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Microsoft said Tuesday that it's resumed distribution of a prerequisite file for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 after fixing a bug that caused some users' computers to enter a cycle of reboots during installation of the file. The fix applies to Microsoft's Servicing Stack Update for Vista SP1...

Source "Microsoft's record on service packs has not been good. Over the years, they've been forced to withdraw several service packs and issue updated service packs shortly thereafter. That's the reason there are so many service packs with names like SP1a and SP6a. Windows Vista SP1 shows...

[Tutorial]Reclaim Disk Space After Installing Vista SP1 Reclaim your precious disk space after installing Windows Vista SP1 By Rajbir Singh [via Narangz TechBlog] After you've installed Windows Vista Service Pack 1 you might have noticed that the free space on the installation drive has...

Hey.. Has anybody tried installing Vista SP1 (final release).. Thanks & Regards Niranjan

Since SP1 uninstalls the Group Policy Editor, i understand that an updated version was to be used with SP1. But i have not been able to get it, can anyone post the link for it?

Windows Vista customers have been complaining about problems with installing Microsoft’s first service pack for the unloved operating system. SP1 was made available as a manual download on the Windows Update site earlier this week, although the company also admitted that there were a...

I was a Windows Vista user till January this year and then migrated back to XP because of some application in compatibility and performance degradation. Now I got Windows Vista SP1 RC2 from the CHIP DVD. Now my question- Is Vista SP1 worth the wait? Does it solve the problems I mentioned...

I installed Vista SP1 provided in Digit DVD of this month. I am using Windows Vista Home Premium edition which had come bundled with my HP Pavilion Laptop (it is a full copy) After installation of SP1, my desktop is showing "Windows Vista(TM) Evaluation Copy. Build 6001." Why did this...

Please can anyone give a detailed stepwise instruction on slipstreaming Vista SP1 into the main OS.

At last after a long wait Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is finally out officially. Overview : Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) is an update to Windows Vista that addresses feedback from our customers. In addition to previously released updates, SP1 will contain changes focused on addressing...

Is this Vista Sp1 Final becoz i want to download it

If you think that the first service pack for Windows Vista has managed to fix what was broken with the latest Windows client, think again. The same problems that were initially associated with the gold version of Vista have survived and moved on as the legacy of SP1. At the end of its first year...

Microsoft will release Windows Vista Service Pack 1 next week to a wider audience, according to information posted on Amazon.com and reports from a Web site that correctly called SP1's ship date last month. Amazon currently lists Vista SP1 retail copies as available next Wednesday, March 19...

Review -- I had really thought that Vista SP1 would be an improvement. I didn't think it would be a big improvement, but still that it would be more competitive with Windows XP and the modern Linux desktop. I was wrong. I've now been working with Vista SP1, the so-called RTM (release to...

Conclusion: Hotfix or SP1? With SP1 right around the corner, the Vista community is champing at the bit. Most of our gaming experience, and definitely our other tests, show that it's definitely worth the download and the slow, plodding installation. Gamers will almost certainly benefit from...

Microsoft has published a list of programs that will not work or that will suffer from reduced functionality after the installation of Vista Service Pack 1. The list of programs consists mostly of security applications, such as Trend Micro Internet Security 2008. However, programs such as The...

Microsoft sent out a mail on Wednesday informing MSDN and TechNet Plus users that Windows Vista SP1 images as well as Windows Server 2008 (RTM) have been made available to subscribers. Upon checking however, I was unable to find the promised SP1 image on my TechNet subscription. Microsoft had...

"It seems that Microsoft has been unsuccessful with SP1 in preventing hackers from turning a pirated, non-genuine copy of Vista into genuine copies that pass activation. The article initially looked at two of the most popular hacks (OEM BIOS hack and the grace timer hack) but after a little...

Remember all those slipstreaming tutorials you could find on the Internet? I think we had one or two for Windows XP here on Neowin.net before some data on our servers was wiped due to a run-in with Microsoft; we also lost the Windows Server 2003 as a Workstation guide that way. Anyway...

Contrary to rumors going around the web regarding an alleged screencap of an internal Sharepoint site listing the Vista SP1 release date, it's going to be a while before the masses see SP1. Biplab Paul a Technical Consultant at Microsoft has made a post on his blog detailing the roll out of SP1...