Microsoft to Release Vista SP1 to Beta Testers

August 30th 2007 | Microsoft

Microsoft says Service Pack 1 for Vista should be available in the next few weeks to select beta testers and the general public in the first quarter of 2008. On the company’s Windows Vista Team Blog, Brandon LeBlanc says the update will include a host of performance and feature upgrades. Like previous service packs, Microsoft will have several versions available for home and enterprise users.

The quickest way to install SP1 will be to download the Express version which sends only the necessary changes. LeBlanc says this version should be approximately 50 MB. IT staff however will probably want to download the huge 1 GB (yes that’s a gigabyte) “Stand Alone” package which contains every file. After the download, IT support stuff can then install SP1 from a shared server.

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Microsoft to Release Vista SP1 to Beta Testers
Published in: Microsoft on 2007-08-30