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Symantec, Windows Users Beset By Vista SP1 Flaws
News Microsoft released Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) to Windows Update on Tuesday. We want our customers to have the best possible experience with Windows Vista SP1, so we have configured Windows Update to initially delay offering the service pack to PCs...
[March 20, 2008, 15:44]
Microsoft Releases Vista SP1
News The first service pack for Windows Vista has been released. Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) went onto Microsoft's Download Center website on Monday, fulfilling Microsoft's claim that it would be made available by mid March.
[March 18, 2008, 16:15]
Microsoft Delays XP SP3 Over 'compatibility Issue'
News The glitch also exists between Microsoft Dynamics RMS and Windows Vista SP1, though that product has already been broadly released. Microsoft started pushing out Vista SP1 last week via Automatic Updates.
[April 30, 2008, 12:33]
Vista Service Pack 1 (RC1 Refresh) Upgrade
Blog With many holding out on buying Vista until the first Service Pack it's really important to Microsoft to get it right with this release. If you are running Vista ok but want to squeeze more performance out of it then this service pack may be what...
[January 15, 2008, 15:42]
Microsoft Resumes XP SP3, Vista SP1 Updates
News It also halted automatic updates to Windows Vista SP1 because of a similar issue. The software maker said on Tuesday that it was releasing XP SP3 for web downloads, and resuming automatic updates to Vista SP1, after developing a filter that will...
[May 7, 2008, 10:49]
Microsoft: Vista SP1 Due Next Year
News After months of silence, Microsoft finally coughed up details on Tuesday about its plans for the first update to Windows Vista, saying the service pack will arrive in the first quarter of next year. In the next few weeks, Microsoft will start...
[August 29, 2007, 18:15]
Microsoft Pulls Vista SP1 Update
News Servicing stack update KB937287, released last week, contained updates to Windows Vista installation software, and was billed as being "necessary to successfully install and to remove Windows Vista SP1 [Service Pack 1] on all versions of Windows...
[February 20, 2008, 15:24]
Microsoft Releases Vista Updates
News At the time of writing Microsoft could not confirm reports that the updates would be included in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), which is due out later this year. Microsoft has released two updates for Windows Vista.
[August 9, 2007, 10:36]
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Five Language Standalone
Downloads Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) is an update to Windows Vista that addresses feedback from our customers. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Five Language Standalone version can be installed on systems with any of the following language versions...
[March 19, 2008, 13:22]
Microsoft To Disable Vista 'kill Switch'
News The function will be removed with Microsoft's first major update to the operating system, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1). Windows Vista's controversial "kill switch" function will be disabled by Microsoft after customer complaints that...
[December 5, 2007, 15:25]
Microsoft Wants Help With Vista Service Pack
News Windows Vista is not even fully out of the door, but Microsoft is already laying the groundwork for its first service pack release of bug fixes and other enhancements for the operating system. We expect Windows Vista SP1 to be a standard service...
[January 24, 2007, 5:50]
Microsoft Comments On Vista SP1 Kernel Reports
News Microsoft has revealed more information on changes to the Vista kernel as part of the release of Service Pack 1, but has denied that the enhancements amount to an "upgrade" or "re-engineering". However, other reports have claimed that an update to...
[February 6, 2008, 17:28]
Antitrust Concerns Prompt Vista Search Changes
News The changes are coming with the first service pack to Windows Vista. Microsoft said that to enable access to search applications, search providers will need to register their service using the new protocol in Windows Vista SP1.
[September 13, 2007, 8:36]
Typo Leads To Vista SP1 Confusion
News The confusion began on Tuesday when website WinBeta.org posted an email from Microsoft's Windows Driver Kit (WDK) team saying Microsoft had released a beta version of Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1). There will be a Windows Vista service pack but it's...
[July 20, 2007, 9:55]
Microsoft Releases Windows Update Blocker
News Microsoft has released a toolkit to let businesses block service pack updates for Windows XP, Vista and Server 2003. Although service packs — particularly in the case of Vista — are keenly awaited by many users, some businesses prefer to test the...
[December 10, 2007, 14:39]
Microsoft Unconcerned Over Vista SP1 Incompatibility
News Microsoft's chief operating officer has dismissed concerns that an update to its flagship Windows Vista operating system is incompatible with a number of applications. Vista SP1 is already available to subscribers to the Microsoft Developer Network...
[March 4, 2008, 14:03]
Microsoft Releases Six Critical Patches
News All the Windows Vista-related updates will be included with Windows Vista SP1, expected to roll out to consumers in mid to late March. Tim Rains, security response communications lead for Microsoft, told ZDNet.co.uk sister site CNET News.com...
[February 13, 2008, 13:38]
XP SP3 Is Sick Puppy 3, Stupid Patchwork 3, Stupendous Pain-in-the-A__ 3
Blog We weren't going to use Vista for damn sure. I will NOT however recommend to management that we need to go to Vista. I'm giving up on trying to install Service Pack 3. I can't trust Service Packs from Microsoft any more and that's really sad.
[June 21, 2008, 13:54]
Internet Explorer 8 To Get Anti-malware Protection
News Most of the new features require systems to be running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows XP SP3. Using Data Execution Protection (DEP) within Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista SP1, IE8 will scan downloads and block any that it deems...
[July 3, 2008, 10:44]
Virtual Server 2007 Delayed
News It's designed to work with the upcoming Longhorn Server, a server-oriented version of Windows Vista that's scheduled to arrive in 2007, but it's more likely to arrive with a service pack sometime 18 to 24 months afterward, Ni said.
[March 29, 2006, 10:05]
