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Vista Performance, Compatibility and Reliability Packs are out

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Ah it really did fix the lag issue with the photo screensaver!
I have yet to test too many other things in vista, but I have no doubt that it is better!
 
Originally posted by: Noema
These are the main fixes from what I could gather from the notes:

-Explorer's file move / copy issues with slowness
-Explorer taking too long to calculate remaining time to move / copy a file (I can confirm this one works at least; it's now instantaneous. Sometimes it'd take so long the copying would be done by the time it showed the estimate)
-Sleep and Hibernate not working correctly
-Some video card issues
-Poor memory management performance
-Printers refusing to install with UAC disabled
-TCP/IP not working after resuming from hibernation
-Offline file synchronization not working
-Reported Printer spooling bug
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that was my problem awesome this actually fixes a problem i have 🙂
 
i'm going to install this when i get home..

it's amusing that a lot of this wasn't found during beta testing. a lot of these seem fairly obvious.
 
Brand new Toshiba laptop and the damn Microsoft site says it fails validation and won't let me download the update.

Microsoft is really pissing me off now.
 
Originally posted by: sweetpea70512
Brand new Toshiba laptop and the damn Microsoft site says it fails validation and won't let me download the update.

Microsoft is really pissing me off now.
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Just phone them,soon be fixed with one call to Microsoft,I had to get my legal copy of Vista reactivated after 8 weeks(they said it was a known problem ,however they gave me a new key and all sorted).
 
Originally posted by: Mem
Originally posted by: sweetpea70512
Brand new Toshiba laptop and the damn Microsoft site says it fails validation and won't let me download the update.

Microsoft is really pissing me off now.
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Just phone them,soon be fixed with one call to Microsoft,I had to get my legal copy of Vista reactivated after 8 weeks(they said it was a known problem ,however they gave me a new key and all sorted).
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Do you call Toyota or GM directly when you need new tires?

Utterly rediculous.

There used to be consumer protections against this kind of crap.
 
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: Mem
Originally posted by: sweetpea70512
Brand new Toshiba laptop and the damn Microsoft site says it fails validation and won't let me download the update.

Microsoft is really pissing me off now.
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Just phone them,soon be fixed with one call to Microsoft,I had to get my legal copy of Vista reactivated after 8 weeks(they said it was a known problem ,however they gave me a new key and all sorted).
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Do you call Toyota or GM directly when you need new tires?

Utterly rediculous.

There used to be consumer protections against this kind of crap.
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Not much you can do if your Vista fails validation,apart from phoning Microsoft to get the problem sorted,what's the alternative bitch and moan?
 
Do you call Toyota or GM directly when you need new tires?
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If one was able to steal a Toyota car from the comfort of one's living room via bit-torrent and get the Toyota car for free... then it would probably come to that.

I personally think that software activation is one of the better kinds of copy protection. I would rather publishers force a simple activation procedure on us rather than StarForce (which can kill your dvd drives) or SecuROM (which breaks many games).
 
Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Do you call Toyota or GM directly when you need new tires?
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If you were able to download a Toyota car from the comfort of your living room through bit-torrent and get the Toyota car for free... then it would probably come to that.

I personally think that software activation is one of the better kinds of copy protection. I would rather publishers force a simple activation procedure on us rather than StarForce (which can kill your dvd drives) or SecuROM (which breaks many games).
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I completely agree. I'll spend a few minutes talking to a MS rep once every year or two to keep from having my machine functionally broken.
 
Originally posted by: lxskllr
Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Do you call Toyota or GM directly when you need new tires?
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If you were able to download a Toyota car from the comfort of your living room through bit-torrent and get the Toyota car for free... then it would probably come to that.

I personally think that software activation is one of the better kinds of copy protection. I would rather publishers force a simple activation procedure on us rather than StarForce (which can kill your dvd drives) or SecuROM (which breaks many games).
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I completely agree. I'll spend a few minutes talking to a MS rep once every year or two to keep from having my machine functionally broken.
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That's bizarre.

