Hack Available to Download the Official Vista SP1 Straight from Microsoft
section: windows, for your questions: KezNews forum, 17.10.2007
That's right! There is a hack available that will permit you to access, download and install the official release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 straight from Microsoft.
The first service pack for Vista was initially released in pre-beta stage in mid July 2007, concomitantly with the original preview of Windows XP Service Pack 3. Microsoft subsequently dropped another pre-beta version of Vista SP1 in August and revealed that the first fully-fledged beta for the service pack would be delivered by the end of September. And the fact of the matter is that in the last week of the past month, the beta of Windows Vista SP1 Build 6001.16659 was open to in excess of 12,000 testers.
A public beta of Windows Vista SP1 is expected sometime near the moment Microsoft will make available the first Release Candidate for the service pack, but the company has offered no timetable in this sense. The final version of Vista SP1 is currently planned for launch in the first quarter of 2008, following the release of Windows Server 2008, at the end of February. In this context, in excess of 70 million Vista users are locked out of the beta testing process of Vista SP1. The Beta Build 6001.16659 of the service pack has been leaked to peer-to-peer file sharing networks but downloading the refresh as a torrent is not even close to an option. However, a hack that will permit users to grab the official Vista SP1 Beta Build 6001.16659 right from the Microsoft Windows Updates server, is.
All you have to do is a little registry hack, as exemplified by GHacks. Open a notepad file and copy paste the following code. Make sure to save the file with a name similar to the one that follows: WindowsVistaSP1_Beta_Hack.cmd. In the file format area of the dialog box do not select .txt but opt for All Files instead.
CODE
@echo off
reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\VistaSp1 /v Beta1 /t REG_SZ /d a2c3c14a-9586-4d37-9aaa-79fbd64069d2 /f
reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\VistaSP1 /v Beta1 /t REG_SZ /d a2c3c14a-9586-4d37-9aaa-79fbd64069d2 /f
echo Vista SP1 registry key has been set. Please check for updates in Windows Update.
Then navigate to the location where you saved the file and right click it in order to select the Run as administrator from the contextual menu that will pop up. In this manner you will launch the registry hack with administrative privileges, otherwise the changes that the file is designed to introduce to the Windows Vista registry will fail. Microsoft is delivering the first beta for Windows Vista SP1 through the Windows Update infrastructure and the registry hack will render WU to display the refresh as available for download.
Following the execution of the WindowsVistaSP1_Beta_Hack.cmd and the associated registry alterations, run Windows Update in Vista. You will come across update KB935509 and you have to download and install it. After reboot make your way to Windows Update again and this time grab and deploy update KB937287. After yet another restart you will be able to find a third update – KB938371. The next time you boot into your copy of Vista and access Windows Update you will be able to find Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta.
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Comments(47)
i wouldn't even try to install that piece of crap unless it was the final release with
all the bugs fixed!!
my vista is noticeably faster!
wow, just tried it, and it works great! now to try this on a non vmware system. lol
its not sp1
it works allright. i now have sp1 v. 275. took along time to update. i have noticed
that vista is much peppier, more responsive! bonus!
last time i installed the service pack my vista turned into a 15 day time bomb..
iam checking to see if this will work with x64 models now
the sp1 in itself is a beta, but if your copy of windows is set as genuine before the
update this will not change.
you will however get an annoying watermark in the bottom
right corner of your screen stating 'evaluation copy' 6001. check out a site called
ghacks to easily fix this!
http://www.ghacks.net/2007/10/14/download-windows-vista-service-pack-1-beta/
it doesnt work on x64 models, gives me all the updates but the sp1..did it work for
anyone else?
re-running the patch didnt help either !
already 70% on update might as well do it...
the system-performance is not good! shit beta
this is not even near sp1
my windows is now a 15 day time bomb.. how can i re-activate this?
we are better of waiting for our beloved hackers to mess around with sp1 and then release
a vista sp1 already hacked or a boot loader for that.
why bother to try now and get
your system screwed up?
go in windows update, click on installed updates, click on kb935509, click uninstall to
uninstall sp1, your pc will convert back to the way it was before you installed sp1!!! i
did this when i was trying sp1 (all betas) worked all the time with no problems for me!!
so try it your self and see!
didn't work: command failed despite following directions listed above. any other ideas?
try it witout the word (code)
then save it as:
windowsvistasp1_beta.cmd
windows vista service pack 1 beta
installation date:
10/18/2007 16:49
installation status: failed
error details: code 80070059
update type: important
windows vista
service pack 1 (sp1) beta is an update to windows vista that addresses key feedback from
our customers. windows vista sp1 beta addresses specific reliability and performance
issues, supports new types of hardware and adds support for several emerging standards.
after you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
more
information:
http://connect.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/downloaddetails.aspx?downloadid=8891
help and support:
http://support.microsoft.com
this worked fine for me. you might be asked to install a few updates before it appears,
but it will appear.
it is also here:
http://nieuwemedia.blog.nl/dsr-microsoft/2007/10/17/windows-vista-sp1-installeren-zo-doet-
u-het-hoe-help-howto
thanks, i did remove the word code. eventually got it to work but i keep getting the same
10 updates, including kb935509 to supposedly install but after restart they are all still
there again and i never get to install kb937287 or kb938371. troubling this is.
go in on updates and click on veiw update history and see if the updates installed or
failed to install!
but... how can i remove toe "windows evaluation notice " ???
my earlier notice i asked how to remove the evaluation notice ?
here is the
solution
working just great !!
http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversion/index.php/t82868.html
how long is it ment to take... becasue mine has been installing for hours now. i keep
gettng different bsod's...
will it make it unusable after crack?
not sure why so many folks are having issues applying this but i ran it on two machines
(one legal one not as legal) and in both cases it worked perfectly without as much as a
hiccup. startup and shutdown times are noticeably faster and now the bluetooth mouse
works when coming out of standby and hibernation.
newb's are better off just waiting
for the final release...
it worked but this is weird when i click on the “welcome center” it just wont work or
when i right click on desktop and try to go personalize again it wont work … any
ideas?..and more i cant access my controll panel unless i use windows explorer also when i
click on installed updates it wont go intoit...i need some help here n e 1..is there a way
to uninstall....and i dont have a 15 day trial… at least it doesnt say
the hack works alright but you should expect a long time for the update to complete with
all the rebooting and the configuring of updates on the reboot. the last reboot takes a
while to finish so grab yourself your favorite beverage and something else to do while all
this is going on.
d/l sp1 now..nice..!
don't touch it.
installation halted 72609/73889 with error !! 0xc0000034 !!.
windows never booted again.
ya that killed my vista.... crazy halt errors on boot now.
works fine, just upgraded and vista seems to be really faster; thanks!
it stopped one of my hard drives initializing using the x64 sp1. how can i sort that out?
i encountered the same problem as paul, a few posts up. no cpl, no welcome centre, no
personalization, nothing...and no way to uninstall the sp1. i'd reccommend against
downloading this on anything but a test system.
hack worked well a couple of weeks back, no problems of any kind. recently i had to
reinstall vista after a computer crash. now the hack does not work, no additional updates
show. maybe something to do with latest ms update - i dont know. any ideas guys.
microsoft discontinued this a few weeks ago
this is language known worldwide ..
unless you are a total fiikin newbie
you will know sp1 os going to kill all patches
done by the hard work cloney and paradox your choice useless post
stick it up ypur
cronic mr microsoft
i have 30 days to figure out how to hack vista enterprise and make it last longer. any
ideas?
buy the software that will solve your problem j
start run
notepad.exe {filelocation}\windowsvistasp1.cmd
**{filelocation}
being a folder or another drive or a usb stick**
this is a new why to hack windows vista service pack 1 straight from microsoft. to get it
download available through the windows update. the new service pack build is 6001.17036
version number is v.652
you can fine more info at.
http://www.thehotfix.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=16809
this is shit, why i have 15 time-bomb enabled ??? is this is because is an 'evaluation
copy' ?
i did not notice anything better for now.
i can't uninstall the sp1 beta ?!??! bullshit, microsoft is shit for now...
after doing this everything worked
however i am now not recieving any updates from
microsoft anymore, and when i download standalone installers they fail. this reg hack fs
it up or something. just wait for it to come out.
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Hmmmmmm why have a hack to install a beta SP1?
By DarthISO on 18.10.2007 - 01:10