Like busses you wait ages for a Windows Service Pack, then two come along at once. Hard on the heels of Vista SP1, which mostly went without a hitch, we can now look forward to XP Service Pack 3, the last for the operating system, which is now heading towards retirement, probably next year.
If you were around when MS unleashed SP2 you are forgiven for a brief shudder of trepidation, but I think this one should go quite smoothly. Unlike XP SP2, which re-wrote a lot of the operating system’s code, this one focuses on rolling up all previous security updates since the release of SP2, and a reported 1074 fixes and upgrades. Most of them are anonymous behind the scenes things that you’ll be happier not knowing about (because they are mostly deathly dull…), but there are a few interesting bits and bobs. One of them is a new Product Activation module, which allows users to install XP without having to enter an activation key, better network integration with Server 2008 and there’s a promise of improved performance with Microsoft Office. XP SP3 will be on your auto update list in the next few days or weeks but if you just can’t wait you can jump the queue and download it from Microsoft Update. Be warned, it’s a bit of a whopper at 428Mb, you need to have installed SP1 or SP2 before you can install SP3, and this is for the 32-bit version of XP only.
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Details on how to setup a local version of WordPress on your Vista system. A great option for theme and plugin development!
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After XP SP3 was pulled, now they’ve pulled Vista SP1 from being pushed via Windows Update for fear it may screw up some business apps.
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Some ‘Green’ reasons why Vista can save you money.
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A creative way to get around Vista?s UAC temporarily without having to reboot. Elevate Explorer!
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Stats showing why you should be using Vista, and be happy about it!
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The aging of XP and the uncertainty of Windows 7 mean businesses really have no choice: They have to move to Vista, whether they like it or not
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If you have to disable UAC in order to install an application, I’d say that takes it out of the ‘Vista Ready’ catagory.
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The aging of XP and the uncertainty of Windows 7 mean businesses really have no choice: They have to move to Vista, whether they like it or not
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Vista ‘inevitable’ for enterprises, says Forrester analyst
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Dr. Watson is not included in Windows Vista. The replacement for Dr. Watson is Problem Reports and Solutions. However, you cannot use Problem Reports and Solutions to create a full user-mode dump file.
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This article describes how to contact a Microsoft Product Activation Center to activate installations of Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Microsoft Office suites and programs.
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Ed clarifies that just because you can still install Vista SP1 Upgrade as a fresh install, that doesn’t mean Microsoft is considering it a legal license.
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The popular tool for trimming down the size of Vista can now at least try to slipstream SP1.
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In addition to the 5 security updates, Vista could receive as many as 5 non-security updates as well.
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Slowly but surely Vista keeps rolling on.
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Buying the upgrade DVD instead of the full install still works. “The fact that the upgrade edition will still upgrade over itself in Vista SP1 proves that Microsoft executives knowingly support the upgrade trick.”
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If you use the search feature in Vista, here’s a preview of the improvements you’ll be seeing soon.
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In Windows Vista, the NTFS file system Discretionary Access Control Lists (DACLs) have been changed to enable data sharing and collaboration in data directories that are outside protected directories.
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For some of you, this may explain why you’re not seeing the SP1 update as an option in Windows Update.
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Hmmm, are these really leaked? 174.70 was supposedly leaked as well.
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It’s painful just looking at this Vista box!
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Now that SP1 is available, is it time to move from XP to Vista?
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More about the Hyper-V MMC.
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You can use this method to expand and to apply the source and license files for a Windows Vista SP1 image.
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This article contains a description of an update for Windows Vista and Vista for x64-based systems. These updates contain the Check for System Update Readiness (CheckSUR) tool. CheckSUR will try to fix certain Windows Update installation failures.
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By going to a special webpage while in reduced functionality mode you can upgrade to SP1, which will get you out of that mode. Note that you can’t uninstall SP1 when upgrading with this method.
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Mary Jo comments on the Windows Vista Blog article reguarding the release of SP1 to Windows Update.
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Ed details the SP1 upgrade, and points out the list of bad drivers that delayed the release of SP1.
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Ed starts an investigation of a friends slow Vista laptop to see where the problem lies.
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Mary Jo’s details about the SP1 release.
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Long Zheng explains why Vista’s frequent association with Windows ME may not be such a bad thing.
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How would you like to have two iPhones in one? NerveGas of iPhone Dev Team reveals that the team has been using dual-booting to jailbreak the iPhone for months. The team has decided to release the hack enabling iPhone users to boot multiple versions of the iPhone software/OS “from” the handset.
This should present iPhone users with quite an advantage once the 2.0 firmware is out, meaning they’ll be able to have a bootable jailbroken software version, as well as a non-jailbroken software version available at the same time on their device. Partition-making is involved: (more…)
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The long awaited, highly anticipated Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) will finally be available by Microsoft. For many, SP1 is the promise land for fixing those annoying performance, compatibility and slow file copy problems that have plague Vista since it’s release.
Only time will tell.
Regardless of what happens, pre-cautions should be taken to ensure a successful upgrade to Vista SP1.
Below are five steps you should follow BEFORE installing SP1, that should help with achieving a successful upgrade and ensure no data is lost. (more…)
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Sorry for the backup! My posting software was giving me problems, I think I’ve got it worked out now.
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There’s plenty of blame to go around.
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Lots of users, like me, questioning why SP1 can’t be released to technical users, even if it is held back from Windows Update.
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I think many businesses would like to get there hands on the code, but apparently many aren’t in much of a hurry.
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Vista is the first OS to include the functionality to backup and restore the print servers in MMC.
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If you need to get hard-core with NAT-T, these registry entries may be useful.
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How to uninstall SP1. Of course this would only ever be useful in troubleshooting an issue you might have, no one would ever want to uninstall it simply because they were dissatisfied.
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If you really want SP1, you can grab it off the web with BitTorrent.
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Mary Jo’s thoughts on the Vista SP1 release/delay.
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The official Microsoft announcement of the Vista SP1 release/delay.
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Long Zheng asks why we can’t download SP1 today.
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Dwight’s input on the SP1 release/delay.
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Problems with Vista’s Backup and Restore technology? There’s a group waiting to help you!
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Details on how this feature could make your web traffic more efficient, but has potential risks.
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A bit more detail on the reason for the delay of SP1.
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This could make comparing the number of security patches between OSs an apples and oranges scenareo.
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Oh so easy to poke fun at Vista SP1…
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As the perception of Vista in the marketplace is quite low, this probably isn’t a bad move.
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Sound thinking about the recent SP1 announcement. Wait another 45 days? Crazy!
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