SP1 No More Group Policy Management Vista News Discuss SP1 No More Group Policy Management in the Windows Vista forums; Windows Vista SP1 Will Uninstall Group Policy Management server: betanews.com - 29.08.2007 Probably in response to a few users' bewilderment over the seemingly unrestricted accessibility of what had ...

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Windows Vista SP1 Will Uninstall Group Policy Management

server: betanews.com - 29.08.2007

Probably in response to a few users' bewilderment over the seemingly unrestricted accessibility of what had actually been one of Windows Vista's most requested new security tools, Group Policy Management Console, Microsoft announced today that the act of installing Vista Service Pack 1 will simply delete the tool altogether.

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info on SP-1: http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...20overview.pdf

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Windows Vista SP1 will support the following delivery methods:

Express. Requires an Internet connection but minimizes the size of the download by sending only the
changes needed for a specific computer (approximately 50 MB for x86-based operating systems).

Stand-alone. Recommended for computers with limited Internet connectivity and for applying the service
pack to multiple computers. The download size is larger than the express package, but customers can
apply a single package to any Windows Vista version and language combination (within a platform).
Distribution tools like System Center Configuration Manager 2007 use stand-alone packages to deploy
Windows Vista SP1.

Slipstream. The slipstream version of Windows Vista SP1 is media that already contains the service
pack, which companies can use to deploy the operating system to new computers or to upgrade existing
computers. Availability will be limited. Microsoft will update Windows Vista retail media with Windows
Vista SP1 slipstream media in the future.

Slipstream media will also be available to Volume Licensing customers.