Vista SP1 released tomorrow?

zetec452 · 3 Feb 2008 at 20:44

Your right. Damn.

marc2003 · 3 Feb 2008 at 20:47

good job you realised before installing it.

zetec452 · 3 Feb 2008 at 20:48

Aye, I owe you one. heh. Good job I'm on talktalk.

Robert · 3 Feb 2008 at 21:48

willhub · 3 Feb 2008 at 22:40

When tomorrow will it be released? Wonder if it will be an improvement over this SP1 I have atm thats not the official one, beta or w/e its called.

Dappy · 3 Feb 2008 at 22:49

I'm going to slipstream SP1, then do a fresh install using my newly created Vista SP1 DVD.

willhub · 3 Feb 2008 at 22:52

Dappy said:
I'm going to slipstream SP1, then do a fresh install using my newly created Vista SP1 DVD.

What ya slipstream it with?

badbob · 3 Feb 2008 at 22:55

Slipstreaming is a process where you apply service packs onto the files, creating a install disc with SP already applied upon a fresh install.

I've done the same to my original Windows disc, now have a SP2 install disc. Dead easy to do.

willhub · 3 Feb 2008 at 23:02

Oh, I thought it was were you strip the OS of all the crap so its basically cut down and faster.

badbob · 3 Feb 2008 at 23:03

Isn't that Nlite?

Hobgoblin · 3 Feb 2008 at 23:06

im assuming it will be ok to install onto a installed version of vista? i only built this PC 2 days ago >:(

Borden · 3 Feb 2008 at 23:07

nLite was for XP. You can get the vista version as well though. Google 'vLite'.

markyb · 3 Feb 2008 at 23:09

Looking forward to installing this tomorrow.

point decay · 3 Feb 2008 at 23:18

Dappy said:
I'm going to slipstream SP1, then do a fresh install using my newly created Vista SP1 DVD.

what prog do you use to do that with vista?

Caged · 4 Feb 2008 at 00:08

Normally you just copy the contents of your install media onto your hard drive, and run the service pack install from the command line with a switch to apply it to the folder you just copied the media to, then burn that lot back to a DVD with the boot image copied off the original disc.

Edit: Often programs like nLite / vLite will do it as well, which is easier.

marc2003 · 4 Feb 2008 at 00:13

Caged said:
Normally you just copy the contents of your install media onto your hard drive, and run the service pack install from the command line with a switch to apply it to the folder you just copied the media to, then burn that lot back to a DVD with the boot image copied off the original disc.

Edit: Often programs like nLite / vLite will do it as well, which is easier.

it can't be done with vista/vlite. maybe when the final release of the SP goes public, someone will find a way? but at this moment in time, there is no method.......

Caged · 4 Feb 2008 at 00:18

Yeah I just read that. The discs will be updated to include the service pack, and will be available in stores, on MSDN and to volume license customers, but there's no way for the end user to roll their own SP1 disc.

point decay · 4 Feb 2008 at 00:26

any idea how the average user will get an integrated copy?

willhub · 4 Feb 2008 at 00:54

Is it just RC1 tomorrow?

Wonder if it will install onto my version with a beta of SP1, I hope so :eek:

!!

marc2003 · 4 Feb 2008 at 00:57

willhub said:
Is it just RC1 tomorrow?

Wonder if it will install onto my version with a beta of SP1, I hope so !!

it's supposedly the final release tomorrow. also you will have to uninstall the beta first.