For those who are using Windows Vista and brave enough to install Service Pack 2 Public Beta, it’s available on Microsot’s Download Center. There is also a Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Public Beta available on the same installation file.
Important things to note:
- You must already have the Service Pack 1 (Vista SP1) installed in the system before applying Service Pack 2. This is a requirement from Microsoft to reduce the file size.
- Don’t use Google Chrome browser to download because the download redirection will take you to the same page over and over
- You should be able to update this beta version to the official one (or the next beta) in the future, but I’m not 100% sure as I haven’t found such information yet. If anyone can confirm this, I’d be grateful.
Vista Service Pack 2 Download Links:
For Vista 32-bit (x32) : Download Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Beta and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta – Five Language Standalone (KB948465)
For Vista 64-bit (x64) : Download Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Beta and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta – Five Language Standalone for x64-based systems (KB948465)
I’m going to download this soon and install it on my Vista machine Bugfixes and performance improvements are good enough to update mine. Who’s with me?
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Am still the XP girl.
Lol that makes me the XP boy then!
MIke, i am very much happy and satisfied with XP.
I’m loving Vista more than XP
and I certainly love Windows 7 more now (am trying the leaked version hehe)
Still XP, Vista are to heavy to load
Well it does require a bit of horsepower. How long since you’ve upgraded your computer?