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Vista Service Pack One Almost Here

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the like-a-really-lame-christmas dept.

arogier writes "After numerous delays and an actual release reversal, the official release date for Vista service pack one has been set for Tuesday, March 18th on Windows Update and Microsoft Downloads. It will be released as an automatic update on April 18th. 'It's unclear so far how a February snafu will affect SP1's roll-out. Last month, after Microsoft pushed a pair of prerequisite patches to users, some reported that their machines refused to finish installing one of the fixes, then went into an endless series of reboots. Several days later, Microsoft pulled the update from automatic delivery, said it was working on a solution and promised it would "make the update available again shortly after we address the issue."' It would be a good time for those planning to adopt early to perform requisite backups and locate their restore media."

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  1. I got the, er, "early adopter" version. by arrenlex · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great news, but it doesn't matter to me anymore. I already pirated it from bittorrent. Read that again. I was so desperate to make it work I had to STEAL FIXES for an operating system I LEGALLY BOUGHT. Says a lot about Vista, doesn't it.

    1. Re:I got the, er, "early adopter" version. by Solra+Bizna · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's more like ordering a meal, then complaining that they DID immediately bring you the uncooked ingredients, hoping that they'll have time to cook it for the people who order later.

      -:sigma.SB

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      WARN
      THERE IS ANOTHER SYSTEM
    2. Re:I got the, er, "early adopter" version. by CmdrGravy · · Score: 4, Funny

      No problem.

      Imagine if a car goes to a restaurant and having waited ages for it's meal is disappointed when the starter and main course arrive and are foul tasting and inadequate for a car of his appetite ...

  2. Re:Updates? Ha! by plague3106 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The common component to all those failures is you.