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Vista SP1 Guides for IT Professionals Released

Posted by Zonk on from the get-prepped-before-the-hammer-falls dept.

wilkinism writes "Microsoft released several detailed documents explaining just about everything you ever wanted to know about Vista SP1. Highlights include a Deployment Guide, list of included hotfixes, and a 17-page list of 'Notable Changes'. In reviewing the Notable Changes document, it seems the company focused on improving reliability & performance in really specific scenarios, so it's no wonder that most reviewers are reporting no noticeable gains."

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  1. Right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Vista SP1 Guides for IT Professionals Released"

    Right... So no one will ever read this.

  2. Vista SP1 by paxgaea · · Score: 0, Troll

    Codename: XP SP2

    But first you will have to click the Allow button to 'upgrade'...

  3. Re:First page by STrinity · · Score: 1, Troll

    The first page of the instructions say: Uninstall Vista, install something else
    It's a bit more complicated than that:
    1. Open Start Menu
    2. When the UAC dialogue comes up, click continue
    3. Click Control Panel
    4. When the UAC dialogue comes up, click continue
    5. Double click Administrative Tools
    6. When the UAC dialogue comes up, click continue
    7. etc.
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  4. Re:Cliffs' Notes by Aladrin · · Score: 1, Troll

    "Adds support for exFAT, a new file system supporting larger overall capacity and larger files, which will be used in Flash memory storage and consumer devices."

    Holy propaganda, Batman! Are we to honestly believe that Microsoft will be able to shove a new filesystem down our throats that will -only- work on what is widely being hailed as the worst operating system ever? What a joke!

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  5. Re:Specific scenarios? by Goldberg's+Pants · · Score: 0, Troll

    That'd be funny if you had to physically do it.

    All I know is a friend installed SP1 last night... And spent the rest of their night reinstalling the OS on their now bricked system. (Couldn't get to a command prompt, safemode, anything. SP1 murdered the system.)

  6. RTFA or read the cliff's notes by v1 · · Score: 0, Troll

    In reviewing the Notable Changes document, it seems the company focused on improving reliability & performance in really specific scenarios

    "Among many numerous optimizatings, the speed of multiplying numbers by 1 has been improved by 28%. Expect further optimizations (such as when multiplying by 0) in SP2..."

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