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Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta

Windows Vista introduces a breakthrough user experience and is designed to help you feel confident in your ability to view, find, and organize information and to control your computing experience.
The visual sophistication of Windows Vista helps streamline your computing experience by refining common window elements so you can better focus on the content on the [...]


Windows Vista Hotfixes 07.09.2008

In this post we provide access to all Hotfixes for Windows Vista, that are not included in the automatic updates, but they fix bugs and incompatibilities in the operating system.Note that this is only a list of the hotfixes that are publicly available on Microsoft’s web site. There are more fixes available for specific issues [...]


Windows Vista Hotfixes (09.08.2008)

In this post we provide access to all Hotfixes for Windows Vista, that are not included in the automatic updates, but they fix bugs and incompatibilities in the operating system.Note that this is only a list of the hotfixes that are publicly available on Microsoft’s web site. There are more fixes available for specific issues [...]


Windows Vista Hotfixes 21.07.2008

In this post we provide access to all Hotfixes for Windows Vista, that are not included in the automatic updates, but they fix bugs and incompatibilities in the operating system.Note that this is only a list of the hotfixes that are publicly available on Microsoft’s web site. There are more fixes available for specific issues [...]


Windows Vista SP1 fails to spark migration

Microsoft’s latest efforts to persuade customers to upgrade to its much-maligned Vista operating system have met with a cool response from users.Historically, Microsoft’s first service pack for one of its marquee products – such as Windows – provides the impetus for users to upgrade.


You can’t install Vista SP1 via Windows Update?

When you try to install Windows Vista SP1 via Windows Update you can get error: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is not available for installation from Windows Update and is not offered by Automatic Updates.
To help ensure a positive update experience, Windows Update will temporarily not offer Windows Vista SP1 to systems that have the [...]


Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Final

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is an update to Windows Vista that addresses feedback from our customers. In addition to previously released updates, SP1 contains changes focused on addressing specific reliability and performance issues, supporting new types of hardware, and adding support for several emerging standards.


10 Things I Warned Microsoft About Windows Vista

I worked as an analyst when Microsoft developed Windows Vista. Execs asked for my advice, and they got it. Did they listen? The imminent real release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is reason enough to broach the question. SP1 is an important milestone for an operating system that bloggers and other critics consistently ridicule.


Vista SP1 to hit Windows Update Tuesday, reports say

Microsoft will release Windows Vista Service Pack 1 next week to a wider audience, according to information posted on Amazon.com and reports from a Web site that correctly called SP1’s ship date last month.


Vista SP1 RTM up to 86% faster

Is Vista SP1 really the shot in the arm your Vista system needs? We’ve spent many hours strapped to our benchmarking system in a caffeine and pizza fueled haze to uncover these very interesting results. In some areas, such as network file copying, Vista SP1 is dramatically faster — up to 86%.