SP1 final release

Anyone know when the final release for Vista SP1 will be available? All of
the dates I've heard have come and gone, and MS downloads says nothing other
than 'coming soon'. Can't find any recent posts concerning this.
Thanks.....

"Clark" <> wrote in message
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> Anyone know when the final release for Vista SP1 will be available? All of
> the dates I've heard have come and gone, and MS downloads says nothing
> other
> than 'coming soon'. Can't find any recent posts concerning this.
> Thanks.....

What do you mean by "final release"? SP1 was released to the general
community more than a week ago and is nicely installed on my machine, Most
people have it by now I believe.

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And loving it,

-Q
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I have my Vista laptop set to notify me of updates.....in fact today there
was one update only, and it was Defender definitions.
So there's nothing from Windows update telling me SP1 is available as an
update.


"Qu0ll" wrote:

> "Clark" <> wrote in message
> news:F5A23C90-06D6-418C-A57F-...
> > Anyone know when the final release for Vista SP1 will be available? All of
> > the dates I've heard have come and gone, and MS downloads says nothing
> > other
> > than 'coming soon'. Can't find any recent posts concerning this.
> > Thanks.....
>
> What do you mean by "final release"? SP1 was released to the general
> community more than a week ago and is nicely installed on my machine, Most
> people have it by now I believe.
>
> --
> And loving it,
>
> -Q
> _________________________________________________
>
> (Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me)
>

........and why wouldn't it be listed at MS Downloads? it's still saying
'coming soon'.

"Qu0ll" wrote:

> "Clark" <> wrote in message
> news:F5A23C90-06D6-418C-A57F-...
> > Anyone know when the final release for Vista SP1 will be available? All of
> > the dates I've heard have come and gone, and MS downloads says nothing
> > other
> > than 'coming soon'. Can't find any recent posts concerning this.
> > Thanks.....
>
> What do you mean by "final release"? SP1 was released to the general
> community more than a week ago and is nicely installed on my machine, Most
> people have it by now I believe.
>
> --
> And loving it,
>
> -Q
> _________________________________________________
>
> (Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me)
>

"Clark" <> wrote in message
news:9FFC8240-E2D7-4E1D-B170-...
> I have my Vista laptop set to notify me of updates.....in fact today there
> was one update only, and it was Defender definitions.
> So there's nothing from Windows update telling me SP1 is available as an
> update.

This means that you probably have some device or driver on your machine that
is known to have problems with SP1. SP1 will not be offered if Windows
Update thinks there will be problems after it is installed.

I suggest you update your device drivers to the latest versions and see if
it is offered then. Failing that you could download the service pack from
the Microsoft web site and install it manually if you are game.

--
And loving it,

-Q
_________________________________________________

(Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me)

> .......and why wouldn't it be listed at MS Downloads? it's still saying
> 'coming soon'.

A lot of reasons...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948343

-Frank

Its annoying as all hell, but just go around Windows Update and download the
standalone installer from Microsoft. It’s a big download (400 MB+ for 32
bit, and 720 MB for 64 bit) but I just installed SP1 that way and it worked
fine. I couldn't stand waiting for Windows Update to figure out what to do.

"Clark" <> wrote in message
news:F5A23C90-06D6-418C-A57F-...
> Anyone know when the final release for Vista SP1 will be available? All of
> the dates I've heard have come and gone, and MS downloads says nothing
> other
> than 'coming soon'. Can't find any recent posts concerning this.
> Thanks.....

So, were you waiting for Windows update as well. I'm still waiting. I
wrote to one of the Toshiba forum members and he informed me Toshiba was not
offering support for SP1 yet, so I might want to wait. Of course in my
situation, my warranty is almost expired (if not already expired) so, I
wouldn't receive free support anyway.

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"Dick Hurtz" <> wrote in message
news:-...
> Its annoying as all hell, but just go around Windows Update and download
> the standalone installer from Microsoft. It’s a big download (400 MB+ for
> 32 bit, and 720 MB for 64 bit) but I just installed SP1 that way and it
> worked fine. I couldn't stand waiting for Windows Update to figure out
> what to do.
>
> "Clark" <> wrote in message
> news:F5A23C90-06D6-418C-A57F-...
>> Anyone know when the final release for Vista SP1 will be available? All
>> of
>> the dates I've heard have come and gone, and MS downloads says nothing
>> other
>> than 'coming soon'. Can't find any recent posts concerning this.
>> Thanks.....
>

SP1 has improved speed (boot time, loading certain apps like IE) and
strangely has freed up about 10 MB of disk space. Don’t wait. Just bite the
bullet and download the standalone. I still don’t know what was wrong with
Windows Update, but I no longer care.

"tempting2taanzaa" <> wrote in message
news:...
> So, were you waiting for Windows update as well. I'm still waiting. I
> wrote to one of the Toshiba forum members and he informed me Toshiba was
> not offering support for SP1 yet, so I might want to wait. Of course in
> my situation, my warranty is almost expired (if not already expired) so, I
> wouldn't receive free support anyway.
>
> --
> Check out the great stores listed here! Receive special offers! Visit
> http://driven.mysite.com
> "Dick Hurtz" <> wrote in message
> news:-...
>> Its annoying as all hell, but just go around Windows Update and download
>> the standalone installer from Microsoft. It’s a big download (400 MB+ for
>> 32 bit, and 720 MB for 64 bit) but I just installed SP1 that way and it
>> worked fine. I couldn't stand waiting for Windows Update to figure out
>> what to do.
>>
>> "Clark" <> wrote in message
>> news:F5A23C90-06D6-418C-A57F-...
>>> Anyone know when the final release for Vista SP1 will be available? All
>>> of
>>> the dates I've heard have come and gone, and MS downloads says nothing
>>> other
>>> than 'coming soon'. Can't find any recent posts concerning this.
>>> Thanks.....
>>
>

I downloaded it from MS downloads

--

Bob Eyster
MS Windows Vista Home Premium



"Clark" <> wrote in message
news:5AB41C84-0D25-4022-93E9-...
> .......and why wouldn't it be listed at MS Downloads? it's still saying
> 'coming soon'.
>
> "Qu0ll" wrote:
>
>> "Clark" <> wrote in message
>> news:F5A23C90-06D6-418C-A57F-...
>> > Anyone know when the final release for Vista SP1 will be available? All
>> > of
>> > the dates I've heard have come and gone, and MS downloads says nothing
>> > other
>> > than 'coming soon'. Can't find any recent posts concerning this.
>> > Thanks.....
>>
>> What do you mean by "final release"? SP1 was released to the general
>> community more than a week ago and is nicely installed on my machine,
>> Most
>> people have it by now I believe.
>>
>> --
>> And loving it,
>>
>> -Q
>> _________________________________________________
>>
>> (Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me)
>>