I know some of you might already be scratching your head as to how you could get the beta release of SP2. Well guess what there’s a tweak to get yourself a version of beta SP2 for Vista. Let’s see how it works. All you have to do is add some entries to your registry. Guess what let’s make it easier. Let’s create a bat file which will automatically add the entries to the Vista registry thus saving you time.

Copy the following code into notepad and save the file as VistaSP2.bat.

@echo off

reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUp date\VistaSp2 /f > NUL 2>&1

reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi on\WindowsUpdate\VistaSP2 /f > NUL 2>&1

reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUp date\VistaSp2 /v Beta1 /t REG_SZ /d C21A5C64-2530-CC19-042F-9ABDB4ED27F9 /f

IF NOT %errorlevel% == 0 ( goto ERROR)

:SUCCESS

@echo.

echo ================================================== =========
echo Windows Vista SP2 registry key has been set successfully.
echo Please check for updates in Windows Update.
echo ================================================== =========
@echo.goto END

:ERROR
@echo.
echo ================================================== =========
echo FAILED to set Windows Vista SP2 registry keys.
echo Please run this script by right clicking and selecting
echo “Run as Administrator”.
echo ================================================== =========
@echo.
goto END

:END
pause

Please ensure that your run this file as an administrator. Also, because this is a beta release please use it at your own risk. This is meant for testers and people who are technically advanced. Please don’t mess with your Windows registry if you are not sure what you are doing.