Most companies do everything they can to not get flooded with consumer calls but this company encourages every PC owner to call home to check in just to keep the product working???? 😕

Sprint for example just dumped 1,000 customers for calling Customer Service too much.
 
Sprint for example just dumped 1,000 customers for calling Customer Service too much.
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The majority of those people were calling frequently because Sprint's customer service is beyond incompetent.

But horrible analogies aside, your point w.r.t. Microsoft is hyperbole. You're assuming that a tech forum full of people who reinstall their OS on a frequent basis (usually for no good reason) represents the market as a whole. The vast majority of Windows customers will never call Product Activation.
 
Originally posted by: Mem
Not much you can do if your Vista fails validation,apart from phoning Microsoft to get the problem sorted,what's the alternative bitch and moan?
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You have every right to bitch and moan, just point it in the right direction. Toshiba is responsible for providing licenses for their machines, not Microsoft.
 
Hello everyone, I'm back. Anyways, the biggest question on my mind is, WHY are there TWO fixpacks, instead of just one big update? And along that vein, does it matter which fixpack you install first?

I'm still thinking of waiting until Vista media becomes available with SP1 integrated. I'm worried about the 2GB limit bug in the Vista gold installer routines. I don't want to have to physically remove 2GB of RAM from my machines just to re-install Vista. Blah. 🙁
(If only BIOS writers would add a "RAM Limit" feature to the BIOS, then all could be well, with both the Vista bug and with Win98se, on modern hardware.)
 
I installed both packs, but standby and hibernate is still not working right for me. The video output goes out, but everything else stays on.
 
Originally posted by: fr
I installed both packs, but standby and hibernate is still not working right for me. The video output goes out, but everything else stays on.
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BIOS - in power options switch to S3 from S1

 
Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Hello everyone, I'm back. Anyways, the biggest question on my mind is, WHY are there TWO fixpacks, instead of just one big update? And along that vein, does it matter which fixpack you install first?

I'm still thinking of waiting until Vista media becomes available with SP1 integrated. I'm worried about the 2GB limit bug in the Vista gold installer routines. I don't want to have to physically remove 2GB of RAM from my machines just to re-install Vista. Blah. 🙁
(If only BIOS writers would add a "RAM Limit" feature to the BIOS, then all could be well, with both the Vista bug and with Win98se, on modern hardware.)
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Hello,

Good to have you back. "Gold Installer" - OK.
Now, once you stop smoking don't worry about the "bug" just install Vista with whatever amount of RAM you have.
 
Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Hello everyone, I'm back. Anyways, the biggest question on my mind is, WHY are there TWO fixpacks, instead of just one big update? And along that vein, does it matter which fixpack you install first?

I'm still thinking of waiting until Vista media becomes available with SP1 integrated. I'm worried about the 2GB limit bug in the Vista gold installer routines. I don't want to have to physically remove 2GB of RAM from my machines just to re-install Vista. Blah. 🙁
(If only BIOS writers would add a "RAM Limit" feature to the BIOS, then all could be well, with both the Vista bug and with Win98se, on modern hardware.)
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I installed the 938979 first,had to reboot after then I installed the 2nd one and had to reboot again,not had any problems with my Vista x64 and 4gb of ram and these two packs.





 
Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Do you call Toyota or GM directly when you need new tires?
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If one was able to steal a Toyota car from the comfort of one's living room via bit-torrent and get the Toyota car for free... then it would probably come to that.

I personally think that software activation is one of the better kinds of copy protection. I would rather publishers force a simple activation procedure on us rather than StarForce (which can kill your dvd drives) or SecuROM (which breaks many games).
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Yeah, but this is more akin to your car Stopping in the middle of the road and asking for your vehicle title and registration and not starting again until you do so or phone in to GM or Toyota.
:laugh:
 
Originally posted by: Chadder007
Meh....still feels like a slug compared to XP.
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Mmm...I've always felt Vista is a bit snappier than XP, specially with Superfetch (well, having 4GB of RAM doesn't hurt...:laugh: but even with 2GB, it felt very nice).

I love not having to wait on the HDD when I open a program.

 
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