 Vista Service Pack 1: When Is It Coming? |
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 Jan 15 2008, 03:10 AM
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Mar 5 2008, 12:49 AM
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i here it will come out this March/April.
Has anyone heard that the download size is going to be 1 GB???? can this be confirmed? if so its going to be a long download process for many. |
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Mar 5 2008, 03:56 AM
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It has been confirmed that sp1 is released at the end of march and no why would it be 1Gig if you remember installing xp sp1 or 2 they where compressed installers vista sp1 as i have read should be around 67MB direct from windows update others have language packs and server packs around 200MB
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Mar 5 2008, 01:41 PM
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QUOTE(Izzy @ Mar 5 2008, 06:49 AM)  Has anyone heard that the download size is going to be 1 GB???? can this be confirmed? if so its going to be a long download process for many. Someone gave a link to This interesting article yesterday or so... It should answer all your questions... 
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Mar 5 2008, 03:23 PM
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If you're getting the 64-bit install file, it's around 750MB. The 32-bit file is about half of that. I've been using it for a couple of weeks and it seems to be working fine.
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Mar 5 2008, 04:27 PM
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If you get it the normal way (ie via Windows Update) it uses something called Remote Differential Compression, which only downloads the parts of the files you need to update so the en result will be under 100MB.
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Mar 5 2008, 04:52 PM
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Would any of you really consider downloading and installing SP1 once it is released? So many problems with it I wont be in any hurry to get it. Maybe an option is to try it in a VM or similar first. DJBPace07, you must be one of the lucky ones. http://www.news.com/Microsoft-pulls-Vista-..._3-6231299.html
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Mar 5 2008, 11:45 PM
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I got the full single-file download which includes all of the previous updates. Microsoft has finished work on the service pack, they're just waiting to release it until the hardware manufacturers have released more compatible drivers. I got the full edition, I checked the version number (along with MD5 hash and the digital certificate of the install file) and it matches the MSDN release. The driver issues are only an issue if you have certain hardware, such as NIC's and sound devices. Since I have an nVidia NIC and a Xonar soundcard, I was not affected.
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Mar 11 2008, 01:36 AM
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i have two dates for the public release, 18th of March and 19th of March one or the other, can anyone confirm this?
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Mar 11 2008, 04:48 AM
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Somewhere in Microsoft Forums, Says it will be out via Windows Update 18th, March. I forgot where I read it from though... But it was posted by a Microsoft person...
So Izzy, We are both in Australia... Check Windows updates Next Wednesday for SP1 :-) -------------------- Chess, Outdoor Sport, Games & Computers.
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Mar 11 2008, 12:54 PM
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I called Microsoft yesterday and they told me you can download the BETA off the site? I have my own copies of it from a friend but I didn't notice much difference in it.
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Mar 11 2008, 03:15 PM
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I'm gonna check windows update first thing tuesday and/or wednesday for SP1 update though. I'm getting some syndrome because my OS is not current because SP1 is out there.
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Mar 11 2008, 03:53 PM
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I just heard it will be out late March or early April
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Mar 12 2008, 03:11 PM
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QUOTE(Bartster @ Mar 11 2008, 03:53 PM) I just heard it will be out late March or early April Didn't you read earlier posts???? 18 or 19th of March. |
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Mar 16 2008, 04:09 AM
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Vista-SP1-R...xes-80967.shtml
Confirmed. 18th March. -------------------- Chess, Outdoor Sport, Games & Computers.
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