Compiled List of Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1 MSDN/TechNet DVD ISO Images Released by Microsoft

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (Windows Vista SP1) and Windows Server 2008 have been officially released, and Microsoft has published the complete set of DVDs for the operating systems in ISO image format to MSDN and TechNet subscribers for online download. As a reference, here’s the official filename for the DVD ISO image files for both Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 that has been released. Both operating system has the same build version number of 6001.18000.080118-1840, and there may be more language versions available, but only English and Russian versions are listed.

Windows Vista SP1 Retail DVD Image (Retail version disk contains Ultimate, Home Basic and Home Premium editions)

32-bit (x86)


6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_en-us-FRMCFRE_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_ru-ru-FRMCFRE_RU_DVD.iso

64-bit (x64)

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_en-us-FRMCXFRE_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_ru-ru-FRMCxFRE_RU_DVD.iso

Windows Vista SP1 Business edition for Corporate (Volume Licensing)

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Business_en-us_VL-FRMBVOL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Business_ru-ru_VL-FRMBVOL_RU_DVD.iso

Windows Vista SP1 Enterprise edition for Corporate (Volume Licensing)


6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Enterprise_en-us_VL-FRMEVOL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Enterprise_ru-ru_VL-FRMEVOL_RU_DVD.iso

Windows Server 2008 Final (RTM)

32-bit (x86)

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_en-us_VL-KRMSVOL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_ru-ru_VL-KRMSVOL_RU_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_ServerStorage_en-us-KRMSSTO_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_ServerV_en-us_vl-KRMSWOHVOL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_ServerWeb_en-us_VL-KRMWVOL_EN_DVD.iso

64-bit (x64)

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_ServerHPC_en-us_VL-SRVHPCVL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_ServerHyper_en-us-KRHVXFRE_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_ServerStorage_en-us-KRMSXSTO_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_ServerV_en-us_vl-KRMSxWOHVOL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_ServerWeb_en-us_VL-KRMWXVOL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_ia64fre_ServerEnterpriseIA64_en-us_VL-KRMIAIVOL_EN_DVD.iso

Multilingual Language Interface Pack (MUI) for Microsoft Windows Server 2008

x86fre


6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_LP_1-KRMSLP1_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_LP_2-KRMSLP2_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_LP_3-KRMSLP3_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_LP_4-KRMSLP4_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_LP_5-KRMSLP5_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_LP_6-KRMSLP6_DVD.iso

amd64fre

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Server_LP_1-KRMSLPX1_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Server_LP_2-KRMSLPX2_DVD.iso


6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Server_LP_3-KRMSLPX3_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Server_LP_4-KRMSLPX4_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Server_LP_5-KRMSLPX5_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Server_LP_6-KRMSLPX6_DVD.iso

Note:

DVD1: de-de, en-us, es-es, fr-fr, ja-jp

DVD2: ko-kr, pt-br, zh-cn, zh-hk

DVD3: zh-tw

DVD4: it-it, nl-nl, pt-pt, ru-ru, sv-se


lDVD5: cs-cz, hu-hu, pl-pl, tr-tr

DVD6: ar-sa, bg-bg, da-dk, el-gr, et-ee, fi-fi, he-il, hr-hr, lt-lt, lv-lv, nb-no, ro-ro, sk-sk, sl-si, sr-latn-cs, th-th, uk-ua

Multilingual Language Interface Pack (MUI) for Microsoft Windows Vista SP1

x86fre

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_1-FRMCLP1_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_2-FRMCLP2_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_3-FRMCLP3_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_4-FRMCLP4_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD.iso


6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_6-FRMCLP6_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_7-FRMCLP7_DVD.iso

amd64fre

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_1-FRMCLPX1_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_2-FRMCLPX2_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_3-FRMCLPX3_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_4-FRMCLPX4_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_6-FRMCLPX6_DVD.iso


6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_7-FRMCLPX7_DVD.iso

Note:

DVD1: de-de, en-us, es-es, fr-fr

DVD2: ja-jp

DVD3: zh-tw

DVD4: ko-kr

DVD5: bg-bg, cs-cz, da-dk, el-gr, et-ee, fi-fi, hu-hu, it-it, lt-lt, lv-lv, nb-no, nl-nl, pl-pl, pt-pt, ro-ro, sk-sk, sl-si, sv-se

DVD6: ar-sa, he-il, hr-hr, pt-br, sr-latn-cs, th-th, tr-tr, uk-ua, zh-cn, zh-hk

DVD7: ru-ru

Some of the ISO disc images have been leaked on P2P torrent sites. For example, Windows Vista SP1 Enterprise Edition and MUI language packs for Windows Vista SP1.

Windows 7 may come 'in the next year'

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Friday indicated that Windows 7, the next major version of Windows, could come within the next year, far ahead of the development schedule previously indicated by the software maker.

