But users must reboot three times before the upgrade shows on Windows Update
December 12, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Microsoft Corp. today opened the preview of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) to the general public, but it required users to go through an elaborate process that involves multiple reboots before they are allowed to download it from the company's update service.
The long-anticipated Vista SP1 Release Candidate (RC) has been added to Windows Update, where any user running a valid copy of Vista can grab it, the company said today. Microsoft first seeded preliminary copies of the service pack to thousands of by-invitation-only testers in September.
"Today we made the SP1 RC available to the public on Microsoft's Download Center," a company spokeswoman said in an e-mail. "Because Windows Vista SP1 will be available to hundreds of millions of customers, we want to make sure we get a breadth and depth of customer feedback. By increasing the test base of SP1, this helps customers ensure [there] will be a thoroughly tested product at RTM [release to manufacturing]."
To get the release candidate, however, users must jump through the hoops detailed in a document posted to Microsoft's support Web site. "Systems running on Windows Vista RTM require as many as three updates before SP1 can be installed," the document warns. "Windows Update will detect your system configuration and offer the prerequisite packages that are applicable to your system."
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To begin the process of updating a Vista-powered PC to SP1 RC,
users should follow these instructions.
(This Vista SP1 update worked well with me - approx. one hour after 70+ MB download and solved most of the driver & network issues. The Office 2007 SP1 was installed one day earlier included in a massive 180+ MB download)
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