Vista SP1 officially released
By Nilay Patel 
posted March 18th 2008 12:25PM
posted March 18th 2008 12:25PM
Looks like all those rumors yesterday were true -- Microsoft has just posted up the official standalone version of Vista SP1. Sure, you've been able to get it in one way or another for a while now, but if you're into silly things like "legit OS updates," the wow (SP1) is now.Update: Here are the release notes -- as we've known for a while now, it's mostly bug fixes and performance tweaks, but the sheer volume of 'em is something to behold.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
nothing to see here move on
+1 Agree! I don't think there will be any earth shattering difference with the beta version floating around
You're both idiots.
Cool
Anyone got a clue as to when some more languages will become available? I.E. the Dutch version?
If this were an Apple release, Engadget would leave you with no question about anything the update adds, changes or removes.
Here we go again.
Also, don't click download on the READ link too quickly.
DO NOT CLICK DOWNLOAD IF YOU ARE UPDATING JUST ONE COMPUTER:
I guess that shouldn't matter too people. We're all IT Administrators, right?
Why not click the download for one computer? It's still SP1 and will still install and update one computer as well as it would 30 of them. I prefer the standalone "administrator" packages anyway. I can download them and hold on to them if I need them again after a reinstall or something.
No need for the CAPS and freaking out...
Sorry, caps from the link. I don't like that either.
*clicks download*
A new wireless router from apple is breaking news and this isnt? Does AOL Time Warner get a big fat check from apple every month.
Aha now it is.
Why wasn't I warned about the Microsoft store being down?
This is from the MS What's New Page: "... Also, the language-neutral design of Windows Vista necessitates that the service pack be able to update any possible combination of the basic languages supported by Windows Vista with a single installer, so language files for the 36 basic languages are included in the standalone installer."
cos the update is free :p
I usually don't like these anti-Engadget "bias" rants.. But, I think it's gotten to the point of ridiculous... If you look a few posts down, there's a whole list of new features with the iPhone update, which isn't even out until June.. This is out now, plus it affects far more people, but there's only a brief mention...
Just a little personal review after installing it after updating via Windows update (yes, I know there is a changelog, my personal experience here):
> Doesn't seem to improve start-up, shut-down, or restart times.
> Memory dumped after the first restart.
> Connects to my campus network ALOT faster. (2-3 seconds, compared to 7-8)
> Video seems to load faster in my Firefox 3 Beta 4 compared to before.
> The Areo feature (Windows Key + Tab) is much more responsive and doesn't lag when I first press it like it did before.
> Seems to access and copy files faster from my SD card.
I still haven't tested it with any of my games (CoD4, World in Conflict, Crysis) but I hope I get a few gains there as well. So far it seems to play nice with Nvidia 169.44 on a 8600m GT.
Yeah, and also I have to agree with giantenemycrab.
What is up with Engadget like orgasming over the stupid Iphone update and not putting up crap about this?
I mean that Iphone update isn't even out yet, its just something they got early, and conveniently decided needs a whole bunch of attention on the day SP1 comes out. ZOMG ZOMG ITS APPLE AND IPHONE!!!!!!!11!!
giantenemycrab: i figure windows isn't exactly a 'gadget', unlike said phone
@ mappyg
If Windows isn't a "gadget" then neither is the firmware running the Iphone.
They fall in exactly the same category, they are both OS systems for a device.
I don't have Vista, but I'm downloading it to spite... and to steal all your bandwidth.
I just downloaded it and installed it. My computer is also alot faster. At first its slow that's because you have to let it retrain itself. Also I would recommend you defrag your hard drive too.
This was just a post letting us know it was out. Engadget is probably going to do a follow up "Hands on" feature for SP1 like they do with anything important... right?
According to http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/pages/windows-vista-service-pack-1-beta-whitepaper.aspx,
"The standalone service pack will include all languages. It can update all PCs running Windows Vista -regardless of language."
neat
This damn patch is 435 MB.
My God.
my god
that will take a whole 10 minutes to download, and thats on one of our crappy UK broadband connections.
it seems to think its goin to take over an hour to install
the update is 67MB over Windows Update
The update size depends on what updates you already have on your system. On mine it was less than 100 meg for SP1 and downloaded in just minutes!
The 435MB update includes 5 languages, don't do this if you've only got English. Use Windows Update. (personally, I don't see it in WU yet but I'm sorting things out from http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/03/18/windows-vista-sp1-released-to-windows-update.aspx )
I take that back, checking a second time made it show up. But that blog post might be useful for others.
Oh my god, 438mb. That's like half an hour of HD video.
Honestly, I'm a little surprised it's so small.
Why do I see two versions? Theres a 726MB and a 434MB one...
The bigger one is x64 (64bit) and the smaller one is x86 (32bit)
Ah yes, thanks.
I need to get the 64 bit version, do you mind telling me the link?
I can only find the 32 bit version... Thanks in advance
x64 version:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=874A414B-32B2-41CC-BD8B-D71EDA5EC07C&displaylang=en
In case you havent found it yet, here's the x64 version:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=874A414B-32B2-41CC-BD8B-D71EDA5EC07C&displaylang=en
Weird, we both posted it at the exact same time...
is there some other tech site that actually is reporting on this? Engadget's brief mention leaves much to be desired.
The only difference I saw on the two was that once you start the download of each file, you can see in the file name that there is an 'x86' and 'x64' respectively.
Kind of old news no?
This article from Ars is almost a month old.
http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/02/20/vista-sp1-rtw-coming-march-18
Uh yeah people knew it was most likely coming out today, but the fact that it came out today is still, in fact, news.
If it were from Apple, we would have heard about it several times before it comes out as a rumor, then we would have several different posts about it actually coming out, and then a follow-up or two. A draft-n router that most people can't use yet and which might not work once 802.11n is ratified gets more details and posts then SP1 for Vista.
Is it Vista certified?
No, it's "Vista Compatible." There's a difference. lol ...
No, you are both wrong. It is Made For Windows Vista ! lol
Let the MS hating commence...