Vista Service Pack 1 Is Here!

Microsoft says Windows Vista‌ Service Pack 1 (SP1) "is an important update that helps improve the reliability and performance of Windows Vista." What it really does
is finally make Vista an alternative for home and business use.

SP1 is now being installed via Windows Update, so anyone with automatic updates on Vists should have already noticed an improvement.

For those of you who installed Vista only to see it hang, even after repeated reboots, SP1 seems to have taken care of most of those issues as long as the computer is not underpowered (with either processor speed or RAM). We recommend at least a dual core processor and minimum 2 GB RAM, although you'll be happier with 4 GB RAM.

Microsoft says that other reliability improvements include better wireless computer-to-computer (ad hoc) connections, better peer-to-peer connections, such as using Windows Meeting Space, and many more.

From Microsoft, here are Improvements in performance:

• Faster copying or extracting files from a compressed mode.

• Better use of network bandwidth when browsing file shares over a network.

• Improved performance from Windows ReadyBoost in reducing the time it takes for Windows to wake up from Hibernate and Standby power modes.

• Better power consumption when your computer screen is idle for a long time.

• Improved logon experience when using a corporate computer, such as a laptop, outside of the corporate network.

• Faster opening of large image files.

SP1 also changed desktop search. Now the user gets to select a default desktop search service.

SP1 also changes how installed RAM is reported. Before SP1, the amount of memory reported was the amount that Windows was able to use. In SP1, the amount reported is the amount of actually installed. This may be more accurate for reporting the hardware, but not as useful if you want to know how memory you can use.

For more information visit Microsoft at Windows Vista Service Pack 1.

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