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Title: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: Noreen on Feb 19, 2008, 22:32:07
http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=513
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: madasahatter on Feb 19, 2008, 22:34:27
Thanks for the info Noreen
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: scook94 on Feb 19, 2008, 22:45:02
"Automatic Update from Windows Update April 18, 2008"

Haha, I'll be out of the country when all h3ll breaks loose!  ;D
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: Sebby on Feb 19, 2008, 22:46:32
Thanks, Noreen. Luckily, I'm no longer waiting for Vista SP1, but rather XP SP3. ;)
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: Noreen on Feb 19, 2008, 22:53:50
Quote from: Sebby on Feb 19, 2008, 22:46:32
Thanks, Noreen. Luckily, I'm no longer waiting for Vista SP1, but rather XP SP3. ;)
Me too although MS insists that'll not contain much that's new.
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: Sebby on Feb 19, 2008, 23:01:12
That's fine by me. It'll just be nice to slipstream is into the XP installation and not have so many updates to download after the install. XP is the greatest, for now. It's a shame that Vista SP1 hasn't (or doesn't appear to have) done more for the OS. But that's already been discussed.  ;)
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: Simon on Feb 19, 2008, 23:06:48
That'll be something to look forward to.  I wonder what it will manage to break this time!
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: madasahatter on Feb 19, 2008, 23:08:49
Ever the optimist eh?  ;D
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: Simon on Feb 19, 2008, 23:20:16
Indeed!  It's screwed up my router (possibly!), and my laptop touchpad, so a hat trick seems likely!  :D
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: Noreen on Feb 20, 2008, 13:12:01
Latest news http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/20/vista_sp1_prerequisite_update/
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: madasahatter on Feb 20, 2008, 13:57:43
looks like it's gonne be lots of fun.................... ;D
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: Malc on Feb 20, 2008, 13:59:26
Enjoy...

I'm happy with my XP :)
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: madasahatter on Feb 20, 2008, 14:01:25
You'll just be missing out on all the fun Malc  ;)
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: Niall on Feb 22, 2008, 03:09:51
I've been using the release candidate of this for a while now. It really improved my system for some things.
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: Lance on Feb 22, 2008, 08:19:58
Thats good to hear!  :P
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: Inactive on Feb 22, 2008, 09:25:46
Quote from: Niall on Feb 22, 2008, 03:09:51
It really improved my system for some things.

What, like they actually work now..  :out:
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: Rik on Feb 22, 2008, 10:06:52
 :lol:

I was wondering what happened to those thing not included under the 'some' banner?
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: Niall on Feb 22, 2008, 18:01:22
Well the only things that don't work are 3rd party applications (reg mechanic), and hardware like my Creative X-fi card, which they seem to have no intention of fixing looking at the lack of help on their own forums. It wouldn't surprise me if they are planning a new card instead.

The system addresses ram in a much more efficient way, increasing system performance slightly (which wasn't really an issue for me anyway).

As I've mentioned before, I have no problems with Vista itself, only with 3rd party software that doesn't work properly because the companies involved are shoddy and/or lazy. Reg mechanic emailed me telling me they have no intention of supporting Vista until much more people actually use it, and there is sufficient demand. In other words, they're happy to let customers move to another companies product and lose money in the long run, just for the sake of not paying programmers to update their current version, costing them money in the short term. A moronic business plan, I'm sure you'll agree.

Anyway, Vista works if you've got a semi recent system. Old hardware need not apply (or nforce chipset based motherboards apparently). That being said Nforce motherboards have always been sloppy.
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: Rik on Feb 22, 2008, 18:06:14
Quote from: Niall on Feb 22, 2008, 18:01:22
In other words, they're happy to let customers move to another companies product and lose money in the long run, just for the sake of not paying programmers to update their current version, costing them money in the short term. A moronic business plan, I'm sure you'll agree.

I've met a few software houses with that mindset. :(
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: Sebby on Feb 23, 2008, 00:06:25
Poor Vista, it really is having a hard time (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/22/vista_sp1_security_products/).
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: Simon on Feb 23, 2008, 00:48:10
Deservedly so, it seems!  I can't recall having quite so many problems like this when XP came about.
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: Rik on Feb 23, 2008, 05:03:21
Even pre-SP1, I had few problems with XP.
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: Inactive on Feb 23, 2008, 09:07:32
I don't want Vista, if I bought a new computer tomorrow, it would have XP on it.
Title: Re: Confirmed general release date of Vista SP1
Post by: Malc on Feb 23, 2008, 09:09:15
I have and did (new Pc and XP that is)