Download Microsoft Vista SP1 Now

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
by Ron Schenone

For those who can’t wait to get their hands on the first service pack for Microsoft Windows Vista, you can download the standalone package from the link below.

But before you jump into SP1 with both feet, may I suggest you read some of the driver issues that Microsoft indicates could be a problem.

Vista SP1 standalone download is here. It’s 434.5 MB so a broadband connection is recommended.

Installation and driver problems and some helpful resolutions are here.

Let us know if you install SP1 what you think.

Comments welcome.

PS Don’t forget to backup your stuff first before the install.

[tags]windows, vista, sp1, download, ready, drivers, installation, problems, resolutions. [/tags]

5 Comments

venzket

March 18th, 2008
at 6:48pm

Ohh wow, microsoft tech support will be busy for a while, i guarantee there is going to be some problems with this. Good post Ron, keep it up man.

-venzket

John

March 20th, 2008
at 8:06pm

When I ran SP1, it said Windows Update had already installed everything new in SP1!

Don Naphen

Hi Ron; I did the stand-alone version of SP1 the other and found that my bootup and shutdown times DOUBLED !! Of course, I did a complete image backup of the hard drive, and after about a day of playing with the beast, I restored things to the “Before” time! LOL

A friend of mine mentioned that the full version will be available next month, and even Microsoft was advising people to wait, so as not to incur any problems. Maybe some day they’ll get it right (??). Not having had any problems with Vista, I figured it was worth a shot, and being curious, I now know it wasn’t worth the approximately 1 hour it took to d/load and install.

Happy Easter and keep up the good work Ron.

Ron Schenone

March 21st, 2008
at 2:33pm

Hi Don,
YIPES! That is certainly surprising when the main purpose of SP1 is to speed things up. Sorry to hear that the dl version didn’t work for you. I agree about waiting until next month.
Have a good weekend and Happy Easter to you and yours.
All the best, Ron

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