Massive Vista fixes on the way - look at the list!

[Oobie-]

I'll believe it when I see it

[Clunk]

There might be life in the old slapper yet

[s_kinton]

Got a source for that? I'd be interested to read it...

Same. Thats huge - Surely cant be right?
The install DVD isn't that big!

10Gb..... you must be joking, right?

http://www.computerworld.com/action/...e=rss_topic125

Just posting what I read. The author must have meant mb

EDIT: I've just got hold of them and they are 11.9mb together. Time to do some testing me thinks

[d032sh]

Hi. I was looking at that graph.

Time to do what exactly!?

[s_kinton]

Hi. I was looking at that graph.

Time to do what exactly!?

Copy or move a file. I posted a link the article on the first page

[Craig321]

Rumours are these will go official soon but just look at the list here - everything from file copy bug fixes to video card driver compatibility fixes. Sleep/resume fixes.. Heard some good reports from people willing to try the betas of these..

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938979 Vista Performance and Reliability Pack

This update resolves a number of individual issues which may be affecting some computers running Windows Vista. These issues have been reported by customers using the Error Reporting service, product support, or other means. Installing this update will improve the performance and responsiveness for some scenarios and improves reliability of Windows Vista in a variety of scenarios. Some examples of the improvements contained in this update are:
Improves performance in resuming back to the desktop from the Photo and Windows Energy screensaver.
Resolves an issue where some secured web pages using advanced security technologies may not get displayed in Internet Explorer on Windows Vista.
Resolves an issue where a shared printer may not get installed if the printer is connected to a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 system and User Access Control is disabled on the Vista client.
Resolves an issue where creating AVI files on Vista may get corrupted.
Improves the performance in calculating the ‘estimated time remaining’ when copying/moving large files.
Improves performance in bringing up Login Screen after resuming from Hibernate.
Resolves an issue where synchronization of offline files to a server can get corrupted.
Resolves a compatibility issue with RAW images created by Canon EOS 1D/1DS Digital SLR Camera which can lead to data loss. This only affects RAW images created by these two specific camera models.
Resolves an issue where a computer can lose its default Gateway address when resuming from sleep mode.
Improves the performance when copying or moving entire directories containing large amounts of data or files.
Improves the performance of Vista’s Memory Manager in specific customer scenarios and prevents some issues which may lead to memory corruption.

938194 Vista Compatibility and Reliability Pack

This update resolves a number of individual issues which may be affecting some computers running Windows Vista. These issues have been reported by customers using the Error Reporting service, product support, or other means. Installing this update will improve the reliability and hardware compatibility of Windows Vista in a variety of scenarios. Some examples of the improvements contained in this update are:
Improved reliability and compatibility of Vista when used with newer graphics cards in several specific scenarios and configurations.
Improved reliability when working with external displays on a laptop.
Increased compatibility with many video drivers.
Improved visual appearance of games with high intensity graphics.
Improved quality of playback for HD-DVD and Blue-Ray disks on large monitors.
Improved reliability for Internet Explorer when some third party toolbars are installed on Vista.
Improved Vista reliability in networking configuration scenarios.
Improved the reliability of Windows Calendar in Vista.
Improved reliability of systems that were upgraded from XP to Vista.
Increased compatibility with many printer drivers.
Increased reliability and performance of Vista when entering sleep and resuming from sleep.

Nice, hopefully those'll sort out the low performance in games. Personally I've only tried one game in Vista, and it was quite terrible performance compared to XP.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

one thing i gotta admit is that when there are issues with there products MS deals with them realy well, there software has well has there hardware(xbox 360's)

[Blitzen]

Patches? We don't need patches
As Blitzen says, Vista is 'fine' ( you really mate )

In all seriousness, this does seem to address a lot of the issues that were making me want to throw Vista out of the window. Might give it another shot, against my better judgement.

Well it seems ok to me.
XP had many patches aswell. THe same as all OS's

[[GSV]Trig]

Looks like this was covered by MS quickly...
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Micro...ks-61454.shtml

Anyone actually download them and still have the files?

[badass]

Maybe I might Install it before Sp1. I'll wait till these are released and asses the fallout. If they're good then I think I'll just go for it.

[mcmiller]

new version of dx10 out as well, which includes better sound
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=41367

[Splash]

new version of dx10 out as well, which includes better sound
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=41367

The beta SDK is right here, but be warned - you need to be running Windows Vista SP1 beta to get it to work, and SP1 beta isn't out yet. Although its requirement here does suggest that it is imminent, so watch out for that one. µ

It's not here yet, and when it does arrive (or rather the SDK) it's going to be beta.

[RavenNight]

I still have them, I've chucked them on Rapidshare, both are for x64 only

KB938194 - http://rapidshare.com/files/46333778...4-x64.msu.html
KB938979 - http://rapidshare.com/files/46334781...9-x64.msu.html

[[GSV]Trig]

Anyone got the 32bit versions?

[s_kinton]

Anyone got the 32bit versions?

I've got them (32bit). Ill stick them on rapidshare soon.

[dangel]

Anyone got the 32bit versions?

http://rapidshare.com/users/COVF96 (all versions)

Sorry it's crappy-share

PLEASE NOTE THESE ARE BETA - backup your system before applying them so you can recover if necessary.