"Peter" <nobody@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:uiX0dpLdIHA.3788@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> "rider" <rider43******.com> wrote in message
> news:e86G5%23KdIHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Peter-
>> That dubious source is Microsoft. The update is being reported directly
>> from Control Panel> System and Maintenance> Windows Update. Further, it
>> is marked as an automatic update which, I believe, is an automatic update
>> if you have your system configured for them. So, for someone who
>> configures Windows Update as recommended, to "wait until it is legally
>> available" is not an option.
>>
>> "Peter" <nobody@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:ubbySbKdIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> "roy69" <roy69.3551hz@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
>>> news:roy69.3551hz@no-mx.forums.net...
>>>>
>>>> sp1 for vista is out for 64bit version. Just started to download it:)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> roy69
>>>>
>>>> - Core 2 Quad Q6600
>>>> - Abit IP35 Pro
>>>> - 4 x 1GB OcUK PC2-6400 C5 800 MHZ Dual Channel
>>>> - Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3
>>>> - CiBox TFT 22" Widescreen LCD Panel. 1680 x 1050
>>>> - Creative X-Fi 7.1 PCI-E
>>>> - Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
>>>> - Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers
>>>> - Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
>>>
>>> ..started downloading it from a doubtful source no doubt if you aren't
>>> an MSDN subscriber. SP1 RTM has NOT been released to the general
>>> public and the above poster already stated that Windows update was
>>> offering a BETA SP1...why is anyone's guess.
>>> At this late stage I would wait until it is legally available.
>>> SP1 enquiries should be addressed to the SP1 forum:
>>> http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...1992&SiteID=17
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter
>>> Toronto, Canada
>>> XP Pro SP2/SP3 Beta/Vista Ultimate SP1 Beta
>>> Triple Boot
>>>
>>
>>
>
> According to other posts I've read this appears to be an error - it should
> not be available on Windows Update at all.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2/SP3 Beta/Vista Ultimate SP1 Beta
> Triple Boot
>


I think that MS is doing a controlled release, starting with the 64 bit
version as there will be less pull on the servers..


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touchpad key combo that toggles so it's easy to use.

Saucy


"rider" <rider43******.com> wrote in message
news:O9smiRLdIHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> You and I are reading this situation the same way. Microsoft is pushing
> this update as if it is the final version of SP1, yet its words are
> ambiguous. As stated in my post, my installation of Vista was fresh.
> Still, I was prompted to install 50-60 updates (both Important and
> Optional) prior to having the SP1 update become available.
>
> Assuming that the SP1 update is final, are these smaller updates
> prerequisite to installing SP1? One of the stated purposes of SP1 was to
> roll-up most of the previous updates into a single package. Perhaps,
> Microsoft made the SP1 update available during that period of time that I
> was updating. I'm considering doing another fresh reinstall of Vista to
> see if the SP1 update appears earlier in the update sequence.
>
>
> "David A. Lessnau" <PostToNewsgroupPlease@NotReal.com> wrote in message
> news:eRV6YELdIHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> No registry tweaks or beta service packs here. Yet, Microsoft Update on
>> this Vista (x64) system is pushing this SP1 update.
>>
>> After looking at the links provided with the Update, I'm even more
>> confused. The title of the update makes no mention of Beta or RTM. Under
>> Details, the text description says Beta. The provided link to the
>> TechNet page
>> (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../bb738089.aspx) implies
>> it ought to be RTM. The Help and Support link
>> (http://support.microsoft.com/) is just a generic help page. But,
>> searching there for the "KB936330" reference included with the update
>> results in a page (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936330/en-us) which
>> says it's RTM. So, that gives me one place with no indication, one place
>> indicating it's the Beta, and two places indicating it's the RTM.
>>
>> Also, this is not from some questionable source. It's on Microsoft
>> Update. And, since it's marked as an Important Update, it downloaded
>> itself and is sitting on the machine just waiting for me to push the
>> Install button.
>>
>> Dave Lessnau
>>
>>
>>
>> "Saucy" <saucylemon@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:OO$VT7KdIHA.4696@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> One thing of note. If you have installed a beta version of the service
>>> pack before or manually edited your registry, SP1 may be showing up on
>>> Windows Update.
>>>
>>> So far, Windows Update will not show the availablility of the service
>>> pack. But with a little registry editing, you can trigger Windows Update
>>> to download and install the RTM SP1. If you want to know how, Google it.
>>>
>>> SP1 is out, but Microsoft is being selective as to who gets it, from
>>> where, and when. Be patient and don't be tempted by the hacked versions
>>> available through torrent software etc. and instead be sure to get it
>>> through regular channels.
>>>
>>> Saucy
>>>
>>>
>>> "rider" <rider43******.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ud24g0HdIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>I just installed Vista Ultimate 64-bit on a newly built computer. As
>>>>might be expected, I immediately began to download and install updates
>>>>via Windows Update. I went through the process a few times and thought
>>>>that I was nearly done.
>>>>
>>>> I clicked "Check for Updates" one more time. Another update appeared,
>>>> "Total:1 important update, 120.0 MB - 711.6 MB". Curious, I clicked to
>>>> view the available update... "Windows Vista Service Pack 1 for
>>>> x64-based Systems (KB936330)" published 20 Feb 2008 and marked
>>>> Important. The details on the update are ambiguous and suggest that it
>>>> may be a Beta version. More information is linked to:
>>>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w...vista/bb738089.
>>>>
>>>> I'm confused. My understanding was that Microsoft was not releasing the
>>>> final version of SP1 though Windows Update until mid-March. But why
>>>> would a Beta version be made available through Update and marked
>>>> Important rather than Optional? Is this the final version of SP1? I do
>>>> not want to have to uninstall any Beta version to put the final version
>>>> on my machine. Any information would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>
>
>

