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#1 User is offline   Poxnor 

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Posted 23 June 2002 - 05:55 AM

Hello,

I was curious -- is Windows XP Service Pack 1 Beta available for download anywhere? If so, where?

Thanks for your help smile

--Poxnor
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#2 User is offline   Marktait 

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Posted 23 June 2002 - 02:02 PM

Not from here but i do have MSN geordie_guy2000@hotmail.com
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#3 User is offline   BladeRunner 

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Posted 24 June 2002 - 02:58 AM

If you are a beta tester you'll have already been given both a copy of Beta 1 on CD and given download locations for newer builds as they become available.

Beta 1 has some serious issues and I cannot recommend putting this on any machine you use regularly.
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#4 User is offline   Poxnor 

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Posted 25 June 2002 - 05:50 AM

Oh, okay smile

Thanks for your replies.

Since it isn't openly available yet (and still has issues as you mentioned), I think I'll wait until the final version is out before I put it on this machine.

--Poxnor the happy smile
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#5 User is offline   Marktait 

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Posted 25 June 2002 - 11:49 AM

To be honest i have heard so many people having problems but yet my machine has had the 1050 and now the 1060 SP1 installed and its not had a problem at all.
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#6 User is offline   BladeRunner 

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Posted 25 June 2002 - 12:07 PM

The problem list is massive.

Loss of stability, DirectX Games hanging.
Internet browsing issues
Network Issues

I'd say we've got a fair few more beta releases before it sees the light of day.
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Posted 25 June 2002 - 11:44 PM

8) I've had those issues with every computer I've ever owned! 8)

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Well except for the REALLY old ones. wink
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#8 User is offline   Davros 

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Posted 25 June 2002 - 11:58 PM

Sounds like a typical MS SP! wink
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Posted 28 June 2002 - 05:57 PM

Well doesn't SP stand for Stops Processing! laugh
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#10 User is offline   ThC 129 

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Posted 02 July 2002 - 07:49 PM

My experience is the opposite.

I have had

1. Increased stability
2. Games running better or just loading better
3. Networking is the same
4. Same internet functionality

So i guess I must be one of the lucky ones.
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#11 User is offline   Marktait 

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Posted 02 July 2002 - 07:50 PM

i appear to be collecting the SP1, i have v1050,1060,1065,1068 just keeping the files for sum reason.
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#12 User is offline   BladeRunner 

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Posted 02 July 2002 - 11:29 PM

Latest build has fixed a few issues but has introduced a few new ones.
I've also had two of my bug reports closed with the solution "We at Microsoft feel that Windows is currently operating correctly with respect to this bug report" so it would appear they may well just want to get SP1 out and then immediately get to work on SP2.

Thankfully the two they closed with this reason are cosmetic/slightly annoying rather than show stoppers.
If they want it out for the beginning of August that gives them less than two weeks to go gold with the code, I really cannot see this happening.
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#13 User is offline   one_2_three 

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Posted 07 July 2002 - 11:34 AM

Quote:

Hello,

I was curious -- is Windows XP Service Pack 1 Beta available for download anywhere? If so, where?

Thanks for your help smile

--Poxnor


Rule of thumb:

Never download a beta (bugs) that is required to fix bugs (bugs) smile
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#14 User is offline   Poxnor 

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Posted 08 July 2002 - 01:11 PM

That sounds like a good rule of thumb laugh
Thanks!
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Posted 08 July 2002 - 01:42 PM

And what's the difference between updates form windowsupdate.microsoft.com and XP service pack 1?
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Posted 09 July 2002 - 07:44 AM

The SP includes all of the CRITICAL/SECURITY/Application Compatibility updates from Windowsupdate.

BUT the featureset was frozen long long ago in a galaxy far far away. So as soon as you update to the latest SP you'll need to go to Windows update to download the latest updates.

The reason why SP's are better is that theoretically they have been beta tested longer since it's common practice in corporate environments to push out SP's to the workstations and only deploy specific windows update fixes to those workstations that need them. Now that SUS is out this practicle will change a little.
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