gHacks technology news » service pack http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:11:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Windows Vista SP2 Registry Hack http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/23/windows-vista-sp2-update/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/23/windows-vista-sp2-update/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:43:12 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7824 Joseph was nice enough to send me the required Registry keys for the Windows Vista SP2 update that was distributed to selected testers on October 16. It is a pre-beta update for testers and not suited for anything else but test systems to test the changes of the new service pack for Windows Vista.

There are not any changes yet that can be identified after installing Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista. The service pack 2 currently contains all released patches and hotfixes that have been already released and several files that are required for future updates that Microsoft will release to testers.

Users who are still interested in testing Windows Vista SP2 can download a batch file that is stored at Mediafire which will add the required keys to the Windows Vista Registry. The computer has to be restarted after executing the batch file before the changes become visible.

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Windows Update will present the Vista SP2 Servicing Stack Update first which has to be installed before the actual Vista SP2 becomes available.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/23/windows-vista-sp2-update/feed/ 11 Microsoft To Deliver Vista SP2 Before Windows 7 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/16/microsoft-to-deliver-vista-sp2-before-windows-7/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/16/microsoft-to-deliver-vista-sp2-before-windows-7/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:46:14 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7661 On October 2 Microsoft created a placeholder on the Microsoft Help and Support website that mentioned the two upcoming service packs Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2. No additional information was given at that time but the fact that the two service packs were listed was reason enough to believe that Microsoft was already deep in the development process.

According to ZDnet Microsoft has already send a beta of the Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to selected partners to receive feedback for the development process. Some users might wonder about Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 since there was no official release until now.

Windows Server 2008 was build on the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 codebase meaning the functionality is already included in the release of Windows Server 2008. It might still confuse customers who do not know that.

Both service packs are said to be released before the release of Windows 7 to avoid customer confusion since some might want to test the announced service pack 2 before making a decision whether to switch to Windows 7 or stick with Windows Vista.

Windows 7 is still on track to be released in the second half of 2009 with a first public beta coming out in late 2008.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/16/microsoft-to-deliver-vista-sp2-before-windows-7/feed/ 2 Standalone Windows XP SP3 Download List http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/07/standalone-windows-xp-sp3-download-list/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/07/standalone-windows-xp-sp3-download-list/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 15:58:29 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=4038 The Service Pack 3 for Windows XP has finally be added again to Windows Update and the Microsoft website and every user has the opportunity to download and install it. I never liked Windows Update and prefer to download the patches, which includes the Service Pack 3, as a direct download so that I can burn it once on a CD or DVD and distribute it to every computer that needs the update.

To make it easier for you I have collected the download links for the most important language versions of Windows XP Service Pack 3. A complete list can be found at Tip and Trick.

The ISO is provided for system administrators who have to distribute the Service Pack to several computers. There should not be a problem however to distribute the executable version of the service pack to multiple computers as well as long as they are all using the same language version.

Windows XP SP3 English EXE
Windows XP SP3 English ISO

Windows XP SP3 Chinese Simplified EXE
Windows XP SP3 Chinese Simplified ISO

Windows XP SP3 German Simplified EXE
Windows XP SP3 German Simplified ISO

Windows XP SP3 Russian Simplified EXE
Windows XP SP3 Russian Simplified ISO

Windows XP SP3 Spanish Simplified EXE
Windows XP SP3 Spanish Simplified ISO

Windows XP SP3 French Simplified EXE
Windows XP SP3 French Simplified ISO

Windows XP SP3 Dutch Simplified EXE
Windows XP SP3 Dutch Simplified ISO

Windows XP SP3 Swedish Simplified EXE
Windows XP SP3 Swedish Simplified ISO

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/07/standalone-windows-xp-sp3-download-list/feed/ 31 Microsoft releasing Windows Vista SP1 Refresh http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/10/microsoft-releasing-windows-vista-sp1-refresh/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/10/microsoft-releasing-windows-vista-sp1-refresh/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:17:30 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/10/microsoft-releasing-windows-vista-sp1-refresh/ Microsoft invited 15000 testers to download a new version of the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 called Refresh which replaces the version of the Service Pack that was made publicly available. The new build number is 17128 and the usual process of uninstalling the old service pack before you install the new version of the service pack applies.

No news yet on what has been changed in this new release. A tester mentioned a few observations in the Neowin forum. The new Windows Vista SP1 seemed faster, detected 4GB of Ram correctly but used still only 3.32 GB, noticeably faster explorer tasks and no chattering hard drive after install.

Another user reported that the downloads are available on the official Windows download website. I have not tested these yet and the KB article referred to points to one from last year. If you still want to give it a try you can download the 32-bit or 64-bit version of the latest Windows Vista Service Pack 1.

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