Companies seem to make quite a few mistakes these days.  The latest one comes from everyone’s favorite Redmond-based software behemoth.  Microsoft accidentally made Vista SP1 available to a few 64-bit users before realizing the mistake and pulling the update.

Part of the problem involved a registry key setting.  This same registry key was required to install the pre-release RC (release candidate) versions of the service pack.  It was by accident that some of these users were able to obtain the final version from Windows Update.

A spokesperson for the company said in a statement to ComputerWorld, “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.”

Not much harm appears to have been caused, except for Microsoft having to “save face.”  Users that received update say things went well, for the most part.

All indications from the company is that Vista SP1 is due for general availability by mid-March.  The service pack appears to be finalized and besides the few who were sent into endless reboots by the “Vista installer service” update, upgrading will go smoothly for most.

If you don’t want to wait for the service pack to appear on the update service, there are other means of obtaining, advanced users know what I mean, all others should just wait for it.

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Entry was posted on Friday, February 22nd, 2008 at 4:40 pm under Microsoft, Upgrading, Vista.  Print This Post

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