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Just a heads up to prepare for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2. It will be available in the coming weeks on the Download Center (DLC) and also through Windows Update and WSUS. On April 28th, we announced the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. SP2 includes all updates that were released since SP1. It also includes support for new types of hardware and other technology improvements. For more information on the changes with SP2, see the notable changes document on TechNet.
Here’s a short list of the tools and guidance that’s available for SP2:
· If you’re managing systems that connect directly to WU, you can use the updated Service Pack Blocker Tool Kit to prevent WU from offering SP2 to your client computers.
· For more information about SP2, refer to the SP2 Frequently Asked Questions on TechNet.
· For help with deployment related questions, you should read this blog post on the Windows team blog.
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EDIT: SP2 has now been officially released.
32 Bit version.
64 Bit version .
If you look carefully at the notable changes page (at the bottom) you'll see there's a modertor answer to the release date question... 26th May.
And if you didn't notice, SP2 requires SP1. It ain't cummulative.
Should be fun if you have a recovery DVD with Vista RTM. Install the recovery disc. Then SP1 and then SP2. The latter 2 will probably take around 2 hours combined!
aren't these normally cumulative though i mean thats what i recall atleast.
One MS official from this MS Technet forum page on Vista SP2:
social.technet.microsoft.com/.../7d04ddba-249a-4ff7-a01a-ae9e38a36640
person also says Vista/W2k8 SP2 will be available to the general public on May 26, the day after Memorial Day. nice!
Most of the time, service packs are cumulative but not always. Not the case with Vista SP2 and WinXP SP3, cchance. XP SP3 requires XP SP1/SP2 and won't install under WinXP RTM.
Read that you should have SP2 for XP before installing SP2. Too many changes were made in SP2 from SP1.
Actually I did have to use recovery discs for Vista for a laptop. Something in Vista went bonkers. Took quite a bit of time to "install" the recovery DVDs, then SP1 and the SP2 [MSDN subscribers has them....]. Actually, SP2 I found was a bit faster to install than SP1.
gisabun, Vista/Server 2008 SP2 has just been released to Microsoft Download Center, including the slipstreamed DVD ISO image file.
gisabun:
Vista/WinServ2008 SP2 has now been released to Download Center for all languages.
Vista/Server 2008 SP2 - All Language Standalone for x86 systems:
www.microsoft.com/.../details.aspx
Vista/Server 2008 SP2 - All Language Standalone for x64 systems:
Vista/Server 2008 SP2 - All Language DVD ISO image: