Vista SP1 has been released to manufacturing, but due to specific related driver issues, Microsoft has decided not to release it via Windows Update until mid-march. This means Vista users still have to curiously wait for weeks to lay their hands on SP1. but Pirates already have already released it on various torrent tracker sites.
Usually, it doesn’t take long for Pirates to make their unofficial release, but this time Microsoft didn’t reveal the build number of the final version of SP1. That made it hard for Pirates to determine which build of Vista SP1 was the final version. Thanks to Paul Thurrott, who somehow got his hands over SP1 RTM version and confirmed that the build version is 6001.18000!
Standalone installer of Vista SP1 is available on ThePirateBay with sufficient seeders. You can find it by searching for “Vista SP1 6001.18000“. (Hint: It’s about 434.46 MB in size)
Of course, it’s illegal to download from torrent sites, but if you already own a copy of Vista, then it’s probably not-so-illegal to download SP1 through BitTorrent.
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wrote, on February 8th, 2008
But while downloading from torrents, we should be careful. It is dangerous for the security of computer. Generally, most of the files are affected with viruses after downloading anything from torrents.
wrote, on February 8th, 2008
Microsoft is acting very harsh on sites sharing links to these xp and vista service packs, they sent DMCA notices to web-hosts and made the site shutdown.
wrote, on February 9th, 2008
Abhishek Kumar
I have never had a problem. Just use common sense and look at reviews before downloading.
wrote, on February 12th, 2008
[...] Almost a week ago, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 was released to manufacturing and in just a couple of days it was leaked to torrents. [...]
wrote, on February 13th, 2008
[...] Almost a week ago, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 was released to manufacturing and in just a couple of days it was leaked to torrents. [...]
wrote, on February 18th, 2008
People still use Torrents? Newsgroups has to be the way to go !
wrote, on February 22nd, 2008
has anyone installed this sp yet ??
wrote, on February 23rd, 2008
Anyone out there tried this update yet? I’m eager to know.
wrote, on February 25th, 2008
[...] Almost a week ago, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 was released to manufacturing and in just a couple of days it was leaked to torrents. [...]