February 21st, 2008
Whaat? Microsoft Releases Windows Vista SP1 for x64 Systems?
By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
This has to be the most screwed-up Service Pack release I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen plenty of them. While Microsoft said SP1 has been released to manufacturing, it also said SP1 wouldn’t be sent to end users for six weeks. And it even pulled one of the prerequisite updates yesterday after issues with it. Yet today end users with 64-bit Vista installs are seeing SP1 in Windows Update.
(See above, click to enlarge).
There are reports all over the web and in forums as well. The question is: is this real or is someone at Microsoft saying “Oops” right about now?
People have installed the SP without (they say) an issue, but anyone installing this, sans an announcement by Microsoft, is taking a chance. And no, people have checked, the 32-bit SP1 is not on Windows Update, so don’t get your hopes up.
However, some users had to call support with installation issues, and they indicated the support personnel were “shocked” to hear about Vista SP1 being “out in the wild.”
It should be noted that the six-week delay was originally noted to be because of driver issues - perhaps since it’s hard to find drivers for 64-bit OSes in general, there aren’t enough to be an problem! (yeah, yeah, just kidding, I know the 64-bit driver front isn’t as bad as it once was) 
Whaat? Microsoft Releases Windows Vista SP1 for x64 Systems? says:
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February 21st, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Darktorch says:
It worked fine on my copy of Vista Ultimate X64. Narry a hitch
February 21st, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Confirmado: Windows Vista x64 SP1 ya está disponible en Windows Update - Cybernauta says:
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February 22nd, 2008 at 7:39 am
Fred Hester says:
Microsoft posted SP1 to the OEM site yesterday. I have installed it on 3 of my working machines already, NO PROBLEMS!!!!
February 22nd, 2008 at 9:26 am
Fred Hester says:
That is both 32 and 64 bit versions!
February 22nd, 2008 at 9:27 am
JM says:
I installed the RTM of SP1 x64 and it works great.
February 22nd, 2008 at 10:56 am
John Corliss says:
I’m an idiot!
February 23rd, 2008 at 12:11 pm
some dude just browsin around passing by says:
Yes! you are an idiot
May 10th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Todd Eurton says:
Downloaded and installed in an hour. No issues. I can actually tell my computer is operating much smoother. Get x64 suckas!
May 19th, 2008 at 8:00 pm