Based on the posts I was seeing in the SP1 forum, I let this thing install.
The short version is that everything seems to have gone well (it took a
total of around 35 minutes) and it seems to be the RTM version, not the
Beta. So, that's goodness. Here's some more detail:

- I started with SP1 already downloaded via Microsoft Update. Just to make
sure nothing was locked for the update, I rebooted before doing anything and
waited for the Microsoft Update prompt telling me an Important Update had
been downloaded and was waiting to be installed. I then clicked on that
icon and told it to install SP1.

- This is somewhat embarrassing, but I let the machine "work" on the update
for an hour before starting to worry that nothing seemed to be happening.
It turns out that there were dialog boxes telling me about the update and
giving me the license terms hidden under the Microsoft Update windows. I
don't know why they popped under instead of popped up. Anyway, I clicked
through all that and the update finally started.

- After about 15 minutes, Microsoft Update prompted me to reboot. I did so.
The machine booted up into a screen saying: "Installing Service Pack:
Stage 1 of 3 -- xx%...." After about 7 minutes, it changed to "... Stage 2
....." After another 4 minutes, it rebooted itself and came back to the same
type of screen saying "... Stage 3 ...." Six minutes later, up popped my
normal logon dialog. I signed in. After a total of about 35 minutes (start
to finish), I was back at my desktop. The computer churned for about
another 8 minutes and then popped up a dialog asking if I wanted to joint
the Customer Experience Improvement Program. I got rid of that and all the
excess activity reverted to normal. I never got any kind of notification
that SP1 had successfully installed.

- Based on the material from the SP1 forum, I ran Regedit and went to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion and checked
the BuildLabEx subkey. It contains the value
"6001.18000.amd64fre.longhorn_rtm.080118-1840". Again, according to the SP1
forum, this seems to indicate the version off of Microsoft Update is the RTM
version, not the Beta. Interestingly, that key includes that "amd64..."
string even though I'm running an Intel Core 2 Duo and System Information
confirms it.

I haven't run any kind of tests to see how things are working. But, from an
cursory inspection, everything seems to be working fine.

