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Windows Vista SP1 Meeting Sour Reception In Places
Stony Stevenson writes "A day after it was released for public download, Windows Vista SP1 is drawing barbs from some computer users who say the software wrecked their systems. 'I downloaded it via Windows Update, and got a bluescreen on the third part of the update,' wrote 'Iggy33' in a comment posted Wednesday on Microsoft's Vista team blog. Iggy33 was just one of dozens of posters complaining about Vista Service Pack 1's effect on their PCs. Other troubles reported by Vista SP1 users ranged from a simple inability to download the software from Microsoft's Windows Update site to sudden spikes in memory usage. To top it all off, the service pack will not install on computers that use peripheral device drivers that Microsoft has deemed incompatible."
How this is any different from any other installation of Windows [insert version] + [insert servicepack]? That's a joke, btw..
It seems like a great thing, but we don't know how they deem things incompatible. MS, in theory, has a big list of compatible hardware (which seems to be down atm, but providing an article with a link for completeness); however, for all we know it's one of those "Pay us and we'll 'certify' your software as Windows Compat, wink wink", just like the Nintendo Seal of Approval from all those years ago. Are these actually incompatible peripherals, or has the company making the hardware just not coughed up enough in fees to be deemed compatible?
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Windows 3.1x calc: 3.11 - 3.10 = 0.00
V-I-S-T-A, debacle!
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12 blog comments!? That's 12 times as many as there are linux users. Microsoft will have hell to pay!
Can you give an example of where they have failed on this scale?
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From the thread following the article: eg Dell Dimension 9200 stock box came with Vista Home Premium preinstalled. No upgrade because of onboard sound.
Kinda stinks if you can't just unplug it eh? How about if you are using onboard video and vista doesn't like your chipset? guess you have to go buy a new video card. Some of us don't have a video card slot because we have a micro board and use onboard video. Vista should be called Visa, now it's time to start getting out the plastic to pay for all the trouble it's going to cause.
Then we can get into the argument that a flakey driver should not be able to send your OS packing in fear.
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