Vista - Windows Vista SP2 RTM

Now on Technet -

Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 for all editions (x86, x64, i64) - DVD (English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish)

en_fr_de_ja_es_windows_vista_sp_and_windows_server_2008_sp2_x86_x64_ia64_dvd_342431.iso - 1,376.79 (MB)

so how come these non official websites have the sp2 and not microsoft?? i dont feel right downloading it from other sites only from microsoft last time i downloaded sp for windows xp i forget which one but it woulent let me disable firweall and gave me problems i ended up having to restore so i only trust microsoft now for service packs and torrent? forget it my windows is legit

Microsoft may not have a distribution mechanism in place for it yet, since it is very large. While they work on that, the people who are truly interested in SP2 (such as myself) already have it. It's not earth-shattering, so you should not feel overly anxious to get it. It's mostly a rollup of fixes from the past year and some additional new stuff for emerging technology like Bluetooth 2.1 and that oddball wifi "connect now" thing that I think is totally pointless.

I have to say, my machine is running smooth like butter now. Everything is just more responsive.

There definately is more to SP2 then just a bunch of rolled up previously released fixes.

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Installed from Microsoft Technet yesterday, took a while but seems fine. Can't tell what has changed. Now I'm keeping a lookout for the Technet release of Vista Ultimate with SP2 - the whole shebang. Save me having to slipstream this.

I have noticed small things since downloading the RC. Some windows open faster and my machine does seem to work slightly faster.

I know that I am not installing the SP2 until it is officially released to consumers. I wont try the RC or the RTM since they are still in Beta phase. Especially with having 64-bit, I dont want to mess things up.

When SP1 was first released as a RC I downloaded it and it was horrible. I had to reformat the PC and when the official consumer release came out everything was fine.

Anyone who finds these on other sites other than microsoft watch yourself, if its not sponsored it might not be stable and might have hidden attacks(viruses/trojans) that you would never know.

RTM isn't beta it's final.

RTM is a release that goes to manufactuers.

yes but its still some website other then microsoft, i myself like jeff will only dl it when its on microsoft website, i to had a bad exdperience when downloading a service pack elsewhere i had problems and had to format then my hard drives where messed up and had on going problems and couldent for a long time figure out what it was..

now there is no way i download any kind of service pack froma non oficial website. i think its not right that this website has the download bfore microsoft if its a final release. still going to wait for microsoft to have it for download however long that may be for ultinate 64bit