Windows Vista Service Pack 3 gets its first hotfix from Microsoft. Yes, Service Pack 3, and yes, the error lies with Microsoft. The Redmond company is offering a hotfix designed to fix Event Viewer and attempting to sort log entries by a single column. But when it comes down to actually downloading the fix, the software giant offers it for the 32-bit, 64-bit and Itanium flavors of Windows Vista SP3. It is highly improbable that at this point in time Microsoft has debuted testing of Vista SP3 bits, and in this regard, the SP3 references are nothing more than an error. (via Neowin)

The Redmond company has recently wrapped up the code for Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista. The SP2 RTM bits are so “fresh” that they haven't yet been served to Vista users, and Microsoft only pointed to the second quarter of 2009 for the availability of the second service pack for Vista, while not offering any specific deadline. The Redmond company announced that it had released Vista SP2 to manufacturing on April 28, 2009. MSDN and TechNet subscribers already got access to SP2 RTM, and the bits have even been leakedin the wild. Still, the public will only get Vista SP2 in Q2 2009.

With Vista SP2 finalized it makes sense for Microsoft to start planning ahead. Because of the extended support for Windows Vista, additional service packs will undoubtedly be released. The next logical step in the evolution of Windows 7's precursor is of course Service Pack 3. Still, the mention of Vista SP3 for the 957414 hotfix is bound to be nothing more than a mistake.


“Consider the following scenario: you open a saved event log file in Event Viewer on a computer that runs Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008. The log file is very large. For example, the file is larger than 2 megabytes. You sort log entries by clicking the header of a column. In this scenario, an exception occurs and Event Viewer crashes. This problem is more likely to occur when you click a column header multiple times in a quick succession,” reads the Symptoms section of the 957414 knowledge base article.



Source: http://microsoftwindowsos.blogspot.com/200...rst-hotfix.html

After i did windows update on my Vista Business, i found it written service pack 3, i thought vista latest only service pack 1. Why so fast got sp3? I even can't find any sp3 for vista in microsoft.com

I have the same problem as you. Link below. Let's see after updating to SP2, the problem will go away or not. Will do it this weekend.
WTF? Vista Business SP3???

SP3???!!!
i jz updated my Vista to SP2 this morning n the SP2 is quite a new news for me
but now SP3??!!

I'am using Vista Business, just updated to SP2. It's the still SP2 reported by System and Everest.....

No SP3.....

How come some of you having SP3?

Bro, read the article carefully. It is an error. Plus, any updates or hotfixes released after current service pack will eventually rolled into next service pack. Why the shock?

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Added on May 27, 2009, 7:39 pm
It's just a bug in some setup, that's all.

This post has been edited by FarCry3r: May 27 2009, 07:39 PM

What I fear has come true.



Not sure is my "SP3" problem that caused this!

try installing the hot fix 1st before installing sp2

Tried installed the hotfix, still the same problem!

Even after the hotfix, the SP3 reference is still there!

sorry, newbie here.
i havent install the service pack 1, do i need to install service pack 1 hotfix before i install service pack 3?

and how is service pack 3?

there's is no service pack 3.this is a hotfix which fixes a bug which make service pack 3 appear when u view windows properties or version but its actually service pack 1.the latest service pack is 2

No SP3 ......latest is Vista SP2. Please install SP1 1st (if not yet...) ..then SP2 . This SP2 really improve the speed of my vista ultimate .

SP3???!!!
i hvnt install sp2 yet dude!
i just reformat my vista 32 into 64.......

SP3??????!!!!!!!!!

No la, it's a mistake patch.

just customize, i guess...