Archive for the 'Service Pack' Category
Here is that Windows Vista service pack blocker tool
Friday, December 21st, 2007While some customers are clamoring for Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1, others aren’t going to rush out and install an update without testing it first. As mentioned earlier this week, Microsoft is making available for download a service-pack blocker tool for Windows users who don’t want Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 pushed to users’ [...]
With SP1, Microsoft plans to ditch the Vista kill switch
Friday, December 21st, 2007The case for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 just got a lot stronger. When SP1 ships sometime in early 2008, it will strip away one of Vista’s most annoying features and remove one of the most persistent objections to Vista’s adoption. Microsoft plans to remove the infamous “kill switch” from Windows Vista when SP1 is [...]
Vista Service Pack Does not Speed OS
Friday, December 21st, 2007Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) is not measurably faster than the original stock edition, a Florida-based developer of performance testing and network metrics software said Monday. "Microsoft has hinted that SP1 is faster than Vista RTM," said Craig Barth, the chief technology officer at Devil Mountain Software, referring to the release to manufacturing version [...]
Inside Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007After several months of silence, Microsoft last month finally revealed some concrete information about Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), which I translated into my Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Revealed showcase. If you haven’t read that article, please do so now: This preview, which is based off of more recent beta code and an [...]
Vista SP1: Create a recovery disc
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007One of the new administrative tools Windows Vista Service Pack 1 provides is the ability to create a recovery disc. At first, the name might fool you into thinking the type of discs system manufacturers provide to you when you purchase a new computer to restore your computer to a factory state, but this is [...]
Microsoft announces Vista SP1 Beta
Saturday, September 1st, 2007This week, the Microsoft Windows Vista Team announced details about the official beta of Vista Service Pack 1. With the private beta having been leaked and done the rounds for the last few weeks (read our in-depth analysis here), Microsoft’s announcement doesn’t carry very many surprises. Still, it’s always informative to get the update straight [...]
Microsoft: Beware of bogus Service Pack and hotfix sites
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007With Vista freshly launched and company executives on record as saying that Vista is "highquality right out of the gate", Microsoft appears less than thrilled with web site owner Ethan Allen’s decision to distribute Vista’s hotfixes and patches, rolling them into what he calls an SP1 Preview. This so-called preview was a collection of [...]
That $200 Windows XP service pack called Vista
Saturday, February 3rd, 2007More than five years after the release of Windows XP, Windows Vista has arrived. The party line out of Redmond is that "Windows Vista is Microsoft’s most secure platform to date," and you won’t find anyone at Microsoft saying otherwise. But saying it’s Microsoft’s most secure operating system isn’t saying that Windows Vista is the [...]
Vista Service Pack 1 Set for 2H 07 Release
Thursday, January 25th, 2007Many consumers and businesses make the decision to stay away from new Windows releases until the first service pack becomes available. According to internal Microsoft emails, the first service pack for Windows Vista could come as early as this year. Bink.nu posted an email in its entirety which details Microsoft’s plans for the service pack [...]
Vista Service Pack 1 is coming
Thursday, January 25th, 2007Reckon you won’t upgrade to Vista until the first service pack is released? That’s looking likely to be the second half of this year, according to Microsoft’s latest email blast. The company has put out a call for "customers and partners (to) actively test and provide feedback on Windows Vista SP1 to help us prepare [...]
