How to trick Windows Update into thinking you are supposed to get the Beta SP1. It’s just two registry settings that need modifying, after which Windows Update will begin feeding you the components required for SP1 beta. Here’s an easy way to do it.
1.Open a text editor like Notepad, and paste the following text into it:
@echo off
reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\VistaSp1 /v Beta1 /t REG_SZ /d a2c3c14a-9586-4d37-9aaa-79fbd64069d2 /f
reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\VistaSP1 /v Beta1 /t REG_SZ /d a2c3c14a-9586-4d37-9aaa-79fbd64069d2 /f
echo Vista SP1 registry key has been set. Please check for updates in Windows Update.
pause
Save this file as a ‘.cmd’ or ‘.bat’ file, any name is fine, I chose sp1_vista_beta.cmd. Make sure there isn’t a ‘.txt’ extension at the end or it won’t work (changing the save as file type to ‘all files’ will help with this). You can save it to any location you like, I simply saved mine to the desktop.
2.Once you have the file, right-click on it and choose ‘Run as Administrator’ . A command prompt window will open, and should show you the following
Read More:
*windowsaddict.blogspot.com/2007/10/hack-windows-update-to-download-vista.html
*windowsaddict.blogspot.com
1.Open a text editor like Notepad, and paste the following text into it:
@echo off
reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\VistaSp1 /v Beta1 /t REG_SZ /d a2c3c14a-9586-4d37-9aaa-79fbd64069d2 /f
reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\VistaSP1 /v Beta1 /t REG_SZ /d a2c3c14a-9586-4d37-9aaa-79fbd64069d2 /f
echo Vista SP1 registry key has been set. Please check for updates in Windows Update.
pause
Save this file as a ‘.cmd’ or ‘.bat’ file, any name is fine, I chose sp1_vista_beta.cmd. Make sure there isn’t a ‘.txt’ extension at the end or it won’t work (changing the save as file type to ‘all files’ will help with this). You can save it to any location you like, I simply saved mine to the desktop.
2.Once you have the file, right-click on it and choose ‘Run as Administrator’ . A command prompt window will open, and should show you the following
Read More:
*windowsaddict.blogspot.com/2007/10/hack-windows-update-to-download-vista.html
*windowsaddict.blogspot.com