Dave Lessnau



"rider" <rider43******.com> wrote in message
news:O9smiRLdIHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> You and I are reading this situation the same way. Microsoft is pushing
> this update as if it is the final version of SP1, yet its words are
> ambiguous. As stated in my post, my installation of Vista was fresh.
> Still, I was prompted to install 50-60 updates (both Important and
> Optional) prior to having the SP1 update become available.
>
> Assuming that the SP1 update is final, are these smaller updates
> prerequisite to installing SP1? One of the stated purposes of SP1 was to
> roll-up most of the previous updates into a single package. Perhaps,
> Microsoft made the SP1 update available during that period of time that I
> was updating. I'm considering doing another fresh reinstall of Vista to
> see if the SP1 update appears earlier in the update sequence.
>
>
> "David A. Lessnau" <PostToNewsgroupPlease@NotReal.com> wrote in message
> news:eRV6YELdIHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> No registry tweaks or beta service packs here. Yet, Microsoft Update on
>> this Vista (x64) system is pushing this SP1 update.
>>
>> After looking at the links provided with the Update, I'm even more
>> confused. The title of the update makes no mention of Beta or RTM. Under
>> Details, the text description says Beta. The provided link to the
>> TechNet page
>> (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../bb738089.aspx) implies
>> it ought to be RTM. The Help and Support link
>> (http://support.microsoft.com/) is just a generic help page. But,
>> searching there for the "KB936330" reference included with the update
>> results in a page (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936330/en-us) which
>> says it's RTM. So, that gives me one place with no indication, one place
>> indicating it's the Beta, and two places indicating it's the RTM.
>>
>> Also, this is not from some questionable source. It's on Microsoft
>> Update. And, since it's marked as an Important Update, it downloaded
>> itself and is sitting on the machine just waiting for me to push the
>> Install button.
>>
>> Dave Lessnau
>>
>>
>>
>> "Saucy" <saucylemon@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:OO$VT7KdIHA.4696@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> One thing of note. If you have installed a beta version of the service
>>> pack before or manually edited your registry, SP1 may be showing up on
>>> Windows Update.
>>>
>>> So far, Windows Update will not show the availablility of the service
>>> pack. But with a little registry editing, you can trigger Windows Update
>>> to download and install the RTM SP1. If you want to know how, Google it.
>>>
>>> SP1 is out, but Microsoft is being selective as to who gets it, from
>>> where, and when. Be patient and don't be tempted by the hacked versions
>>> available through torrent software etc. and instead be sure to get it
>>> through regular channels.
>>>
>>> Saucy
>>>
>>>
>>> "rider" <rider43******.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ud24g0HdIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>I just installed Vista Ultimate 64-bit on a newly built computer. As
>>>>might be expected, I immediately began to download and install updates
>>>>via Windows Update. I went through the process a few times and thought
>>>>that I was nearly done.
>>>>
>>>> I clicked "Check for Updates" one more time. Another update appeared,
>>>> "Total:1 important update, 120.0 MB - 711.6 MB". Curious, I clicked to
>>>> view the available update... "Windows Vista Service Pack 1 for
>>>> x64-based Systems (KB936330)" published 20 Feb 2008 and marked
>>>> Important. The details on the update are ambiguous and suggest that it
>>>> may be a Beta version. More information is linked to:
>>>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w...vista/bb738089.
>>>>
>>>> I'm confused. My understanding was that Microsoft was not releasing the
>>>> final version of SP1 though Windows Update until mid-March. But why
>>>> would a Beta version be made available through Update and marked
>>>> Important rather than Optional? Is this the final version of SP1? I do
>>>> not want to have to uninstall any Beta version to put the final version
>>>> on my machine. Any information would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>
>
>

I'm proud of you Dave. How's the family doing?

