Get some Vista SP-1 goodness early
James mentioned four Vista patches earlier this morning while I was in coffee heaven and I just got around to reviewing the details on them. If I had to guess, I’d say that these patches are already a part of Vista SP-1 as I have the beta service pack installed on my Samung Q1P and I couldn’t install the first two patches. These address many issues, but I was interested in them due to the positive effects expected on mobile devices. Sure enough, when I went to install them, I got the message shown: This update does not apply to your system.
If you’re not in the Vista SP-1 beta, now’s a good time to get some of the good bits of the service pack. Assuming I’m right and that these patches are a part of the service pack, I’m a little suprised to see them available now. Regardless, it’s probably worth the download and install to see if these make your Vista experience any more enjoyable.
Paul Thurrott mentioned that MS would be releasing some performance and reliability patches this month that would also form part of SP1. Howeever, I’ve just checked for updates and I haven’t got anything except a Windows Defender update that was installed yesterday.
Whoops, I just read JK’s post further down which explains why the patches didn’t appear in Windows Update.
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have these new patches been released via Windows Update yet?
those other performance & reliability patches were officially released weeks ago on Windows Update
Hurmurwhimer, these aren’t showing up in Windows Update as of yet and if they are part of Vista SP-1, I expect that we won’t see them in Windows Update as individual patches. That’s just a guess on my part, however.
so i guess these are the finished patches from SP1 thats why they are being released individually? maybe the other SP1 patches are still beta?
Lots of folks reporting system problems including BSODs and the like after applying these patches. I am not going to apply them to the new HP as a result and don’t recommend anyone apply them yet.