vista x64 service packs

ok heres the deal. my friend had originally bought a puter w/ vista, awhile
ago.
its still the original build as he only has dial-up to do updates with .....
ok well, im running XP home, however .... i got the DSL.

my question is .... do sp1 & sp2 for vista x64, come in a download pack ....
so that i could 'bring' the service packs to him via flash drive? and if so,
where might i beable to find such files .....

ok, well thx for the help yall. drew

Vista x64 SP1 (All Languages)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

SP2 is current in beta/rc and is not ready for mass consumption

"damddrew" <> wrote in message
news4F4B971-E7EE-4D45-A99A-...
> ok heres the deal. my friend had originally bought a puter w/ vista,
> awhile
> ago.
> its still the original build as he only has dial-up to do updates with
> .....
> ok well, im running XP home, however .... i got the DSL.
>
> my question is .... do sp1 & sp2 for vista x64, come in a download pack
> ....
> so that i could 'bring' the service packs to him via flash drive? and if
> so,
> where might i beable to find such files .....
>
> ok, well thx for the help yall. drew

Minor note that Vista SP2 will be available later on this month [April] but
will require SP1 to be installed first.

"neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:

> Vista x64 SP1 (All Languages)
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
> SP2 is current in beta/rc and is not ready for mass consumption
>
> "damddrew" <> wrote in message
> news4F4B971-E7EE-4D45-A99A-...
> > ok heres the deal. my friend had originally bought a puter w/ vista,
> > awhile
> > ago.
> > its still the original build as he only has dial-up to do updates with
> > .....
> > ok well, im running XP home, however .... i got the DSL.
> >
> > my question is .... do sp1 & sp2 for vista x64, come in a download pack
> > ....
> > so that i could 'bring' the service packs to him via flash drive? and if
> > so,
> > where might i beable to find such files .....
> >
> > ok, well thx for the help yall. drew
>
>