Windows Vista SP2 (Service Pack 2) has just been released in a private pre-beta to selected testers. As usual, there are those in public who can’t wait to be guinea pig to try out the new updates or software. If you’re one of those who can’t wait to download and install Windows Vista SP2 pre-beta version, the registry hack to enable and turn your PC into a valid target for SP2 distribution and installation has been leaked.

The pre-beta release of Windows Vista SP2 has the build version number of 6002.16489 (lh_sp2beta.080924-1740). The following batch command script will add the necessary registry keys and values into the system registry to allow Windows Update or Microsoft Update to automatically detect and verify the availability of the service pack to the machine.