Download Windows Vista SP1 with a registry hack
If you're itching to install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 but aren't planning to be anywhere near Redmond on October 27th, all may not be lost. Some friendly hackers have posted a registry setting that will reportedly allow you to download Vista SP1 through Windows Update. We're going to point out a couple of things here, although they should really be obvious:
There's no guarantee this ...
As expected, the Microsoft Windows Vista Team has released an early version of Vista Service Pack 1 to a selected group of testers. Brandon LeBlanc at the Windows Vista Blog has been running SP1 for a little while already and shares these thoughts:
The update will show up through Windows Update, and will show a size range from 51MB to 680MB. Because the update includes a number of hotfixes ...