David A. Lessnau wrote:
> Based on the posts I was seeing in the SP1 forum, I let this thing
> install. The short version is that everything seems to have gone well
> (it took a total of around 35 minutes) and it seems to be the RTM
> version, not the Beta. So, that's goodness. Here's some more detail:
>
> - I started with SP1 already downloaded via Microsoft Update. Just to
> make sure nothing was locked for the update, I rebooted before doing
> anything and waited for the Microsoft Update prompt telling me an
> Important Update had been downloaded and was waiting to be installed. I
> then clicked on that icon and told it to install SP1.
>
> - This is somewhat embarrassing, but I let the machine "work" on the
> update for an hour before starting to worry that nothing seemed to be
> happening. It turns out that there were dialog boxes telling me about
> the update and giving me the license terms hidden under the Microsoft
> Update windows. I don't know why they popped under instead of popped
> up. Anyway, I clicked through all that and the update finally started.
>
> - After about 15 minutes, Microsoft Update prompted me to reboot. I did
> so. The machine booted up into a screen saying: "Installing Service
> Pack: Stage 1 of 3 -- xx%...." After about 7 minutes, it changed to
> "... Stage 2 ...." After another 4 minutes, it rebooted itself and came
> back to the same type of screen saying "... Stage 3 ...." Six minutes
> later, up popped my normal logon dialog. I signed in. After a total of
> about 35 minutes (start to finish), I was back at my desktop. The
> computer churned for about another 8 minutes and then popped up a dialog
> asking if I wanted to joint the Customer Experience Improvement
> Program. I got rid of that and all the excess activity reverted to
> normal. I never got any kind of notification that SP1 had successfully
> installed.
>
> - Based on the material from the SP1 forum, I ran Regedit and went to
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion and
> checked the BuildLabEx subkey. It contains the value
> "6001.18000.amd64fre.longhorn_rtm.080118-1840". Again, according to the
> SP1 forum, this seems to indicate the version off of Microsoft Update is
> the RTM version, not the Beta. Interestingly, that key includes that
> "amd64..." string even though I'm running an Intel Core 2 Duo and System
> Information confirms it.
>
> I haven't run any kind of tests to see how things are working. But,
> from an cursory inspection, everything seems to be working fine.
>
> Dave Lessnau
>
>
>
> "rider" <rider43******.com> wrote in message
> news:O9smiRLdIHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> You and I are reading this situation the same way. Microsoft is
>> pushing this update as if it is the final version of SP1, yet its
>> words are ambiguous. As stated in my post, my installation of Vista
>> was fresh. Still, I was prompted to install 50-60 updates (both
>> Important and Optional) prior to having the SP1 update become available.
>>
>> Assuming that the SP1 update is final, are these smaller updates
>> prerequisite to installing SP1? One of the stated purposes of SP1 was
>> to roll-up most of the previous updates into a single package.
>> Perhaps, Microsoft made the SP1 update available during that period of
>> time that I was updating. I'm considering doing another fresh
>> reinstall of Vista to see if the SP1 update appears earlier in the
>> update sequence.
>>
>>
>> "David A. Lessnau" <PostToNewsgroupPlease@NotReal.com> wrote in
>> message news:eRV6YELdIHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> No registry tweaks or beta service packs here. Yet, Microsoft Update
>>> on this Vista (x64) system is pushing this SP1 update.
>>>
>>> After looking at the links provided with the Update, I'm even more
>>> confused. The title of the update makes no mention of Beta or RTM.
>>> Under Details, the text description says Beta. The provided link to
>>> the TechNet page
>>> (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../bb738089.aspx)
>>> implies it ought to be RTM. The Help and Support link
>>> (http://support.microsoft.com/) is just a generic help page. But,
>>> searching there for the "KB936330" reference included with the update
>>> results in a page (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936330/en-us)
>>> which says it's RTM. So, that gives me one place with no indication,
>>> one place indicating it's the Beta, and two places indicating it's
>>> the RTM.
>>>
>>> Also, this is not from some questionable source. It's on Microsoft
>>> Update. And, since it's marked as an Important Update, it downloaded
>>> itself and is sitting on the machine just waiting for me to push the
>>> Install button.
>>>
>>> Dave Lessnau
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Saucy" <saucylemon@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
>>> news:OO$VT7KdIHA.4696@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> One thing of note. If you have installed a beta version of the
>>>> service pack before or manually edited your registry, SP1 may be
>>>> showing up on Windows Update.
>>>>
>>>> So far, Windows Update will not show the availablility of the
>>>> service pack. But with a little registry editing, you can trigger
>>>> Windows Update to download and install the RTM SP1. If you want to
>>>> know how, Google it.
>>>>
>>>> SP1 is out, but Microsoft is being selective as to who gets it, from
>>>> where, and when. Be patient and don't be tempted by the hacked
>>>> versions available through torrent software etc. and instead be sure
>>>> to get it through regular channels.
>>>>
>>>> Saucy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "rider" <rider43******.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:ud24g0HdIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> I just installed Vista Ultimate 64-bit on a newly built computer.
>>>>> As might be expected, I immediately began to download and install
>>>>> updates via Windows Update. I went through the process a few times
>>>>> and thought that I was nearly done.
>>>>>
>>>>> I clicked "Check for Updates" one more time. Another update
>>>>> appeared, "Total:1 important update, 120.0 MB - 711.6 MB". Curious,
>>>>> I clicked to view the available update... "Windows Vista Service
>>>>> Pack 1 for x64-based Systems (KB936330)" published 20 Feb 2008 and
>>>>> marked Important. The details on the update are ambiguous and
>>>>> suggest that it may be a Beta version. More information is linked to:
>>>>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w...vista/bb738089.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm confused. My understanding was that Microsoft was not releasing
>>>>> the final version of SP1 though Windows Update until mid-March. But
>>>>> why would a Beta version be made available through Update and
>>>>> marked Important rather than Optional? Is this the final version of
>>>>> SP1? I do not want to have to uninstall any Beta version to put the
>>>>> final version on my machine. Any information would be appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>

