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Today, Microsoft announced it is making the Vista SP1 RC Refresh available to the public. Vista RC1 Refresh is an improved version of the Vista SP1 RC it made available in December. Unlike Vista SP1 RC, the Refresh version is being distributed only via Windows Update.
To download the script needed to get Windows Update started, go to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC Refresh Public Availability Program page and click Download. A 356KB self-extracting .exe archive will be downloaded to your system. Open the file and the extractor starts. By default, it will store the files in a subfolder of your AppData (a hidden folder). Change the path to an easier-to-locate folder, such as the folder you saved the archive to.
After you extract the contents of the archive, you will find three files:
Follow the instructions in this document to get the SP1 RC Refresh on your system. You will need to uninstall Vista SP1 RC before you can install the Refresh version. So, even if you skipped the original Vista SP1 RC, you can try this one.
Enjoy!
[edited title on 1-12-08]
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wolf17
January 12, 2008 at 3:32pm
hmm.. well i've been running the first publicly available SP1 RC since December and havent noticed any big problems.. im curious abt this refresh but im not sure i want to jinx anything by unistalling the RC i have right now which is working great so far :)
Marcus_Soperus
January 12, 2008 at 1:05pm
...but when in that window is hard to say (speculation suggests late February, because Windows Server 2008 ships then, and Vista and WS2008 have common code).
Microsoft, I think, is trying extra hard to make sure that Vista SP1 is pretty well bulletproof when it ships. Better later and done than sooner and not, I always say.BTW, what kinds of problems have you had with Zip extracting? I'm wondering, since I haven't had any problems with it myself.
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It's amazing how illogical a business built on binary logic can be.
Marcus_Soperus
January 12, 2008 at 6:33pm
It's a great tool for fixing problems with Windows Update. I wrote about it in September: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/broken_windows_fixed_quick_with_dial_a_fix
Give it a try: it's free, easy to use, and can fix many other common problems with Windows XP.
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It's amazing how illogical a business built on binary logic can be.
Marcus_Soperus
January 13, 2008 at 8:53pm
...and here's why:
Dial-a-fix automates recognized command-line routines and scripts used for years to fix problems. Hover your mouse over a Dial-a-fix option (as shown in the article I linked to) to see what it does. You'll be glad you don't need to type in all those commands!
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It's amazing how illogical a business built on binary logic can be.
Marcus_Soperus
January 14, 2008 at 9:32pm
I was surprised to hear you had problems after running Dial-a-fix. Try posting a much more detailed account of what's been happening with your system (including the changes you made before running Dial-a-fix) at the support forum: http://lunarsoft.net/forum/index.php?showforum=33
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It's amazing how illogical a business built on binary logic can be.
