Download Link For Windows XP Service Pack 1 Beta 1

Crash Override

Here is a link to get the express installer for Windows XP Service Pack 1 Beta 1

This is a beta release and as such we can not be held responsible for any and all issues that may occur due to the installation of this program.

With that said here is the link to the program

Windows XP SP1 Beta 1

and here is a link to the read me file about it

Windows XP SP1 Beta 1 Read Me

here are 2 more links just in case the main link above goes down

Download Link 2

Download Link 3

AT_curiousB

Just to let you know that I have downloaded and installed the beta SP1 for XP, am trying it out now.

No problems to report, only draw back was the download time on my 56K modem, but hey you cannot say that I am not dedicated.

Just to underline what has been said already, if you are using a copy of XP with the key code that begins FCK........, then the SP will not install, according to everything I have seen.

It has been mooted on other boards that future updates and developments will not be able to install without SP1 having been executed, whether this is right or wrong I cannot say, but it appears to makes sense.

The SP1 pack is also on a 180 day licence, so the final release must be close to completion.

Crash Override

actually the 180 days is in the EULA but its not a time bombed release only the integrated isos are

its very close to completion MS has said it will launch on my mothers birthday August 14th

As you said it will not install on the famous FCK... serial but any other corp serial will work fine

as for updates after a certain point the SP1 will be required, usually MS gives time for it be downloaded due to users on 56k

BTW thats what i call extreme dedication

you must have started downloading right after I posted this

man i love cable 5 minutes and its downloaded and installin

Lumaan

Thats means that (I got serialnr. thats starts whit FCK) can't get the SP1?

Is there a way to get around that? like a new serialnr.?

Lumaan

Crash Override

it means if you have the corporate release that has the FCKGW-... key then it will not work

theres a good tutorial on ieXbeta on how to change your key

all you need to do is find the XP Keygen program and make the keys and then switch the keys and voila it will work

Zardon

guys can we keep illegal things (like code generators etc) to PM or email please.

im kinda preempting this --- I know this thread is ok as we have no direct links etc, and yes I also know it sucks but its the way this forum has to be run. (otherwise it could be closed).

thanks

Crash Override

trust me id never hand out a link to a proggy like that on here

that tutorial i mentioned is one thats for if you have problems also heh

they keygen is a find on your own kinda thing i dont even hand out pointers to it

AT_curiousB

For the information of this forum.

Having installed the said beta SP1 for XP, one the biggest question from gamers is I believe going to be, 'have they fixed the refresh rate?'

The answer so far is no they have not

I use an ATI card and installed the refresh lock which came with the omega drivers. just to test this out I disabled refresh lock.

Every single refresh rate available on my, perhaps antiquated, monitor was stuck at 75hrtz, also from my 95, 98, and ME days it was possible, in fact neccessary, to configure every single combination after installing new drivers, because those OS's would automatically default to the optimum, no such configuration is available, as far as I can tell, in the updated XP.

I had to re-enable refresh lock, and set it all up.

So it would appear that we will still have to rely on third party software to obtain the refresh rate we prefer when gaming.

I am in no way an expert, and am only passing on my experiences, I could well be totally wrong, and in some ways I hope that I am

NewsFactory

If you have a wild Corp Edition of Win XP, it IS true that Service Pack #1 (leaked beta now available at xp-erience ) will refuse to install saying you have an invalid serial key.

Perhaps that's going on with you, or you want to change your existing key to a corporate key. Or you just want to change your key for whatever reason.

If you want to avoid reinstalling XP just to change your serial key, follow these instructions (Corporate Edition / Generated Corp key - Only)

BTW - The "real" keygen is named "XPKey.exe", is 48.0 KB (49,152 bytes) and put out by THE BLUE LIST).

Run Reg Edit and browse to this key:
"HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\C urrent Version\WPAEvents"

Change ANYTHING (any one digit) of the value: oobetimer
(this will de-activate XP - allowing you to enter a new key)

Enter This is START\RUN:
C:\Windows\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a

Choose the option to change by phone

Choose the option (buttun at the bottom) to change your KEY

Enter your new KEY and close the window

Reboot and run the activation again (Msobe.exe). The activation dialog window should appear again, but this time say that your version of XP is already activated.

I just ran through this on my system and it worked. I went from a known "wild" corporate key that SP1 will block, to a keygen generated corporate key following the above steps and SP1(beta) will now install.

Please don't ask me for the Keygen, and I don't know where you can get it (try searching for "XPKey.exe" or "all_xp_suite_keygen" on KaZa).

Be careful, there are some nasty versions of the keygen out there. Scan anything you get with a virus scanner before using it, and try to get the version I mention above (the original good version - 5.12).