SP2 RC for Vista and Server 2008 goes public

Microsoft today released the Release Candidate build of Service Pack 2 (6002.16670.090130) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 to the public. You can grab the standalone installer package from the Microsoft Download Center for 32-bit five languages and 32-bit all languages, 64-bit five languages and 64-bit all languages, as well as Itanium five languages and Itanium all languages. If you have Vista in English, French, German, Japanese, or Spanish, download the five languages package, otherwise get the larger "all language" version. There is also a five language and an all language.iso image available, as well as a patch that will allow you to get it via Windows Update. While this is a public release, it is still a Release Candidate, and Microsoft is recommending that the average customer "wait until the final release prior to installing this service pack" and reminding testers that "a Service Pack is not a feature release—we are not looking for new feature suggestions, only SP2 regressions, crashes, and confirmation of fixes we've made will be considered for this milestone."

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[ripbox]

nice find.... since its a Release Candidate i think i will wait just that little bit longer for the official version as im sure it wont actually be that long a wait for the official release

 

[Barnabas]

Thanks Silmy. I've been checking around for info on the SP2 news for Vista and seem to just gravitate back here. Like ripbox, I'll sit pat until the final appears as I'm having zero problems/issues with Vista x64 SP1 after 10 months.

 

[Xjester]

definitely waiting till the final released version.....but its a good find....

all hail slimy!!!

 

[MrNeeds]

i havent installed any patches guys and this has come up in windows update just now.

 

[luckystar]

Well i actually put a link on here yesterday about SP2

 

[MrNeeds]

hmmm, looked up the KB article and its a pre-install install?
but after i installed it, the service pack came up as shown below.

 

[paliometoxo]

if there is a rc wont be long for the final release

 

[Tanshaydar]

I just checked for updates, and my pc doesn't seem to interest in SP2 :P

 

[paliometoxo]

becasuse its a release candidate it wouldent show in the updates...

you would need to go directly to microsoft.com like with the ie 8

 

[paliometoxo]

or not.. just searched and nothing... so where do you download it?

 

[Slimy]

Last link that in the first paragraph.

 

[Gabbet]

do you know if this will fix the problems with nvlddmkm.sys file? :D i hope so, had huge problems with that since im using nVidia geforce 8800 ultra

 

[ripbox]

i havent installed any patches guys and this has come up in windows update just now.

did you not install any patches or such for sp1 rc? maybe this is how you have got it

 

[MrNeeds]

i havent installed any patches guys and this has come up in windows update just now.

did you not install any patches or such for sp1 rc? maybe this is how you have got it

nope, never downloaded any patches regarding hidden updates.

 

[ripbox]

your just special then hehe
i have no update but then again like i already said i will wait for the official release

 

[usmc_nam_vet]

I finally got everything working okay. No bugs and now another service pack. I am trembling in my boots.

 

[Tuig]

Just installed it. ( int. version ) And yes, it is def a better one that i had running. quicker, no trouble what so ever with the install, it's running almost like a clean install.

YMMV, but for those who think, it is getting slowly, this is ( for me ) the one.

Cheers.

 

[cj_london]

Agreed - it's running much smoother. I think my processor is running cooler as well.

I'd be happy to stay with this but it's got an expiry date of 1/4/2010.

Of course that is academic, as we'll all be running Windows 7 by then!

 

[paliometoxo]

why does it have expiery date? you mean the 4th of january or the 1st of april? is that american dating where they put the month first