A HotFix.net blogger today published a collection of individual Windows Vista hotfixes as a supposed Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) preview. However, those of you who've been closely following discussions on Windows Vista will quickly notice that what is posted consists of some material already available on Windows Update and some hotfixes that we give out on a case-by-case basis, along with a lot of speculation about what may and may not be included in SP1.

Looking at the site, it seems to me the blogger compiled a list of previous mentions of SP1 (purely conjectural, and already discussed in other blogs) stitched together with another list of "hotfixes" mentioned in various KB (Knowledge Base) articles. However, a service pack is not just a compilation of hotfixes and security updates, so don't make the mistake of thinking that the set of fixes offered in this particular blogger's list represents a preview of the service pack itself.

Update: The legal team over at Microsoft has sent a website that claims to be hosting a number of patches intended for release with Vista service pack 1 a cease and desist order. The owner of Hotfix.net has removed the download links for the patches but there is still plenty of information available on them. He claims to have gotten most of his information from Microsoft's own Knowledge Base. There are even updates as part of Windows XP SP3 though Microsoft won't admit it but you can check your update list, some of them will be listed as being part of SP3 for XP.