Dan Warne12 February 2008, 12:46 PM
Officially, the long awaited Vista SP1 won't be available to consumers until March. But here's a little secret: you can download it anyway from Microsoft's own web servers.
IN BRIEF | Officially, the long awaited Vista SP1 won't be available to consumers until March. But here's a little secret: you can download it anyway from Microsoft's own web servers, using this link.
Beware, it's a full copy of the Vista 32 and Vista 64 SP1 DVD, so it's 1.2 GB in size. If you're counting your megabytes, you're probably better off waiting a couple of weeks to get it through Windows Update.
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made the discovery after registering on Microsoft's OEM partner site. Microsoft is making SP1 available to computer system makers immediately, but releasing it officially to consumers next month.
Microsoft says one of the things users should beware of is driver incompatibilities with SP1, which it blames on driver makers not following Microsoft's strict policies on how drivers should be installed in order to survive system upgrades.
UPDATE: Looks like Microsoft's OEM server is being hammered: the ISO is trickling down for some people at just a few KB per second.
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