Build: 6.0.6001.16642 - Service Pack 1 v.258 Vista News Discuss Build: 6.0.6001.16642 - Service Pack 1 v.258 in the Windows Vista forums; I figured you for a FIXER .. tweaker, Beta tester......

[Snuffy]

I figured you for a FIXER .. tweaker, Beta tester...

[Vistanoob]

To me that's excellent to know. From the time I first began reading about "Longhorn", then Vista, I never thought of it as "just a painted up version of XP", that's why I was dying to have it. It really has been rewritten from the ground up, in many ways. (I even don't mind UAC at all) I hope to be a "fixer", myself one day, when I know enough to completely "lose the fear" or even "feel the fear but do it anyway"....not yet...

[Snuffy]

Windows Vista SP1 Pre-Beta v.249 Leaked
Friday, August 31, 2007, 10:16:11 PM
Yet again, another pre-beta version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 has been leaked to the public. So, what's different in this version compared to the last leak?



Well first, this version carries a build tag of 6.0.6001.16633.longhorn.070803-1655. Unlike v.165 which was integrated with Vista RTM into an ISO image, v.249 is now a standalone installer and weighs approximately 684 MB. This does not require a clean install for those users running the RTM version. The setup wizard requires several reboots and atleast 30 minutes for installation.



Besides bug fixes, overall v.249 does not differ much from the last leak. However, users claim this version to be buggier and not as stable as the last leak.



View: Windows Vista v.249 Screenshots

News Source: In-House

[felix8406]

Here's some info concerning deploying Windows Vista Service Pack 1. If you want more info, you can download a PDF file from Microsoft: http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...20Overview.pdf

Windows Vista SP1 will support a number of deployment scenarios and methods, which the upcoming Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Deployment Guide will describe in detail. This section provides an overview of the delivery methods that Windows Vista SP1 will support. Windows Vista SP1 will support the following delivery methods:

 Express. Requires an Internet connection but minimizes the size of the download by sending only the changes needed for a specific computer (approximately 50 MB for x86-based operating systems).

 Stand-alone. Recommended for computers with limited Internet connectivity and for applying the service pack to multiple computers. The download size is larger than the express package, but customers can apply a single package to any Windows Vista version and language combination (within a platform). Distribution tools like System Center Configuration Manager 2007 use stand-alone packages to deploy Windows Vista SP1.

 Slipstream. The slipstream version of Windows Vista SP1 is media that already contains the service pack, which companies can use to deploy the operating system to new computers or to upgrade existing computers. Availability will be limited. Microsoft will update Windows Vista retail media with Windows Vista SP1 slipstream media in the future. Slipstream media will also be available to Volume Licensing customers.

For express and stand-alone deployment methods, Microsoft recommends the following:

 Laptops must be plugged in to an AC power source.

 A minimum of 7 GB free disk space on the system partition for x86-based operating systems and a minimum of 12 GB free disk space for x64-based operating systems.

[Snuffy]

1. So, SP1 makes the Divx6.6.x or *.avi issue even worse. That is great news! I am wondering if Microsoft considers this an issue since a lot of Divx formats can be attributed to illegal downloads. But, there are legitimate uses for this format considering the compression and quality of Divx.

2. Microsoft releases Windows Live unified installer
Yesterday, September 05, 2007, 8:09:00 PM Microsoft has announced the immediate release of the Windows Live installer, a tool that brings together many of the Windows Live beta products in a single download.

3. Microsoft: Removal of Group Policy Tool from Vista 'Not Significant'
Yesterday, September 05, 2007, 2:16:16 PM
As part of a request to help modify its apparent stance on the upcoming removal of Group Policy Management Console from Microsoft's Windows Vista Service Pack 1, a company spokesperson told BetaNews, "The removal of the GPMC tool with Service Pack 1 is not significant to the majority of Windows Vista users."

4. EasyBCD 1.7 Released
Yesterday, September 05, 2007, 6:35:14 PM
Go and grab yourself a fresh, hot, right-out-of-the-compiler copy of EasyBCD 1.7 before your old bootloader realizes what hit it! Another release of EasyBCD is now available after months of beta testing and - in true NeoSmart fashion - brings dozens of new features and innovative ideas to the table; this time with even more versatility than ever.

Yes, there was a name change. Those of you keeping track of our beta builds are almost certainly wondering what happened to EasyBCD 1.61. To be totally honest here, it was supposed to be released 4 months ago - soon after the 1.6 release back in May. But we got caught up adding a couple of tiny features here and there, and before we knew it, we had a full-blown new version at our hands and not knowing what to do with it - so it’s just shipped as EasyBCD 1.7.

5. Several BLOGS (highly respeced sources) across the board. Indications that the last Release of SP1 has created more problems than it corrected... the list of What went wrong is way to long... but I will include some:
a. Clip board may contain old entry's when doing another Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V.
b. Paint keeps saying it failed to save the file.
c. Media Player crashes, if you skip songs to fast, more often if its a play list containing http links.
d. Vista fails to suspend, if a pcmcia network card is inserted, vista will site there with a black screen, and is unable to resume.
e. CD burning, does not have the option to verify a disk, bad disk = lost data.
f. Creating and renaming a folder too fast, may create a 50K file with that name instead
g. When copying files from a compressed zip file to a folder, the files may get encrypted.
h. TCP traffic can become very slow, after Vista has been running for some time.


A very limited partial list... so proceed with CAUTION ON THE PIRATE LEAKS.

[crabby]

With regards to Divx. I have bought it and I use a free peice of software called 'fairuse' which converts my DVDs to .avi files so that I can watch them at any time on my PC. The free version of fairuse has a limit of 700mb per file, but for series this is fine.

The DivX issue is annoying, but I believe it is (like most third party software) not Microsoft's problem.... instead I just use the most recent version of VLC media player.

crabby