Vista/2008 SP2 Beta

[PC_LOAD_LETTER]

has anyone out there taken the plunge and installed it yet? (yes i know its not out there yet but there is a way to obtain it through windows update if you look for it)

I have the servicing stack update showing in my WU but I wont install it on this machine until ive tested it on a fresh build.

i know officially SP2 is just rollup package with search 4 and some other misc doodads but im curious to see if it improves performance over SP1 the way Sp1 did over RTM

[MagicAndre1981]

first you must have Sp1 installed, now apply the registry settings and search for Updates. Now install the servicing Stack update and reboot. Now search for updates again. If the Sp2 isn't shown, reboot and try it again until it works

[damian666]

i cant get it to download at all, installed the service stack, but after that... nothing at all man.

multiple reboots lare even nothing...

any ideas?

Damian666

[Kelsenellenelvian]

I did it.

Install the reg key (It was in a .bat format)

Ran MU and it gave me a @5 meg DL

Waited for like 15 minutes after that installed then ran MU again and got SP2.

Was like 269 megs for me :S

No noticable differences yet.

@echo off 

reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\VistaSp2 /f > NUL 2>&1 
reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\VistaSP2 /f > NUL 2>&1 

reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\VistaSp2 /v Beta1 /t REG_SZ /d C21A5C64-2530-CC19-042F-9ABDB4ED27F9 /f 
IF NOT %errorlevel% == 0 ( goto ERROR) 

:SUCCESS 
@echo. 
echo ================================================== ========= 
echo Windows Vista SP2 registry key has been set successfully. 
echo Please check for updates in Windows Update. 
echo ================================================== ========= 
@echo. 
goto END 

:ERROR 
@echo. 
echo ================================================== ========= 
echo FAILED to set Windows Vista SP2 registry keys. 
echo Please run this script by right clicking and selecting 
echo "Run as Administrator". 
echo ================================================== ========= 
@echo. 
goto END 

:END 
pause

Edited October 26, 2008 by Kelsenellenelvian

[aviv00]

so any changes ? at performance etc...

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Nope none yet

Just the areas that are changed to show the new build #. No "Real" changes yet.

[MagicAndre1981]

the Sp2 is only a collection of fixes. If you install all released fixes and some hotfixes (by requesting them from MS) you almost have the Sp2 now

[engert100]

Does anyone know if this Service Pack can be slipstreamed?

Micro$oft said that in future service packs IT admins will have the ability to slipstream Service Packs.

[MagicAndre1981]

this is only possible with the old AuditMode-Sysprep-recapture method

[engert100]

So i guess it can't be slipstreamed.

Why does Vista suck so much?

I shouldn't bash it, it keeps me employed.

[CoffeeFiend]

I'm going to reinstall Vista (x64 instead of x86, just upgraded to 8GB) very soon, maybe even tonite. I'd give SP2 a try, but since it's a beta and all, I don't want to have to remove the beta SP2 later on to install the "final" one Too much trouble for nothing. So much stuff to reinstall

[MagicAndre1981]

So i guess it can't be slipstreamed.

it can be done with the same hacks like Sp1, but vLite needs to be updated. Because Sp2 needs Sp1 it could be difficult to use the offline method again to integrate the Sp1 to an also offline integrated Sp1 Image.

[aviv00]

try trick vlite by giving it vista without sp1 and then copy over to the current dir vista with sp1

choose the sp2 beta in vlite and maybe its will work

if its working nuhi rox

if not he still rox

Edited December 9, 2008 by aviv00