B&gt;; for Windows XP SP3 the tool expires &lt;B&gt;May 19, 2009&lt;/B&gt;. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;For more information on the Service Pack Blocker Tool, please see the &lt;A href="http://technet.microsoft.com/library/bb892134.aspx?ITPID=sprblog" mce_href="http://technet.microsoft.com/library/bb892134.aspx?ITPID=sprblog"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;FAQ&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; available through the Springboard Series on TechNet.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3194437" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/springboard/archive/tags/Windows+Vista/default.aspx">Windows Vista</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/springboard/archive/tags/Windows+XP/default.aspx">Windows XP</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/springboard/archive/tags/Windows+Vista+SP1/default.aspx">Windows Vista SP1</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/springboard/archive/tags/Announcement/default.aspx">Announcement</category></item></channel></rss>