Microsoft quickly closed the hole that allowed all users with a fully patched English version of Windows Vista to download the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 through Windows Update. What they did however as well was to open another way for their beta testers to download the service pack which is now available for everyone again.
If you want to download and test Windows Vista SP1 you can do so with a few Registry tweaks. At the end Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta 6001.17036 v. 652 should be available and ready for download.
Please be aware that this is a beta version of the new service pack. It could lead to problems and should only be downloaded by users who know how to fix them.
Download a zip here which contains the necessary registry keys to allow the computer to download Windows Vista SP1 through Windows Update. Take a look at it first, maybe backup your Registry.
Execute that bat file as an administrator by right-clicking it and selecting Run As Administrator. Start Wndows Update afterwards and go through the process three times in total downloading (KB935509) – v1.005, (KB937287) -Build 6001.17036 (x86) and (KB938371) v1.018 in each consecutive try.
The computer has to be rebooted after every try which means that you start Windows Updates three times and reboot the computer as many times as well. Once this is done you start Windows Update once again and Windows Vista SP1 Beta – 6001.17036 (x86) should appear on that list.
Download it as well and reboot the computer afterwards. Et Voila, the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta has been installed on your system.
Users who already have an older version of the Service Pack 1 installed have to uninstall it before they can download the new one. Just use the normal way to uninstall a software.
Special thanks to FredBone and The Hotfix
Update:
The SP1 beta is no longer available, take a look at Download Windows Vista SP1 RC1 for the newest working hack.
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OK, so we can safely rule out Antispyware/Firewall/Antivirus, as each of us seem to be running completely different programs. :o\
Startup Repair tells me that Boot Manager cannot find the OS loader — nothing about keyboard drivers.
Wait a minute. Do you guys still have the Dell partitions they stick on their systems for things like backup and/or MediaDirect? I tried deleting/formatting these partitions, but they WILL NOT merge into my other partitions for some annoying reason. They have given me other problems as well.
i dont get the boot manager just a couple restarts then the failure.
what version of vista are u running, i have home premium 32 bit.
can you guys post the logs where the failure happens? look in c:\windows\windowsupdate.log
Nah, i did not do anything to my HDD, partitions are still there i just followed the instructions to a tea. Using bit defender, also have spy bot. Wireless router as well searousely i have no answers to any of these issues give me a day to brainstorm see if i can come up with any ideas. now some of these problems could be caused my lac or no memory everyones running at least 1gm ram? because vista is crap with 512 and in my opinoion should be outlawed if your only using that much. i see on a daily basis troubles with that
Nah, did not do anything with my partishions. now i do have a wireless router, useing Bitdefender, have used Kaspersky but it boged down my notebook,. give me a day to brainstorm. Everyones useing at least 1gm ram right vista HATES only 512 . that could be an issue look into that as well.
Have you read the instruction sheet… REMOVE your AV’s.. yes remove them. 99% of the AV will not allow some updates…”• Update your antivirus program (if needed), run it, and then disable it. After you install Windows, remember to enable the antivirus program, or install new antivirus software that works with Windows Vista.”(I recommend removal of. I use a wireless router- has not interfered. Remove AV, Remove-disable F.W.(Vista FW is ok and Bitdefender is OK, and REMOVE ADOBE. Remember when you think it is STUCK, it is not stuck..its working..check the HDD lite. get drunk, get laid, it might take upto or over 1h30m to 2h to complete…
hmmm, seems kinda extreme for a service pack, I have tryed disabling antivirus, firewall would affect this if it had troubles downloading, which is not the case, it is well downloaded by the time it fails. And the Antivirus is not even loaded at the point it fails, since it is at stage 3 that starts before you even log in. I am ok with the time it takes, it does not hang up, and surprisingly it doesnt trash my system when it fails, it just reverts back for another 2 reboots. tried reinstalling prerequisite packs, no go. Will look in log again later, wanna try this out!
i uninstalled my virus scan software and still no go.
why uninstall Adobe? and which Adobe, PDF, dreamweaver, photoshop? I dont think it would be failing on one of those to tell you the truth.
I’m going to try and make a full backup of my system and revert back to a clean install to see if it goes through then.
Somehow I seriously doubt that my Adobe Master Collection could be causing any of these problems… And my AV is nod32 3.0.563.0, which works with Vista. I tried disabling all my stuff and it makes no difference, and there’s no way I am uninstalling them.
I have Vista Ultimate 32-bit, and I also have 4GB of RAM, so that isn’t the issue for sure.
I’m interested to see if the clean install works for you b.
no way,
only the service pack 1 seems to be removed.
I followed the instructions (installed all the 3 updates and rebooted after each one) but I can’t see the service pack 1 update.
I have no antivirus at all or other programs that can block it…
so I think they removed it another time…
ive been scouring the internet for every error message ive seen in the log and none of them make any since for what is actually happening, or they are dummy errors that dont mean anything, or they pertain to packages that have nothing to do with sp1 (such as office 2007 etc.) this is kinda puzzling…
I figured it out!
