Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) Pre-Beta 6002.16489 Released to testers.

Microsoft has started to release Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) pre-beta to testers. Similar to the old SP1 beta, Microsoft is still using the PC GUID identification of the tester and the usual batch command script to release Windows Vista SP2 through Windows Update.(no manual download is available yet)

The build version number of the released Vista SP2 is 6002.16489 (lh_sp2beta.080924-1740).

Note: A small hotfix named KB955430 is required to be installed prior to SP2 pre-beta installation. (it’s needed so that there won’t be errors during sp2 setup)

Like I mentioned earlier its only released to testers, but if you want to try it yourself use the below batch file and download it using windows update. Also keep in mind I have not tested this yet so get a backup before running this. I will be trying this and if I can I’ll get some direct links

Download the batch file

***EDIT***

Tested and works perfectly. And sorry about the direct links as it doesn’t have a setup. If you still need direct links or for more information(installation instructions and screen caps…etc) check the post in our forums.

http://dotnetwizard.net/forums/index.php/topic,274.0.html