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Microsoft inadvertently releases Vista SP1

Originally posted on February 25, 2008 @ 11:50 pm

Microsoft experienced a boo-boo last Thursday when the software giant inadvertently released Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista to a a number of users. Vista SP1 is supposed to be released mid-March.

SP1 is supposed to be the first major update/upgrade to the new OS that was released January 2007. What happened was that Vista SP1 was posted on Windows Update and was, by some glitch, made available to a large group that accessed Windows Update.

A number of users who actually know of the release date were surprised to see the availability of SP1. But the company has reiterated that the mid-March timeframe is still on schedule.

A few weeks ago, Microsoft also released SP3 Release Candidate 2 for Windows XP. The update has been made available on Windows Update but users are asked to revise some settings on their registry in order to get the update.

Windows SP3 available for download now

Originally posted on May 7, 2008 @ 11:09 pm

Windows XP Service Pack 3 is now available again after it was delayed because of issues found with users who have Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System in their computers.

According to Microsoft, the one-file update is 316.4 MB. They are recommending that those who only need to update one computer should just consider using Windows Update as it will be smaller there.

Going back to the bug with DRMS, a hotfix has been released to fix the error and it is recommended that the hotfix is applied before updating to SP3. The funny thing here is that when you click on the hotfix, you get a 404 error, which means that the hotfix is not there. Hopefully, this error has been rectified by the time you read this.