Microsoft accidentally leaks SP1

February 24, 2008, 08:50 PM —  IDG News Service — 

On Thursday, some Windows Vista users began finding Service Pack 1 in Windows
Update, even though the upgrade isn't supposed to be available broadly until
the middle of March.

Microsoft acknowledged the error. "Yesterday, a build of SP1 was posted
to Windows Update and it was inadvertently made available to a broad group.
The build was intended only for our more technically advanced testers, and was
meant to only be offered to those with a specific registry key set on their
PC," Microsoft said in a statement. It also reiterated plans to make SP1
broadly available in mid-March.

Some customers on a Windows
Vista forum
reported that they successfully downloaded SP1 from Windows
Update, but most others said that the download didn't work for them.

The accidental posting to Windows Update follows another recent issue with
an update designed as a prerequisite for downloading SP1. Some users, after
trying to install the update, got stuck in a reboot cycle. Earlier this week,
Microsoft posted a fix for that problem.

Microsoft issued a second refresh of SP1 to beta users in late January, raising
hopes that the final version would be out within a couple of weeks. The company
had long said that SP1 would come out in the first quarter.

The final broad release of SP1 could boost Vista sales, particularly among
enterprise users, because some companies have said that they are waiting for
SP1 before upgrading to Vista.

IDG News Service

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