xable Posted August 7, 2007 Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 (edited) As Mary Jo Foley forecasted, a Windows Vista SP1 drop was made in mid-July. We're hearing, however, the drop was made to a small group of random testers for "pre-beta" testing. Pre-beta testing is usually conducted to test software that is more mature than a first-stab, annihilate-your-machine alpha (VS2008 anyone?) but doesn't quite implement all the required functionalities to be labeled a true beta. The service pack comes labeled with a build string matching its recently released WDK brother and smells of Server 2008 kernel, which is A Good Thing™ -- 6001.16549(longhorn_sp1beta1.070628-1825). (Thanks C.) Queried Microsoft and beta participants are denying the program's existence, as expected. We'll have to suffer with our malfunctioning Windows Vista installs for just a tad longer. Source: www.aeroxp.org EDIT: x86 and x64 versions available in the beta section of the download manager. If you have download trouble`s post here. EDIT 2: A white paper is now available in the microsoft download centre. EDIT 3: Build 6001.16659 is available via windows update. Edited September 26, 2007 by Xable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentil66 Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 (edited) Hello the Torrent of the beta SP1 for Vista is here EDIT no torrent links please. Edited August 12, 2007 by Xable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xable Posted August 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 There is no stand alone package yet. Just a 3GB image with SP1 slipstreamed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentil66 Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 ah ok, sorry. I'm very sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xable Posted August 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 A stand alone package has been leaked.. slowly getting it over torrent now, will add to the download manager when done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirage Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 both x86 and x64 are leaked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terroradagio Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 I wouldn't install it. It is a pre-beta to the SP1 Beta, plus why put up with having your Vista installion expire and have to reinstall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xable Posted August 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 You can now get the x86 version in the download manager. x64 bit version comming soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xable Posted August 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 x64 is up now too. If you have download trouble`s report here. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjBase Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 Sadly it does not apply to my system it said is this only for premium and ultimate users ? I have the windows vista 32 bit home edition OEM English Is anybody having this problem, i just find it a little weird when it says it's supporting all versions of vista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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