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Microsoft Pulls Vista SP1 Update

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the undo-undo-undo dept.

1shooter writes "news.com reports that Microsoft is withdrawing SP1 for Vista. Nick White, Microsoft product manager blogged 'We've heard a few reports about problems customers may be experiencing as a result of KB937287,' wrote White. 'Immediately after receiving reports of this error, we made the decision to temporarily suspend automatic distribution of the update to avoid further customer impact while we investigate possible causes.'"

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  1. Re:Possible causes by Kev647 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Agreed. XP does everything you need it to do...lets be honest, we all use Linux to develope software, Mac OS X for productivity, and then XP for solitare. lol. In my opinion, Vista doesn't really do anything new that is "so" essential to the average PC user which XP cannot also do...sad.

  2. Is 'pulls' the right word? by Muad'Dave · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Microsoft Pulls Vista SP1 Update


    Is that 'pulls' as in "pulls a prank" or "pulls a stunt"? I feel like Vista was a prank all around.

    --
    Tiller's Rule: Never use a word in written form that you've only heard and never read. You will end up looking foolish.
  3. BAD SUMMARY--Microsoft is NOT pulling SP1. by ElizabethGreene · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Microsoft is NOT pulling SP1. They are pulling a windows-update pushed installer update. Without this update you can still install it by the traditional download and run method, just not with windows update.... (and it won't uninstall (snicker) cleanly.)

    I hate Vista as much as the next girl, but can we get the facts straight? There are plenty of legitimate reasons to bash Vista. Making up new ones is unnecessary. :)

    -ellie