Vista SP1 DVD ?

[Daze N. Knights]

Does anyone yet know of anywhere or anyway that one can obtain a Vista
SP1 DVD, for a nominal charge, that one can use with the product key
that came with one's non-SP Vista DVD?

 

[Nonny]

Does anyone yet know of anywhere or anyway that one can obtain a Vista
SP1 DVD, for a nominal charge, that one can use with the product key
that came with one's non-SP Vista DVD?

You don't need a product key to install SP1.

Are you on a high-speed connection? It's a simple download.

 

[Elkheights]

Call Microsoft and tell them you are having a you are not receiving SP1 via
Windows Update. I did this also told them I was on dial up so the so the
alternative download was not viable. Takes way to long. They did send me
the disk free of charge.

 

[Brian W]

Call Microsoft and tell them you are having a you are not receiving SP1
via
Windows Update. I did this also told them I was on dial up so the so the
alternative download was not viable. Takes way to long. They did send me
the disk free of charge.

I think the OP is after an integrated SP1 that can do a clean install of
Vista with the service pack already included
I'd like a 64-bit one

 

[Daze N. Knights]

Brian:

You are correct. Others seem to be misunderstanding me. Slipstreaming
SP1 in my original Vista DVD sounds quite problematical, if not
impossible, and I would like to have a Vista DVD with the service pack
integrated into it. There should be some way to get one for a minimal
charge by those who need one. For instance, if I've lost or damaged my
installation DVD, but still have my product key, is there no way to
obtain a new DVD without paying full price for a new product key?

Daze

 

[Daze N. Knights]

You misunderstand me. Please see my reply to Brian.

 

[Daze N. Knights]

You misunderstand me. Please see my reply to Brian.

 

[Nonny]

You are correct. Others seem to be misunderstanding me. Slipstreaming
SP1 in my original Vista DVD sounds quite problematical, if not
impossible, and I would like to have a Vista DVD with the service pack
integrated into it. There should be some way to get one for a minimal
charge by those who need one.

Nope.

You need to slipstream.

 

[Daze N. Knights]

Can you, then, explain how best to slipstream SP3 into the original DVD?

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[Nonny]

Can you, then, explain how best to slipstream SP3 into the original DVD?

My apolgies... slipstreaming to Vista is not currently supported.

I probably thought I was replying to an XP group.

 

[Mark]

Here is the link for what you need.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/1033/ordermedia/default.mspx

Mark

 

[Daze N. Knights]

That's interesting, and I'll save the link, but unfortunately what I'm
looking for is 32-bit on DVD, which isn't offered there. But thanks for
passing on the link, anyway.

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[Mark]

That link is for both.

Mark

That's interesting, and I'll save the link, but unfortunately what I'm
looking for is 32-bit on DVD, which isn't offered there. But thanks for
passing on the link, anyway.

 

[Daze N. Knights]

No. That link offers *alternate media*. In the case of 32-bit, it offers
only CD's, which come in a 5-CD set. Not 32-bit on DVD.

 

[Mark]

Looks like you are right. If I were you and had the full retail version I'd
call Microsoft. I got one from my PC vendor for $20.00.

Mark

 

[Brian W]

Brian:

You are correct. Others seem to be misunderstanding me. Slipstreaming SP1
in my original Vista DVD sounds quite problematical, if not impossible,
and I would like to have a Vista DVD with the service pack integrated into
it. There should be some way to get one for a minimal charge by those who
need one. For instance, if I've lost or damaged my installation DVD, but
still have my product key, is there no way to obtain a new DVD without
paying full price for a new product key?

It was possible to order an anytime upgrade disk, but MS stopped that as
well unless you buy a new licence :-(

 

[AJR]

Daze - The product key is unique to a particular DVD. In interested in
SP1 - why not just install SP1?

 

[Nonny]

Sorry, nonny, but there is no way to create a "slipstreamed" copy of
Vista including the Service Pack without using a third-party tool.

You're too late <g>. I found that out just a short while after that
post.

 

[Daze N. Knights]

It was possible to order an anytime upgrade disk, but MS stopped that as
well unless you buy a new licence :-(

Yes. That's what I had been counting on and then discovered that it
couldn't be had that way. That's what prompted me to initiate this
thread, hoping for a new solution to the problem of somehow getting an
integrated DVD for cheap.

 

[Daze N. Knights]

Daze - The product key is unique to a particular DVD. In interested in
SP1 - why not just install SP1?

It is nice to have an integrated DVD, don't you think?

If one needs to use one's original, non-SP Vista DVD for a repair of
one's Vista SP1 system, the disc will not contain the updated operating
system files required for correctly doing the repair.