What is a Service Pack ?

A Windows Service Pack is a group of updates, bug fixes, Security updates, Critical updates, new features, hardware/driver supports etc. for Windows Operating system that has been compiled in to an installable package. These Service packs can be installed in to your computer either through Windows Update in Control panel or through offline /standalone package that can be downloaded from Microsoft’s Website URL given below.

Does Windows Vista Service Pack 3?

Microsoft has released Service pack 1 & Service pack 2, but Windows Vista does not have Service Pack 3.

What is the latest Service Pack for Windows Vista ?

Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (Vista SP2) was the last Service Pack released by Microsoft. It contains all the updates that has been released since Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1). In addition to that, several errors has been fixed, software bugs has been been rectified, included support/updates for different hardware, included new features and security updates.

Check which version of Windows Vista you are running ?

You need to check and confirm the Windows Vista version you are running . For that click the Start button -> Right-click Computer -> then click Properties, here you can see the “System Type“. If it is 32 bit, download SP2 for 32bit OS or if it is 64-bit, then download 64bit (x64) SP2 package from the URL given below.

How To Get Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) ?

You can find the download details of Windows Vista SP2 in this article.