Microsoft continuously improves Windows Vista® by providing ongoing updates while working with software and hardware vendors to deliver application compatibility and hardware compatibility improvements. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) is another vehicle through which Microsoft provides operating system improvements to customers.
Windows Vista SP1 is an update to Windows Vista that, along with improvements delivered to users via other channels, addresses feedback from our customers. In addition to previously released updates, SP1 will contain changes focused on addressing specific reliability, performance, and compatibility issues, supporting new types of hardware, and adding support for several emerging standards. SP1 also continues to improve upon the IT administration experience. SP1 is not intended to be a vehicle for releasing new features; however some existing components do gain slightly enhanced functionality in SP1.
Scope of this document
This document focuses on key changes introduced with Windows Vista SP1. These changes, spanning across several key areas fall into three categories
Changes to simplify administrative and management tasks
Ongoing improvements to overall quality : security, reliability and performance
Support for emerging technologies and standards
Each change and its associated test scenarios are provided along with known issues and KB articles wherever appropriate.
This document highlights the changes, its benefits and some common and interesting scenarios for each change. Some of the scenarios might require special hardware (for example TPM-enabled machines) or other Windows® products like Windows Server 2008 RC Escrow. These prerequisites are also mentioned for each scenario.
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Changes to Setup
This section describes several test scenarios for installing Windows Vista SP1 RC Preview using the standalone installer. For other methods of deploying Windows Vista SP1 RC Preview please refer to the deployment guidance document.
The installer also supports several command-line options, which makes it easy to script the installation process.
Key Scenarios Scenario 1 – Test the Windows Vista SP1 installation on different kinds of hardware Goal of the scenario:
To install Windows Vista SP1 on different hardware types, laptops and OEM configurations.
Prerequisites or specific configuration for the scenario:
•Different types of Windows Vista compatible machines.
•Some scenarios should be run on a laptop.
Step-by-step scenario description:
1. Log in as a local user or domain user who is not a local admin on the machine.
2. Copy the Windows Vista SP1 installer (Windows6.0-KB936330-.exe) to a local disk on the machine.
3. Double-click the installer.
4. Enter the user name and password of the administrator when prompted.
5. Verify that you see the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Setup Wizard.
6. Make sure the Automatically restart my computer checkbox is unchecked.
7. Click Next and read through the EULA. The Windows Vista SP1 installation will start.
8. At this time, the installer will be staging the prerequisite packages.
9. Once the prerequisite packages are staged, you will see the final screen that asks for a restart. Please save all your open documents and files and click Restart.
10. From this point, there is no user intervention necessary till you see the Login screen. The machine may restart several times to complete the installation of Windows Vista SP1. During this time please do not power off or manually restart the machine.
11. When the installation is complete, you should see the Login screen.
12. Log in using the same user credentials used for installing the service pack.
13. You should see a notification saying whether Windows Vista SP1 was installed successfully or there were any errors during installation.
Scenario 2 – Test the Windows Vista SP1 installation and uninstall Goal of the scenario:
To install Windows Vista SP1 and then uninstall
Prerequisites or specific configuration for the scenario:
Different types of Windows Vista compatible machines.
Some scenarios should be run on a laptop.
Step-by-step scenario description:
1. Follow all the steps from Scenario 1 to install Windows Windows Vista SP1.
2. Go to Control Panel, click Programs, click Programs and Features and then click Installed Updates.
3. Select the update titled Service Pack for Microsoft Windows (KB936330) and click Uninstall.
4. Part of the uninstall happens in the current session and when that portion is finished the system asks for a restart to continue the uninstall.
5. Once the uninstall finishes, you will see the login UI. Login as the user who started the uninstall and verify that Service Pack for Microsoft Windows (KB936330) does not show up in Installed Updates.
6. Also verify that the system is on Windows Vista RTM (Version 6.0) by running winver from a command prompt.
Scenario 3 – Test the Windows Vista System Restore functionality after installing Windows Vista SP1 Goal of the scenario:
To install Windows Vista SP1 and then roll back to the restore point that gets created prior to SP1 installation.
Prerequisites or specific configuration for the scenario:
Windows Vista compatible hardware
Step-by-step scenario description:
1. Follow all the steps from Scenario 1 to install Windows Vista SP1.
2. Go to Start, click All programs, click Accessories, click System Tools and click System Restore.This will launch the System Restore UI.
3. Select Choose a different restore point and then select Install: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 as the restore point. Click Next.
4. Click Finish on the Confirm your restore point page.
5. The machine will restart and in the end you will see the Login UI screen
6. Login and verify that the system is on the Windows Vista RTM version.
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