Vista Tutorial - Download available for Standalone Vista SP2

It's as good as what was seen in SP2 for XP in it's own way. Note the following description seen on a 3rd party download site that sums it up as:

"Description
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (also called Vista SP2) fixes a range of bugs in Windows Vista discovered since the release of Vista Service Pack 1. The download provides enhanced security measures that will improve Vista's defences against viruses, worms and hackers, along with increased stability and, fingers crossed, an improved experience for users.

Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is a large download and can be applied to any version of Windows Vista, provided Service Pack 1 has already been installed. You can download Vista SP2, burn it to disk and use it on multiple PCs."
Download Windows Vista Service Pack 2 - Vista SP2 (Full package)

You may have simply seen a bad install of the service pack and need to get another download if you ran it from the drive. Make sure things like firewalls, antivirus, and other protections are off since those can hamper updates.

Why doesn't sp2 show up as an update option when you run windows update?

I have the same question as TubbFan: I have SP1 installed, and have configured Windows Update to show me what is available so I can choose whether to download and install things or not.

I'm up to date with my Vista updates, but I have never seen SP2 appear in the list of updates. Why would that be?

Note: I also looked through the 'Hidden Updates' list and it's not there either.

Hmmm ...