Windows Vista and Server 2008 SP2 RC (KB948465 Build 6002.16670.090130-1715 v.286) : Download Links
Earlier Microsoft released the Release candidate for SP2 in Vista and Windows Server 2008 to testers. This release comes as a evaluation build and is not available to the public yet. The build number for this version is 6002.16670.090130-1715 (v.286) and can be downloaded through windows update(testers only) and from Microsoft Connect (again for testers only). According to Microsoft they would be delivering the final build in Q2 2009. Anyway as usual the standalone versions got leaked and now can be found all over the place.
If you don’t want to wait for the public release make sure you at least download a clean copy as there are lots of files with malware being uploaded. (there are download links below which are good).
Ok now to the installation part before installing please read the HTML file given. Also keep in mind the SP@ for Vista and Windows server 2008 comes in the same package.
Installation Readme: http://www.mediafire.com/file/qthjzvntgwl/readmesp_client.htm
32-bit (x86) SP2 RC for Windows Vista and Server 2008
File Name: Windows6.0-KB948465-X86.exe
Size: 481,677,280 bytes
CRC: 5543F171
MD5: 592FD781927FCA6630BC0A35CCF9A88E
SHA1: 5FB05E7BF71C9F250E60602D071FC0D14482275D
Download Mirror 01(Megaupload)
Download Mirror 02(Depositfiles)
64-bit (x64) Windows Vista and Server 2008 SP2 RC
File Name: Windows6.0-KB948465-X64.exe
Size: 756,338,456 bytes
CRC: 3551D663
MD5: 92A89A3057FB251DCD45A9C4DCBA4A96
SHA1: E2D3F05C0F0CB960D27FE9B88E65BBACC56E5D90
Download Mirror 01(Megaupload)
Download Mirror 02(Depositfiles)
Download links via nsanedown.com and mydigitallife.info
Note: This version (Service Pack 2 RC build 6002.16670) was not intended to the public, its for testers only. It is recommended that normal users wait for the final release or at least install it on a pc for testing purposes.
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or you can download it from microsoft(two days later)…
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=361D0CA3-4B2C-4F1C-8B3E-DE376FDB1DE8&displaylang=en
…prolly your safest bet…even tho i dont know anything about microsoft downloads being safe
on March 6, 2009
already added
http://dotnetwizard.net/vista-stuff/windows-vista-sp2-rc-released-to-public/
on March 6, 2009