Vista - SP1 FINAL (oem partner download)..

I used the text above to create a cmd file to make a new reg key. A few minutes later I saw the update for Vista service pack 1. After a process that took the better part of an hour, everything installed. Everything seems to be great, except for a couple of things.

1) Kaspersky went crazy telling me that various files had changed. I kept clicking allow change and after several reboots I haven't received any more complaints from Kaspersky.

But what I am really worried about is:

2) In the update log, when you click on details for Vista SP1 it says that is a beta in the description.

So my questions are these:

1) Did I install the RTM, or the beta?
2) If the beta I installed was the exact same as the RTM, why does it say beta in the description?
3) If the update is designated as a "beta", will I have to uninstall it and install the "real" version next month, even though the bits are the same?
4) If the update that is designated as the beta is the RTM, is there any way to change the description so that the beta references are removed? (I'm only worried about this for potential support issues down the road - I don't want a tech rep telling me that he can't support "beta" products or that my license is invalid).
5) If the update is designated as a "beta", is there a time-bomb that will require me to uninstall at a future date?


Thanks in advance for any advice.

wgbutler

That code is exactly the code given out by microsoft to the beta testers to download RTM (I checked )

I finally got pissed with mine so I reformatted my junk and reinstalled Vista, downloaded the "required" updates and ran one I downloaded about a week ago and this is what I got...

wtf? mmmm

ok... so here i what i did...

i copied this txt

@echo off

reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\VistaSp1 /f > NUL 2>&1
reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\VistaSP1 /f > NUL 2>&1

reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\VistaSp1 /v Beta1 /t REG_SZ /d dcf99ef8-d784-414e-b411-81a910d2761d /f
IF NOT %errorlevel% == 0 ( goto ERROR)

:SUCCESS
@echo.
echo ===========================================================
echo Windows Vista SP1 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 SP1 registry keys.
echo Please run this script by right clicking and selecting
echo "Run as Administrator".
echo ===========================================================
@echo.
goto END

:END
pause

pasted it into a notepad and saved it as k.cmd ... ran it as an admin... it asked to press any key to continue.. i did... restarted the comp and tried to check for updates and NOTHING...

did i do somthing wrong?

actually it worked now...

is it only suppose to be a 66 mb file?

if I view the details, you see that it's a beta



So is this the final version or a beta?????
and also the capture image below shows that the size is only 121,5 MB

There's no way Vista SP1 is 66MB , or even 121MB...it's a lil more than that ...say 500MB+
I downloaded and installed from a torrent 1.13GB FINAL SP1 X86 and X64 bit , so you see, it has to be larger.
Hope that helps

dude I am havin a problem right now because after sp1 installed i had to restart te pc and then its installing from the beginning and it's said that you must not turn of the computer but my stupid sister turned it off and i am pissed off right now because you see that black screen and it's loading all cinf of stuff.

so is it a big problem????

ohh ohh ...dats no good.
Try to re-install it...and cross ur fingers it works.
This is why I NEVER let anybody touch my computer...I am very protective of my machine.