Vista SP1 Goes MSDN
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News Brief. When Microsoft says March, it really means February. But that's OK for Windows Vista Service Pack 1. |
According to a Microsoft Developer Network blog post today: "Windows Vista SP1 [is] anticipated to be available to MSDN Subscribers by end of week. We heard you."
Presumably, "by the end of week" means Friday, which is when Microsoft is supposed to make SP1 available to volume-licensing subscribers.
Microsoft may be bowing down to pressure, or negative PR, about the decision to hold back SP1's release until March. The Vista update released to manufacturing last week, but with Microsoft delaying release until next month. The masses will have to wait, but beta testers, developers and enterprises will all have access to the software by Friday.
My eWEEK colleagues have been busy writing about SP1:
- In Half-Hearted Defense of Vista, Andrew Garcia
- Vista Service Pack 1 Will Push Aside XP, Eric Lundquist
- Vista SP1 RTM: Start Your Engines, eWEEK Labs
If you've installed SP1, please share with the class, in the comments.
Related Posts:
- The Vista RTM Question, Microsoft Watch, Feb. 7, 2008
- What's Good About Vista SP1, Microsoft Watch, Feb. 4, 2008
- Microsoft Sort of Releases Vista SP1, Microsoft Watch, Feb. 4, 2008
- Vista SP1: Do Ya Feel Lucky, Punk?, Microsoft Watch, Jan. 11, 2008
- Windows Vista SP1 RC1 Released, Microsoft Watch, Dec. 5, 2007
- There Is a Good Reason to Get Vista SP1, Microsoft Watch, Dec. 4, 2007
- Windows XP Closes In on SP3, Microsoft Watch, Dec. 4, 2007
- Thirty-Six Updates Later—and Counting, Microsoft Watch, Nov. 27, 2007
- What Is the Vista Experience?, Microsoft Watch, Nov. 14, 2007
- Vista's Consumer Rocket Ride to the Enterprise, Microsoft Watch, Nov. 8, 2007
- What Windows Vista Does for Me, Microsoft Watch, Sept. 14, 2007
- Windows Updates' Perception Problem, Microsoft Watch, Sept. 13, 2007
- Vista SP1: To Wait, or Not?, Microsoft Watch, Aug. 29, 2007
- Yes, Virginia, There Is a Vista SP1, Microsoft Watch, Aug. 29, 2007
- Microsoft: No Rush to Vista SP1, Microsoft Watch, July 19, 2007
Comments (10)
I read Andrew Garcia's "In Half-Hearted Defense of Vista". Very good. It truly was about the most fair and unbiased opinion I have read about Vista to date.
Posted by tb1 | February 13, 2008 6:17 PM
"The masses will have to wait".
Um, with external USB drive transfer speeds that are rumored to be HALF as slow on SP1, I don't think anybody will be in a hurry to update.
Posted by george | February 13, 2008 6:40 PM
Speed was not the point with this update, we were after stability! More stabile OS's are always slower, that way they have time to check stuff before they go wrong!
Posted by steveballmer | February 13, 2008 6:48 PM
Vista SP1 has certainly made things good. You have to see it in action with low end systems (not so low end though) like - Pentium 4 2Ghz, 1 GB RAM. It just runs smooth after SP1. But still there is one group who are bashing and am sure you can hear some good stories from your colleague SJVN (as thats it job - praise Linux, bash Microsoft!)
Certainly, SP1 is a must have for Vista!
Posted by Chaks | February 13, 2008 6:59 PM
At last they fixed the bug with EFS messing with file dates when you encrypt/decrypt. Now you can encrypt entire folders and the files inside will retain their dates untouched. That's vital when sorting documents by modified age.
Posted by ts | February 13, 2008 7:03 PM
Three things to remember about file copy in Vista:
1: Robocopy
2: Robocopy
3: Robocopy
It's built into Vista now, not secreted away by IT insiders like before.
The little batch files to run Robocopy are super easy, and the program is lightning fast. So, regardless of SP1's improved, or lack of improved file copy, you can still copy gigs and gigs of things faster than heck already. Hey, computer journalists, why aren't you mentioning this good feature in your articles? Too hard for you to understand batch files?
Posted by mgo | February 13, 2008 8:32 PM
mgo: When upgrading an OS, having to use scripts to achieve the same behavior as in earlier versions is insane and only appeals to tech geeks.
Posted by george | February 13, 2008 10:34 PM
this is not "insane tech geek":
robocopy "D:\Documents" "E:\Documents backup folder on the ultrabay drive" /mir
pause
=====================================================
But -this- IS "insane tech geek":
Function Get-SQLServer {
param (
[string] $SQLSERVER
)
$SqlConnection = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection
$SqlConnection.ConnectionString =
"Server=$SQLSERVER;Database=master;Integrated Security=True"
$SqlCmd = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand
$SqlCmd.CommandText = "select 'Servername:
'+@@servername as Result union Select 'Version:'+
@@version as Result union select 'Database:' +name from sysdatabases as Result
order by Result desc "
$SqlCmd.Connection = $SqlConnection
$SqlAdapter = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataAdapter
$SqlAdapter.SelectCommand = $SqlCmd
$DataSet = New-Object System.Data.DataSet
$SqlAdapter.Fill($DataSet)
$SqlConnection.Close()
$DataSet.Tables[0]
}
OK? see the diff??
Posted by mgo | February 13, 2008 11:05 PM
@mgo :
I'm glad you can tell the difference;)
Posted by n0neXn0ne | February 14, 2008 2:33 AM
As of this morning, Vista SP1 and all flavors of Windows Server 2008 are available for download at the MS Volume License site.
Posted by Patrick | February 15, 2008 1:02 PM