It is blocking systems with those drivers from obtaining SP1 until the drivers themselves have been updated.įlores alluded to the delay in his post. At the time, the company said it would begin serving SP1 automatically in "mid-April."Įven after today's announcement, however, some Vista users may not see SP1 for weeks or even months because their PCs are using defective device drivers that Microsoft says may cause problems during an upgrade. Microsoft had posted Vista SP1 to Windows Update more than five weeks ago, but made the download optional users had to aim a browser at the WU site and manually select SP1. It is also limiting the automatic delivery to English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish versions of the operating system.Īlthough Microsoft released the other 31 language packs last week, it will wait until the middle of next month before it adds them to Windows Update automatic distribution, said Chris Flores of the Windows client communications team, in a post to the Vista blog Thursday. Not everyone will be offered the update immediately, however, because Microsoft is distributing SP1 in phases, a common practice when it rolls out a major upgrade via its online update service. "This means that users with the Automatic Update feature turned on will automatically download SP1 to their PCs." "Today Microsoft will begin automatic distribution of SP1," she said. Users who have WU (Windows Update) set to automatically download and install important patches, hotfixes and other updates will start receiving SP1 beginning Wednesday, a Microsoft spokeswoman said. Microsoft flipped the switch Thursday to start automatically upgrading some copies of Windows Vista to SP1 (Service Pack 1), the company announced.
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