http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 2:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/
Standalone Package: About 450 MB (5 Language package) About 550 MB (Full 36 language package)

Windows Update: About 65 MB

Source: Notable_Changes_in_Windows_Vista_SP1_ Release _Candidate.doc @ http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e71f0083-1013-4f9c-a3f9-c56e7120a5e9&DisplayLang=en]]>Dec 12th 2007 4:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/
32-bit Eng,Ger,Fren,Jap,Span: 436MB
32-bit Multilanguage: 549MB
64-bit Eng,Ger,Fren,Jap,Span: 733MB
64-bit Multilanguage: 879MB

There are already full ISOs available too with the SP pre-installed.]]>Dec 12th 2007 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/
• This is pre-release code and will change before the final release. Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate is for individuals, organizations, and technical enthusiasts who are comfortable evaluating pre-release software. This pre-release software is provided for testing purposes only. Microsoft does not recommend installing this software on primary or mission critical systems. Microsoft recommends that you have a backup of your data prior to installing any pre-release software.

• Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate is Time-Limited software. It will no longer operate after June 30, 2008 and should be uninstalled prior to that date. Note: After installation your desktop will show the text “Evaluation Copy”. This does not mean that your system is no longer “Genuine”. It means that you have installed a test version of software which is time-limited.

• If you install the Service Pack 1 Release Candidate, it is strongly recommended that you also plan to install the final version of Windows Vista SP1 when it is released in the first quarter of 2008. To do this, you will be required to uninstall this pre-release code.]]>Dec 12th 2007 3:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 3:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/
Whoops, software can't blend!]]>Dec 12th 2007 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 15th 2007 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIakPZ0DJjg

And btw - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NeR2LyILWQ - Vista blends well in "IT infrastructure" ^_^]]>Dec 12th 2007 5:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 6:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/]]>Dec 12th 2007 2:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/

not that hard ha?]]>Dec 12th 2007 2:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/




... or anything else for that matter... *shakes head*]]>Dec 12th 2007 2:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 4:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/I can understand allowing vista to play doom, but does this service pack force the doom engine to keep running in the background, behind the desktop?]]>Dec 12th 2007 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/
DOOM 4 EVA!]]>Dec 12th 2007 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 2:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 3:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/
Was a case (and experienced firsthand) for some releases of M$Office.]]>Dec 12th 2007 5:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/
I like your use of the dollar sign where it replaces the 'S'. Very clever. Did you think of it all by yourself?]]>Dec 12th 2007 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 2:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 2:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 2:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 3:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/
I have a strong feeling that Vista RTM is actually the true RC1, and Vista SP1 will bring it up to a RC2.

Once we get to SP2 it will be in an actual, final, state. Just like XP.]]>Dec 12th 2007 3:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/
The final version of SP1 won't make you uninstall it at anytime (unless you don't want it).

The RC1 version of SP1 *SHOULD* be uninstalled before applying the final SP1. It's test software.

AKA not for the wife's computer, I really don't want to have to figure out the new bugs they added.]]>Dec 12th 2007 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/
5 Lang x86: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2fa54665-7716-47d9-b9b7-5cfdf71198cb&DisplayLang=en

5 Lang x64: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=88128a77-6107-46df-89d8-b93c248496e3&DisplayLang=en]]>Dec 12th 2007 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 3:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/
All Lang x86: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=be34577a-e925-48fb-9d6d-50fe9461f808&DisplayLang=en

All Lang x64:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c21c3978-3b7d-4d64-873b-3c9d26982d7a&DisplayLang=en]]>Dec 12th 2007 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/
--James]]>Dec 12th 2007 2:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/I'm not running a legit vista but i managed to get it activated]]>Dec 12th 2007 2:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 3:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2227513,00.asp]]>Dec 12th 2007 3:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/"See I told you M$ (Note how Microsoft is spelled) copies everything from Apple"
"Ummm, Like how?"
"You know Apple really got back to all those numbnuts who "illegally" unlocked their iPhones by bricking their iPhones with update 1.1.1 Well Microsoft just copied this feature. Now they are bricking all the PCs where users are "illegally" activating their Vista"]]>Dec 12th 2007 6:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/

Also coming with SP1 but not in the current release candidate, we
will also be including updates that deal with two exploits we have
seen, which can affect system stability for our customers. The OEM
Bios exploit, which involves modifying system files and the BIOS of
the motherboard to mimic a type of product activation performed on
copies of Windows that are pre-installed by OEMs in the factory. The
Grace Timer exploit, which attempts to reset the “grace time”
limit between installation and activation to something like the year
2099 in some cases.

via http://www.istartedsomething.com/20071208/vista-sp1-changelog/

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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e71f0083-1013-4f9c-a3f9-c56e7120a5e9&DisplayLang=en

So you kids with the OEM hack are safe with this release. Just not
once the final rolls around.]]>Dec 12th 2007 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/1) The 5 language offline installer (at least what I downloaded from MSDN a few days ago) is 1.14 GB.
2) Yes, this will break the Paradox OEM BIOS hack]]>Dec 12th 2007 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2fa54665-7716-47d9-b9b7-5cfdf71198cb&DisplayLang=en) and x64 is 733.5MB (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=88128a77-6107-46df-89d8-b93c248496e3&DisplayLang=en).]]>Dec 12th 2007 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Man, you really want credit for posting those links don't you?
I gave my point of reference, which was an ISO download from MSDN. But your assumption is correct, the ISO contains both...
Hope someone thanks you for posting the links though, I'm sure it'll make you feel better.]]>Dec 12th 2007 3:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/windows-vista-sp1-publicly-available/Dec 12th 2007 3:17AM