Yesterday, to make sure that I would get all other updates, and since I
wasn't sure that the SP1 was genuine, I hid the update, and now when I'm
trying to restore this update and have it installed, it's no where to be
found in Windows Update

How to I get it back


"bjr" <bj-nospam@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:uDje7GVdIHA.5400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> I'm proud of you Dave. How's the family doing?
>
> David A. Lessnau wrote:
>> Based on the posts I was seeing in the SP1 forum, I let this thing
>> install. The short version is that everything seems to have gone well (it
>> took a total of around 35 minutes) and it seems to be the RTM version,
>> not the Beta. So, that's goodness. Here's some more detail:
>>
>> - I started with SP1 already downloaded via Microsoft Update. Just to
>> make sure nothing was locked for the update, I rebooted before doing
>> anything and waited for the Microsoft Update prompt telling me an
>> Important Update had been downloaded and was waiting to be installed. I
>> then clicked on that icon and told it to install SP1.
>>
>> - This is somewhat embarrassing, but I let the machine "work" on the
>> update for an hour before starting to worry that nothing seemed to be
>> happening. It turns out that there were dialog boxes telling me about the
>> update and giving me the license terms hidden under the Microsoft Update
>> windows. I don't know why they popped under instead of popped up.
>> Anyway, I clicked through all that and the update finally started.
>>
>> - After about 15 minutes, Microsoft Update prompted me to reboot. I did
>> so. The machine booted up into a screen saying: "Installing Service
>> Pack: Stage 1 of 3 -- xx%...." After about 7 minutes, it changed to "...
>> Stage 2 ...." After another 4 minutes, it rebooted itself and came back
>> to the same type of screen saying "... Stage 3 ...." Six minutes later,
>> up popped my normal logon dialog. I signed in. After a total of about
>> 35 minutes (start to finish), I was back at my desktop. The computer
>> churned for about another 8 minutes and then popped up a dialog asking if
>> I wanted to joint the Customer Experience Improvement Program. I got rid
>> of that and all the excess activity reverted to normal. I never got any
>> kind of notification that SP1 had successfully installed.
>>
>> - Based on the material from the SP1 forum, I ran Regedit and went to
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion and
>> checked the BuildLabEx subkey. It contains the value
>> "6001.18000.amd64fre.longhorn_rtm.080118-1840". Again, according to the
>> SP1 forum, this seems to indicate the version off of Microsoft Update is
>> the RTM version, not the Beta. Interestingly, that key includes that
>> "amd64..." string even though I'm running an Intel Core 2 Duo and System
>> Information confirms it.
>>
>> I haven't run any kind of tests to see how things are working. But, from
>> an cursory inspection, everything seems to be working fine.
>>
>> Dave Lessnau
>>
>>
>>
>> "rider" <rider43******.com> wrote in message
>> news:O9smiRLdIHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> You and I are reading this situation the same way. Microsoft is pushing
>>> this update as if it is the final version of SP1, yet its words are
>>> ambiguous. As stated in my post, my installation of Vista was fresh.
>>> Still, I was prompted to install 50-60 updates (both Important and
>>> Optional) prior to having the SP1 update become available.
>>>
>>> Assuming that the SP1 update is final, are these smaller updates
>>> prerequisite to installing SP1? One of the stated purposes of SP1 was
>>> to roll-up most of the previous updates into a single package. Perhaps,
>>> Microsoft made the SP1 update available during that period of time that
>>> I was updating. I'm considering doing another fresh reinstall of Vista
