Windows Vista SP1 Now Available

 

The final version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is now available for download . You can download standalone installers for X86 and X64 systems from Microsoft are already available for download since yesterday. Along with this, Microsoft has also released a series of documents detailing the changes that are in Service Pack 1. But despite tha “changes” you won’t actually notice any major difference after installing SP1 because it looks and operates a lot like the original version of Windows Vista. Majority of the tweaks made are under the hood, you won’t see them, you will just feel the changes, you will just notice that you PC becomes more reliable, lesser crashes. You will also notice that your computer works better with all of your peripheral hardware devices and third party software. Microsoft did not forget to add some security updates as well.

The standalone installers weigh in at 435 to 550MB, depending on how many languages are included in the version you download. You’ll only have to download about 65MB If you upgrade using Windows Update.

Those who are running a pre-release version of Windows Vista SP1, will need to uninstall it before installing the newest version.