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[Snuffy]

Microsoft posts two major Vista fix packs for download
Posted by Arneh on Tuesday, Aug 7, 2007, 8:59 pm -

Remember those Windows Vista reliability and performance fix packs — beta versions of which temporarily escaped to the masses last week? On August 7, Microsoft posted the final versions of the two Vista fix packs for download.

The Vista performance fix pack, KB 938979, (both 32- and 64-bit versions) is downloadable here. The reliability fix pack, KB 938194, (32- and 64-bit flavors), can be downloaded here.

The two fix packs include a number of the updates that Microsoft is expected to deliver in the first full-fledged Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 release, a public beta of which is expected real soon now. SP1 is expected to include a number of security, performance and reliability fixes that Microsoft has been delivering since it shipped Vista, all in one single package.

Microsoft is promising to make the two new Vista fix packs available via Windows Update at a “later date.” The full statement, provided by a Microsoft spokeswoman:

“The two updates will be available on Microsoft’s download center today, and will be available through Windows Update at a later date.”

News Source: All About Microsoft http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=628

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[budeone]

Thnaks very much.. installing righ now.

[felix8406]

Yes, me too, thanks. Hopefully evrything will go AOK. Just in case I created a System Restore point.

[felix8406]

Done. That makes 61 the total updates for my Home Premium desktop. My Business edition laptop has a total of 72 updates.

[ewan_mclean]

Yes I downloaded them too a few days ago and I feel they have made a small improvement to my machine.

[felix8406]

I can say I noticed any changes; good or bad. There are supposed to be some security updates coming up next week; http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms07-aug.mspx

[Snuffy]

Service Pack for Microsoft Windows (KB936330) contains 133 individual packages and is by far the biggest of the updates, so will probably be the service pack as we think of it. It is applied to the following Vista components:
http://apcmag.com/6929/vista_sp1_in_depth

Service Pack for Microsoft Windows (KB937286) contains 28 packages. The bulk of the updates are applied to the Windows Help Core Client, but it also affects client packages for:

Hotfix for Microsoft Windows (KB937287) contains just one package, which is applied to the Servicing Stack, a component used in Vista imaging.

Update for Microsoft Windows (KB938371) contains three packages, which are applied to:

Performance and Compatibility

This service pack isn’t to be confused with two enhancement packs which were leaked to the public a few weeks ago, and then officially released by Microsoft with virtually no fanfare on the 8th and the 9th. These two updates address compatibility and performance features in Vista.

some of what SP1 does, and some of what it does not do.