In response to a question about Windows Vista, Gates, speaking before the Inter-American Development Bank here, said: "Sometime in the next year or so we will have a new version." Referring to Windows 7, the code name for the next full release of Windows client software, Gates said: "I'm super-enthused about what it will do in lots of ways."

Compiled List of Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1 MSDN/TechNet DVD ISO Images Released by Microsoft

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (Windows Vista SP1) and Windows Server 2008 have been officially released, and Microsoft has published the complete set of DVDs for the operating systems in ISO image format to MSDN and TechNet subscribers for online download. As a reference, here’s the official filename for the DVD ISO image files for both Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 that has been released. Both operating system has the same build version number of 6001.18000.080118-1840, and there may be more language versions available, but only English and Russian versions are listed.

Windows Vista SP1 Retail DVD Image (Retail version disk contains Ultimate, Home Basic and Home Premium editions)

32-bit (x86)


6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_en-us-FRMCFRE_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_ru-ru-FRMCFRE_RU_DVD.iso

64-bit (x64)

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_en-us-FRMCXFRE_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_ru-ru-FRMCxFRE_RU_DVD.iso

Windows Vista SP1 Business edition for Corporate (Volume Licensing)

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Business_en-us_VL-FRMBVOL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Business_ru-ru_VL-FRMBVOL_RU_DVD.iso

Windows Vista SP1 Enterprise edition for Corporate (Volume Licensing)


6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Enterprise_en-us_VL-FRMEVOL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Enterprise_ru-ru_VL-FRMEVOL_RU_DVD.iso

Windows Server 2008 Final (RTM)

32-bit (x86)

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_en-us_VL-KRMSVOL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_ru-ru_VL-KRMSVOL_RU_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_ServerStorage_en-us-KRMSSTO_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_ServerV_en-us_vl-KRMSWOHVOL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_ServerWeb_en-us_VL-KRMWVOL_EN_DVD.iso

64-bit (x64)

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_ServerHPC_en-us_VL-SRVHPCVL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_ServerHyper_en-us-KRHVXFRE_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_ServerStorage_en-us-KRMSXSTO_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_ServerV_en-us_vl-KRMSxWOHVOL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_ServerWeb_en-us_VL-KRMWXVOL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_ia64fre_ServerEnterpriseIA64_en-us_VL-KRMIAIVOL_EN_DVD.iso

Multilingual Language Interface Pack (MUI) for Microsoft Windows Server 2008

x86fre


6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_LP_1-KRMSLP1_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_LP_2-KRMSLP2_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_LP_3-KRMSLP3_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_LP_4-KRMSLP4_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_LP_5-KRMSLP5_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_LP_6-KRMSLP6_DVD.iso

amd64fre

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Server_LP_1-KRMSLPX1_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Server_LP_2-KRMSLPX2_DVD.iso


6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Server_LP_3-KRMSLPX3_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Server_LP_4-KRMSLPX4_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Server_LP_5-KRMSLPX5_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Server_LP_6-KRMSLPX6_DVD.iso

Note:

DVD1: de-de, en-us, es-es, fr-fr, ja-jp

DVD2: ko-kr, pt-br, zh-cn, zh-hk

DVD3: zh-tw

DVD4: it-it, nl-nl, pt-pt, ru-ru, sv-se


lDVD5: cs-cz, hu-hu, pl-pl, tr-tr

DVD6: ar-sa, bg-bg, da-dk, el-gr, et-ee, fi-fi, he-il, hr-hr, lt-lt, lv-lv, nb-no, ro-ro, sk-sk, sl-si, sr-latn-cs, th-th, uk-ua

Multilingual Language Interface Pack (MUI) for Microsoft Windows Vista SP1

x86fre

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_1-FRMCLP1_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_2-FRMCLP2_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_3-FRMCLP3_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_4-FRMCLP4_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD.iso


6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_6-FRMCLP6_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_7-FRMCLP7_DVD.iso

amd64fre

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_1-FRMCLPX1_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_2-FRMCLPX2_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_3-FRMCLPX3_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_4-FRMCLPX4_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_6-FRMCLPX6_DVD.iso


6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_7-FRMCLPX7_DVD.iso

Note:

DVD1: de-de, en-us, es-es, fr-fr

DVD2: ja-jp

DVD3: zh-tw

DVD4: ko-kr

DVD5: bg-bg, cs-cz, da-dk, el-gr, et-ee, fi-fi, hu-hu, it-it, lt-lt, lv-lv, nb-no, nl-nl, pl-pl, pt-pt, ro-ro, sk-sk, sl-si, sv-se

DVD6: ar-sa, he-il, hr-hr, pt-br, sr-latn-cs, th-th, tr-tr, uk-ua, zh-cn, zh-hk

DVD7: ru-ru

Some of the ISO disc images have been leaked on P2P torrent sites. For example, Windows Vista SP1 Enterprise Edition and MUI language packs for Windows Vista SP1.

