Microsoft issues emergency fixes for Vista

orangepeel · 08-08-2007, 16:31

Microsoft issues emergency fixes for Vista
A few hundred megabytes short of a service pack
By Andrew Thomas: Wednesday 08 August 2007, 12:52

MICROSOFT HAS ISSUED two updates for Vista, rated 'important', that address performance and reliability problems. The updates have a combined size of 5.7Mb and both require a system restart. They have yet to be made available through Windows Update. Both 32 and 64 bit versions of Vista are affected.

The fixes have been floating around in beta guise for a few weeks, but fall well short of being the rumoured Vista SP1 discussed on the sort of forums that discuss such things. Downloading and installing the patches is quick and easy apart from the annoyance of two restarts. No noticeable performance or reliability improvements are immediately apparent on the two machines we tried it on (2 Gig 2.7GHz Core 2 Duo and 768MB 2.4GHz P4), but they were already pretty fast and reliable anyway.

Performance problems have cropped up with screen savers, network printers, corrupt AVI files, slow response times and corrupted RAW files with some Canon cameras. More serious problems addressed by the patch include corruption of offline files and machines forgetting their default gateway addresses. Memory management has also been improved, says the company.

Reliability improvements cover display drivers, PPP network connections and unexpected restarts.

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spxxxx · 08-08-2007, 19:12

Exactly why I've moved to MAC

***Steve*** · 09-08-2007, 15:29

Exactly why I stuck with XP Professional

orangepeel · 09-08-2007, 18:09

I think the world needs a Godwins Law equivalent for MS patch anouncements.

Something like: -

"As an online discussion mentions a patch or bug fix from Microsoft, the probability of a Mac user butting in with some irrelevant BS about how awesome Apple is approaches 1:1"

Wotcha think? Any wordsmiths prepared to take it and run?

***Steve*** · 09-08-2007, 18:23

Or we could take the opposite approach and every time someone mentions something good about a windows based system or program, finish up with "that's why I stay away from "MACs"

silkstone · 09-08-2007, 20:25

Is this a good time to mention Linux?

***Steve*** · 09-08-2007, 20:26

As good as any

orangepeel · 10-08-2007, 08:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by silkstone

Is this a good time to mention Linux?

Linux users aren't in the same universe of self satisfied smugness

08-08-2007, 16:31	#1 (permalink)
orangepeel Feet under the table Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,507	Microsoft issues emergency fixes for Vista Microsoft issues emergency fixes for Vista A few hundred megabytes short of a service pack By Andrew Thomas: Wednesday 08 August 2007, 12:52 MICROSOFT HAS ISSUED two updates for Vista, rated 'important', that address performance and reliability problems. The updates have a combined size of 5.7Mb and both require a system restart. They have yet to be made available through Windows Update. Both 32 and 64 bit versions of Vista are affected. The fixes have been floating around in beta guise for a few weeks, but fall well short of being the rumoured Vista SP1 discussed on the sort of forums that discuss such things. Downloading and installing the patches is quick and easy apart from the annoyance of two restarts. No noticeable performance or reliability improvements are immediately apparent on the two machines we tried it on (2 Gig 2.7GHz Core 2 Duo and 768MB 2.4GHz P4), but they were already pretty fast and reliable anyway. Performance problems have cropped up with screen savers, network printers, corrupt AVI files, slow response times and *corrupted RAW files with some Canon cameras*. More serious problems addressed by the patch include corruption of offline files and machines forgetting their default gateway addresses. Memory management has also been improved, says the company. Reliability improvements cover display drivers, PPP network connections and unexpected restarts. More... __________________

08-08-2007, 19:12	#2 (permalink)
spxxxx Been here a while Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Chesterfield, UK Posts: 437	Re: Microsoft issues emergency fixes for Vista Exactly why I've moved to MAC

09-08-2007, 15:29	#3 (permalink)
*Steve* Pixalo Crew Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: An Englishman living in Germany Posts: 16,487	Re: Microsoft issues emergency fixes for Vista Exactly why I stuck with XP Professional

09-08-2007, 18:09	#4 (permalink)
orangepeel Feet under the table Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,507	Re: Microsoft issues emergency fixes for Vista I think the world needs a Godwins Law equivalent for MS patch anouncements. Something like: - "As an online discussion mentions a patch or bug fix from Microsoft, the probability of a Mac user butting in with some irrelevant BS about how awesome Apple is approaches 1:1" Wotcha think? Any wordsmiths prepared to take it and run?

09-08-2007, 18:23	#5 (permalink)
*Steve* Pixalo Crew Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: An Englishman living in Germany Posts: 16,487	Re: Microsoft issues emergency fixes for Vista Or we could take the opposite approach and every time someone mentions something good about a windows based system or program, finish up with "that's why I stay away from "MACs"

09-08-2007, 20:25	#6 (permalink)
silkstone Feet under the table Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Silkstone Common, Yorkshire, UK Posts: 3,754	Re: Microsoft issues emergency fixes for Vista Is this a good time to mention Linux?

09-08-2007, 20:26	#7 (permalink)
*Steve* Pixalo Crew Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: An Englishman living in Germany Posts: 16,487	Re: Microsoft issues emergency fixes for Vista As good as any

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