Run chkdsk (check disk) on your system drives. I did this and for some reason it found the entire drivers folder corrupted. It repaired it in about 1 minute and I was able to install SP1, thank god i dont have to do a re install!
hope this helps you guys out!
i also just realize i had plugged in a network cable at the same time… that may have made a difference not being on wireless. just in case.
Followed your instructions, SP1 downloaded and installed, all 4 gig of RAM correctly reported from system information. (still incorrectly shows 3.25 from task manager)
Thank you for sharing, very much appreciated.
Foy
Strange that some can install SP1.
Well, b, I ran chkdsk 3 times, and it found nothing wrong every time. I also tried using LAN instead of wireless, and it didn’t help — same thing as always. :o(
Glad you could at least get things working. :::sigh:::
1. x86 Vista which is limited to 3GB usable RAM… x64 Vista will use upto 8GB but you need the patch for memory…x86 is limited to 3GB – that is a XP and VISTA problem unless x64.Fox says (still incorrectly shows 3.25 from task manager)guess he failed to read x86 is not 4GB enabled.PS: XP is the same way…
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I do not find it strange that many can not install SP1, failure to read the instructions, failure to read the MS lit, failure to understand it must BE FULL install, nlite and other 3rd party removal screws it up, the fast, blue & black versions will not work,they are modified too much…
Well, anyway, rumors are the v17042 has been pulled, and the next version is going online. v17051 or v17052…
Not sure which one…
some of us did read the instructions, word for word, reboot for reboot, it just doesnt work for some.. which is why it is not final yet Im sure.
why not post the section in your logs where it fails? Maybe someone can help you trouble shoot it
That is what led me to fix my issue and get it installed.
The logs tell you exactly what went wrong with a little research.
I found the solution for those who can’t see the Service Pack after the other updates.
To install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (works on the latest SP1 v.652 release) on non-English non-supported language edition, perform following steps before hacking the registry.
Download and install Windows Vista English MUI (Multilingual User Interface) Language Pack.
Run Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\Language
Backup the Language registry key by right click on it, then click on “Export�. Save the registry file with a filename in a safe location.
In the right pane, locate the registry value named InstallLanguage and Default. Double click on them one by one, and change the value data to 0409 (represent English, the original value varies depends on the language locale of your Vista, such as 0504 in Simplified Chinese).
Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MUI\UILanguages
Backup the UILanguages registry key by right click on it, then click on “Export�. Save the registry file in with a filename a safe location. Do not overwrite previous saved registry file.
Expand UILanguages branch in the left pane, and you should see another registry key that has the name that represent Vista system language locale. For example, zh-CN for Simplified Chinese, zh-TW for Traditional Chinese, pt-PT for Portuguese, da-DK for Danish and etc.
Delete the language locale registry key, i.e. delete zh-CN, pt-PT and etc by right click on it, and select “Delete�.
Above steps will hide and mark the actual system language from Microsoft. Now perform the registry hack steps to download and install Vista SP1 beta.
After installing Vista SP1, and if you want your system to revert back to its original display language setting, double click on the previously saved registry files from steps above to merge back the original values to the registry. Then go to Control Panel Regional and Language Options to set the display language back to your own language locale.
Note that after installing SP1 with procedure above and switch back to non-supported language locale, some system components that are using the language packs may fail or prompt out run-time error dialog box, such as when using Group Policy. However it shouldn’t affect general usage of Windows Vista.
It works for me!
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/11/12/force-vista-sp1-beta-to-show-up-and-available-for-install-in-wu-of-non-supported-languages-locale/
There are plenty of errors, none clearly state why, nor are the error codes specific, most of which are not even known to be codes that windows update uses. With the only hits coming up on search engine pointing to fixes that dont work, or are irrelevant, since they are only suppost to be codes pertaining to a certain product, or the server update service, which doesnt do much for me. I will wait for a later build, I highly doubt this is a mal-configuration on my end since plenty of updates have installed since then, and im not gonna go breaking my system trying to get sp1 to work. Its obvious MS has some more time to spend on the installation process.
I would post the error codes, but they are nearly all the same 3 codes, and they all tell me nothing whatsoever, and reference to fixes suggested by tweakers who cant believe it when thier workaround doesnt work for everybody. The file is enormous as well.. Oh well.. I can wait for final,,, or another build :)
I havent recieved any update in win update since I did this. I installed the 3 updates but the service pack dont show up, so it is NOT installed.
But I just wonder if it messed up now. Have anyone had an update the last 2 weeks in win update?
I had some strange updates right after I had uninstalled the service pack that did not appear on any of my other computers/hard drives that don’t have those 3 beta updates.
That is all I know right now for sure as I haven’t used that hard drive much since I tried the SP1 beta.
The SP1 beta is no longer available, take a look at Download Windows Vista SP1 RC1 for the newest working hack.
http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/06/download-windows-vista-sp1-rc1/
I have followed the instructions, and have download and installed KB938371 and KB935509, but KB937287 doesn’t show up no matter how many times I refresh. Any ideas anyone?
hi friend,
i bought laptop in france and its OS is windows vista family premium edition & it is in french. can i update it with English?
Please help me regarding this.