Tuesday, May 26th 2009
Microsoft Windows Vista and Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Released
Microsoft has just posted the official download links for the final version of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. You need to have Service Pack 1 to install SP2 and that's pretty much everything. The standalone downloads are available in five different languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish. Find more info in the download links.
DOWNLOAD: Windows Vista/Server 2008 Service Pack 2 x32 | Windows Vista/Server 2008 Service Pack 2 x64
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DOWNLOAD: Windows Vista/Server 2008 Service Pack 2 x32 | Windows Vista/Server 2008 Service Pack 2 x64
77 Comments on Microsoft Windows Vista and Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Released
In previous Windows, slipstreaming was nothing more than using the full offline package with a couple switches throw in at the end. EX: update -s:c:\xp
I can't see them taking away that functionality from admins, techs, etc...
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Downloading now.
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What the fuck? I am totally up to date with all my updates prior to this - I can't believe it's so big. SP1 was only about 90MB if you were previously up to date.
EDIT: Just checked the link and the full version is only 10MB more than what I'm downloading. So I'm going to throw out a wild guess that MS haven't optimized the Windows Update download yet to take account of what old updates you have installed.
Time will tell what other people end up downloading via the auto update function.
hm, shoulda done some tests like boot time and whatnot, or how long it takes for all my start-ups to complete in comparison to SP1. oh well either way, it's beneficial.
BTW SP2 has killed my PC.
Set it to install and went to bed Watched it go through the motions fine but when it had finally completed it's thing and tried to start it failed. And Windows repair can't even fix it. :banghead:
EDIT: Third time's a charm. Restored back to SP1.
Just a bunch of updates eh,i'll grab it anyway for future referance,even though i'm on win7 now.
At any rate Service Packs add to stability, but I wouldn't expect performance increases with them, regardless of the OS>