>>> to see if the SP1 update appears earlier in the update sequence.
>>>
>>>
>>> "David A. Lessnau" <PostToNewsgroupPlease@NotReal.com> wrote in message
>>> news:eRV6YELdIHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> No registry tweaks or beta service packs here. Yet, Microsoft Update
>>>> on this Vista (x64) system is pushing this SP1 update.
>>>>
>>>> After looking at the links provided with the Update, I'm even more
>>>> confused. The title of the update makes no mention of Beta or RTM.
>>>> Under Details, the text description says Beta. The provided link to
>>>> the TechNet page
>>>> (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../bb738089.aspx) implies
>>>> it ought to be RTM. The Help and Support link
>>>> (http://support.microsoft.com/) is just a generic help page. But,
>>>> searching there for the "KB936330" reference included with the update
>>>> results in a page (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936330/en-us) which
>>>> says it's RTM. So, that gives me one place with no indication, one
>>>> place indicating it's the Beta, and two places indicating it's the RTM.
>>>>
>>>> Also, this is not from some questionable source. It's on Microsoft
>>>> Update. And, since it's marked as an Important Update, it downloaded
>>>> itself and is sitting on the machine just waiting for me to push the
>>>> Install button.
>>>>
>>>> Dave Lessnau
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Saucy" <saucylemon@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
>>>> news:OO$VT7KdIHA.4696@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>> One thing of note. If you have installed a beta version of the service
>>>>> pack before or manually edited your registry, SP1 may be showing up on
>>>>> Windows Update.
>>>>>
>>>>> So far, Windows Update will not show the availablility of the service
>>>>> pack. But with a little registry editing, you can trigger Windows
>>>>> Update to download and install the RTM SP1. If you want to know how,
>>>>> Google it.
>>>>>
>>>>> SP1 is out, but Microsoft is being selective as to who gets it, from
>>>>> where, and when. Be patient and don't be tempted by the hacked
>>>>> versions available through torrent software etc. and instead be sure
>>>>> to get it through regular channels.
>>>>>
>>>>> Saucy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "rider" <rider43******.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:ud24g0HdIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> I just installed Vista Ultimate 64-bit on a newly built computer. As
>>>>>> might be expected, I immediately began to download and install
>>>>>> updates via Windows Update. I went through the process a few times
>>>>>> and thought that I was nearly done.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I clicked "Check for Updates" one more time. Another update appeared,
>>>>>> "Total:1 important update, 120.0 MB - 711.6 MB". Curious, I clicked
>>>>>> to view the available update... "Windows Vista Service Pack 1 for
>>>>>> x64-based Systems (KB936330)" published 20 Feb 2008 and marked
>>>>>> Important. The details on the update are ambiguous and suggest that
>>>>>> it may be a Beta version. More information is linked to:
>>>>>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w...vista/bb738089.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm confused. My understanding was that Microsoft was not releasing
>>>>>> the final version of SP1 though Windows Update until mid-March. But
>>>>>> why would a Beta version be made available through Update and marked
>>>>>> Important rather than Optional? Is this the final version of SP1? I
>>>>>> do not want to have to uninstall any Beta version to put the final
>>>>>> version on my machine. Any information would be appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>

--
Thank You in Advance
Merci a l'avance

Martin