Windows Vista Service Pack 1

Many partners in the Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) galaxy are none too pleased about Redmond's decision earlier this week to withhold downloads of Vista service pack 1 until mid-March. But after a firestorm of online protest from disaffected partners, it appears that Microsoft may consider revising its decision.

Paying customers may not get their hands on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) for weeks, but pirates can download the brand-new code today, according to searches at several BitTorrent trackers.

The RTM, or release to manufacturing, versions of both operating systems can easily be found on BitTorrent tracker sites such as Pirate Bay, which has made them available since yesterday.

One torrent of Microsoft's newest server operating system, Windows Server 2008, lists 42 "seeders," the term for a computer that has a complete copy of the torrent file, and nearly 190 "leechers," or computers that have downloaded only part of the complete torrent. The Windows Server 2008 torrent installs a 60-day trial edition, according to users on Pirate Bay who have downloaded the 2.5GB disk image.

Paying customers may not get their hands on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) for weeks, but pirates can download the brand-new code today, according to searches at several BitTorrent trackers.

SP1 na zalost jos nije.

Elem, stavio sam i Vistu SP1 finalnu verziju

As we know, because of driver issues, it’s not going to be a slam-dunk to upgrade to Windows Vista SP1 when it releases to the public. But Microsoft also has some prerequisites you need to install. One has already been rolled out and the final two were released today via Windows Update.

KB937287 is a servicing stack update and KB938371 is a multi-component update. However, KB938371 will not be offered to Windows Vista Enterprise / Windows Vista Ultimate users until KB9355509 is installed - just to be clear. So for those versions of the OS, three fixes are prerequistes. KB935509 was released in January, BTW.

All these updates are marked as “important” in Windows Update and will be installed automatically if you have Windows Update set to what Microsoft deems is the recommended configuration: install automatically - according to the blog post announcing these updates.

Hi Everyone.

We have posted the SP1 Update release for download through the Top Downloads section on http://technet.microsoft.com/subscriptions.

TechNet Plus subscribers, you now can download the following:

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (x86, x64) - DVD (English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish)

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (x86) - EXE (English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish)

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (x64) - EXE (English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish)

To use the Top Downloads , you will need to install the Akamai Technologies Download Manager Browser add-on to access these files and will need to allow pop-ups (at least temporarily).

The files are on the Top Downloads rather than Subscriber Downloads & Product Keys to load balance the with the download activity related to Windows Server 2008.

The integrated full install of Vista with SP1 will be available for download prior to the end of the month; we are working through download capacity planning and will make it available as soon as we can.

Thanks,
Kathy Dixon
TechNet Plus subscriptions

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Za XP SP3 se još uvek ni ne nazire datum, a pri tom se zna da je "end of life" za XP određen 30.06.2008(!!??)

daxx: Za XP SP3 se još uvek ni ne nazire datum, a pri tom se zna da je "end of life" za XP određen 30.06.2008(!!??)

A zar nisu rekli da ce XP da krpe do 2011? Ili sam se nesto zeznuo?