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Microsoft Pulling Vista SP1 Off Automatic Software Update

Microsoft's not only delaying Windows XP SP3 temporarily, but they're also pulling off Windows Vista SP1—which has already been pushed out to automatic software update—because of potential incompatibilities. Most of us don't need to worry about it since this is just an issue with MS's SQL Servers that affect Microsoft Dynamics Retail management systems. Unless you're running a SQL database at home to track the chore distribution for your family, you can go ahead and manually fetch the update and install it yourself. [PCWorld]

4:47 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By Jason Chen
5,174 views, 25 comments

Latest by Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!: @92BuickLeSabre: That's geekilly funny. more »

platform wars

Vista Running 108 Apps Bites Mac OS X Back

This video shows Microsoft Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 running 108 applications at only 30% processor usage, according to Reader Daniel Smith, who sent it to us in response to the picture of Mac OS X Leopard running 150 applications this weekend. His specs are nothing to write home about: More »

10:30 AM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Jesus Diaz
181,135 views, 131 comments

windows vista sp1

Windows Vista SP1 Update: Endless Restart Bug Fixed, Automatic Rollout Starts Next Week

As people who've already made (or attempted) the jump to Vista SP1 know, before you get to the actual service pack, you've gotta clear a gauntlet of pre-install updates, which started rolling out in Feb. One of the updates apparently sent some users into an endless spiral of reboots, so Microsoft hit pause on the auto-rollout. Two months later, it's fixed! Microsoft now returns you to your regularly scheduled SP1 programming, which goes full-throttle automatic update next week. Here's what you're in for. [Windows Vista Blog]

2:32 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By matt buchanan
7,859 views, 42 comments

Latest by Mandatory_Field: As far as browsing performance goes (which is probably nowadays 50% of people's perception of OS speed), anyone complaining about slowness there has probably not figured out to turn off the phishing flter. Which, on the other hand, probably means more »

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Microsoft So Confident in Vista SP1, They're Offering a Free Year of Support

Usually, Microsoft only gives you a gratis year of support if you buy a boxed version of Vista. But because the ride to SP1 has been so peanut butter-smooth (hey, sarcasm) they're offering free support for all users who upgrade to SP1, even if you got Vista on say, your Dell box. "Unlimited installation and compatibility support" via email and chat is free until Mar. 18, 2009. Any of you guys still have problems with your install? [CNET]

1:30 PM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By matt buchanan
5,271 views, 65 comments

Latest by n/a: @se.blackheart: If you read the fine print in the "things to know before installing SP1" you would have notice that is says "some" drivers might fail after installation. And the procedure is to unistall the driver and re-install it.No big more »

windows vista sp1

Mossberg Reviews Vista SP1: "Don't Expect Much From It"

Today, Mossberg takes a look at the lukewarmly anticipated Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista. It's an odd little beast of a review, its flat, monotonal surface covering a bed of barbs. (Most of 'em are true.) Here's the sharpest one (bold is mine):
SP1 doesn't resolve some of the most annoying flaws in Vista, including slow start-ups and reboots, and a security system that nags you too much and requires add-on anti-virus software. I guess these problems will either never be fixed fully or will have to wait for SP2.
That's a Stinger. Missile. More »

11:09 PM on Wed Feb 13 2008
By matt buchanan
18,805 views, 86 comments

Latest by n/a: Get a life. more »

vista redux

Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 Released To Manufacturing

After nearly a year of waiting, that master Vista fix known as Service Pack 1 has been released to manufacturing, meaning it will make it to you sometime this month, perhaps on that February 15 date that had been bandied about. More »

9:00 AM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By Wilson Rothman
10,513 views, 26 comments

vista vs vista sp1 rc1

Battlemodo: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC1 vs. Shipping Vista

Microsoft just rolled out the first publicly available release candidate for Service Pack 1 of Windows Vista, and we snapped it up, eager to see if it's faster than the currently shipping version of Vista. To test its speed, we ran a series of benchmarks on exactly the same machine, first with the original version of Vista, and then with Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of the upcoming Service Pack 1 (SP1). For comparison, on exactly the same machine and on an identical hard disk, we also tested those benchmarks using Windows XP. From the perspective of sheer speed, has Microsoft improved Vista with this first iteration of a service pack? Yes and no. More »

Feature

3:00 PM on Wed Dec 26 2007
By Charlie White
92,523 views, 67 comments

Latest by trigger2: @slumlord: I too had the photoshop lag issue to with Vista. It turns out that I had to disable the MS pen tablet service - it was conflicting with the Wacom pen input. Check and see if you have it enabled, and more »

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Vista SP1 Bringing Huge Networking Speed Improvements

Besides not shutting your pirated version of Vista down when you fail to activate, Service Pack 1 will also bring a huge performance boost when you transfer both small and big files over your network. As you can see from the chart, throughput to and from Windows Home Server will jump to 3x, and throughput between Vista PCs will improve for small files but stay about the same for large files (chart after the jump). More »

1:40 PM on Fri Dec 7 2007
By Jason Chen
10,295 views, 18 comments

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Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) Looking Good So Far, Due in Q1 '08

The first service pack for Windows Vista is on its way, and PC Magazine has a preview of an early private beta version. The good news is that reviewer Neil Randall found the service pack to be faster overall than the shipping version of Windows Vista, and also noticed more drivers available and improved encryption. Randall also experienced applications within Adobe Creative Suite CS2 running faster, dialog boxes popping up more rapidly and other file copying speedups. This bodes well for the shipping version of SP1, which should be available along with Service Pack 3 of Windows XP (the last service pack for XP) in Q1 of 2008. [PC Magazine]

12:05 PM on Mon Oct 8 2007
By Charlie White
39,797 views, 20 comments

Latest by WheelDawg: Any details on what the XP SP3 has? more »

Windows Vista SP1 Beta available to private testers [Windows Vista Team Blog]

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speculation

DirectX 10.1 Leaving DirectX 10 Cards in the Dust?

British site The Inquirer is reporting from Siggraph 2007 that the next version of DirectX, 10.1, requires spanking new hardware to support its sort of spanking new features.
The spec revision basically makes a number of things that are optional in DX10 compulsory under the new standard - such as 32-bit floating point filtering, as opposed to the 16-bit current. 4xAA is a compulsory standard to support in 10.1, whereas graphics vendors can pick and choose their anti-aliasing support currently.
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3:00 PM on Sat Aug 11 2007
By Matt Buchanan
17,457 views, 22 comments

Latest by noteapot: Note to self. Never buy "compatible" hardware until after the release of SP1. It always turns out they had to change the software and the hardware wont quite support it. Apparently my 8800 DX10.0 100% vista compatible card wont "fully more »

Microsoft rolled out final versions of those two proto-SP1 erformance and compatibility patches for Vista. Manual install only for now. [Microsoft/Microsoft]

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