Leopard Beats Vista for Corporate Satisfaction

Corporate users of Apple Inc.'s Leopard operating system are more than five times more likely to say that they are "very satisfied" with the OS than business users of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista , a research firm said last week.

In a February survey of 2,200 U.S. corporate computer users, 53% of those using Mac OS X 10.5 reported that they were very satisfied with their operating system. Of those using Windows XP or Windows Vista, however, 40% of the former and only 8% of the latter said they were very satisfied.

"Apple continues to set the standard for corporate customer satisfaction," said Paul Carton, director of research at ChangeWave Research. That, and the fact that corporate buying plans for Macs remain at historically high levels, indicate that users like what Apple's doing, continued Carton.

According to ChangeWave's survey, 7% of the corporate respondents who said their company would purchase laptops in the next 90 days were planning on buying Apple. "Apple held at 7%, the same as November," said Carton, referring to a similar survey late last year.

Most other vendors, in fact, slipped in ChangeWave's corporate buying plans poll. Fewer companies with purchasing plans figure on buying a Dell notebook in the next three months than reported they would in November (down a percentage point). HP (down two points), Lenovo (down two points) and Toshiba (down one point) also dropped in the survey.

But while Apple shows some sales strength even as the general pace of U.S. corporate computer sales looks to slow in the next quarter, it remains a minor player in the market, reported ChangeWave. More than half -- 53% -- of the computers companies plan to buy in the second quarter will be equipped with Windows XP, the survey said, compared to 20% with a version of Windows Vista and just 8% with Mac OS X.

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How to Get Free Support and Help from Microsoft for Installing Windows Vista SP1 Problems

Facing problems and errors while installing Windows Vista SP1? Well, help is on the way. Microsoft will provides free support and technical help for all problems and issues when installing Windows Vista SP1. The unlimited installation and compatibility support is available at no charge until March 18, 2009.
Normally, only customers who bought the retail product at higher price are eligible for free technical support and help from Microsoft. For the purpose of Windows Vista SP1 installation, all users of Windows Vista who wants to install the service pack and faces problems or errors, including users who get their copy of Windows Vista due to buying computer product from original equipment manufacturer (OEM), can get help directly from Microsoft.

The move to offer free support signifies the many errors that Windows Vista users face since the release of Windows Vista, and more recently, causing infinite and endless reboot loop on Windows Vista computer when attempts to roll out a pre-requisite update for Windows Vista SP1 via Windows Update. Not to mention more annoying application compatibility issue after upgrading to SP1.

More helps on Windows Vista SP1 can be found on Windows Vista Solution Center. All support requests on installing Windows Vista SP1 and its compatibility issues can be sent via email or online chat on Microsoft Help and Support site. E-mail support will be answered within response time of 24 hours, while individual online chat support, which only available from 5am to midnight Pacific Time on weekdays, and 6am to 6pm Pacific Time on weekends, has a waiting time of about 40 minutes.

For customers on Software Assurance Agreement, Professional Contract, TechNet Subscription, MSDN Subscription and Microsoft Partner Program (MSPP) licensing arrangement can also call (866) 234-6020 or (800) 892-5234 (TTY/TDD help requests with cost involves) from 5am to 9pm Pacific Time on weekdays and 6am to 3pm Pacific Time on weekends to get free unlimited support requests.

Microsoft said support will be handled on a case-by-case basis, and the user will always be advised if costs are involved, and whether enterprise customers will also receive support without cost will depend on their agreement.

NVIDIA drivers responsible for nearly 30% of Vista crashes in 2007

That huge bundle of damning emails and documents Microsoft produced as part of the Vista-capable lawsuit is full of fascinating information about how the company developed, planned, and launched Vista, but the latest juicy nugget to come out if it suggests that a lot of problems faced by the troubled operating system are actually NVIDIA's fault -- nearly 30% of logged Vista crashes were due to NVIDIA driver problems, according to Microsoft data included in the bundle. That's some 479,326 hung systems, if you're keeping score at home, and it's in first place by a large margin -- Microsoft clocks in at number two at 17.9 percent, and ATI is fourth with 9.3 percent. Now, the chart doesn't contain a ton of additional information that would help put it in context -- a specific time period in 2007 would be nice, as would and driver and OS versions -- but we've been hearing about NVIDIA issues with Vista from the start, and this seems to confirm it. So that's pressure by Intel to support incompatible chipsets, outrage by Dell and Wal-Mart that the Vista Capable program was confusing customers, Microsoft executives saying they had been "personally burnt" by Vista, and now what looks like a huge NVIDIA driver problem -- who knows what else is going to come out of this lawsuit? At this point we're half expecting a photo of Gates signing a Save XP petition.