Vista Service Pack 1 for 64-Bit

[Guest Clayton]

All in all, it has not fixed much, it has incorporated all 60 updates since

RTM

I'm using it now and it still hasn't fixed a few issues I am having, SP-1

dated August 2007, 1.08GB in size

And yes, I know it is still a beta version SP-1 v.249 Expires 8/4/2008

 

Don't shoot the messenger!!

[Guest XS11E]

Re: Vista Service Pack 1 for 64-Bit

 

"Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

> All in all, it has not fixed much, it has incorporated all 60

> updates since RTM

 

I think by now we all know (or should know) that service packs are not

intended to fix anything, they combine previous updates and add

drivers. Some service packs such as SP2 for XP do add/change some

functionality but that's not usual.

 

 

 

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[Guest Clayton]

Re: Vista Service Pack 1 for 64-Bit

 

LOL, ofcourse they are intended to fix things

 

"XS11E" <xs11e@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message

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> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

>

>> All in all, it has not fixed much, it has incorporated all 60

>> updates since RTM

>

> I think by now we all know (or should know) that service packs are not

> intended to fix anything, they combine previous updates and add

> drivers. Some service packs such as SP2 for XP do add/change some

> functionality but that's not usual.

>

>

>

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[Guest XS11E]

Re: Vista Service Pack 1 for 64-Bit

 

"Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

> "XS11E" <xs11e@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message

> news:Xns99A9781AFC062xs11eyahoocom@127.0.0.1...

>> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

>>

>>> All in all, it has not fixed much, it has incorporated all 60

>>> updates since RTM

>>

>> I think by now we all know (or should know) that service packs

>> are not intended to fix anything, they combine previous updates

>> and add drivers. Some service packs such as SP2 for XP do

>> add/change some functionality but that's not usual.

> LOL, ofcourse they are intended to fix things

 

No, they are NOT intended as fixes and people who install service packs

thinking they will fix a problem are almost always disappointed and

sometimes find the problem is worse after the service pack.

 

 

 

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[Guest John Barnes]

Re: Vista Service Pack 1 for 64-Bit

 

I agree with you. Fixes that are important or critical are issued thru

updates that are later incorporated into the SP. For the most part, unless

an extraordinary delay is expected before the next os release (as in the

case of 5 yrs for Vista), any 'fixes' are saved for it.

 

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> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

>

>> "XS11E" <xs11e@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message

>> news:Xns99A9781AFC062xs11eyahoocom@127.0.0.1...

>>> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

>>>

>>>> All in all, it has not fixed much, it has incorporated all 60

>>>> updates since RTM

>>>

>>> I think by now we all know (or should know) that service packs

>>> are not intended to fix anything, they combine previous updates

>>> and add drivers. Some service packs such as SP2 for XP do

>>> add/change some functionality but that's not usual.

>

>> LOL, ofcourse they are intended to fix things

>

> No, they are NOT intended as fixes and people who install service packs

> thinking they will fix a problem are almost always disappointed and

> sometimes find the problem is worse after the service pack.

>

>

>

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[Guest John Barnes]

Re: Vista Service Pack 1 for 64-Bit

 

Also, Microsoft has announced that they are no longer going to add drivers

to the service packs as they are available thru Windows update and are a

waste to load so many irrelevant drivers on everyone's machine.

 

"John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message

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>I agree with you. Fixes that are important or critical are issued thru

>updates that are later incorporated into the SP. For the most part, unless

>an extraordinary delay is expected before the next os release (as in the

>case of 5 yrs for Vista), any 'fixes' are saved for it.

>

> "XS11E" <xs11e@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message

> news:Xns99AF52BA4D22Bxs11eyahoocom@127.0.0.1...

>> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

>>

>>> "XS11E" <xs11e@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message

>>> news:Xns99A9781AFC062xs11eyahoocom@127.0.0.1...

>>>> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> All in all, it has not fixed much, it has incorporated all 60

>>>>> updates since RTM

>>>>

>>>> I think by now we all know (or should know) that service packs

>>>> are not intended to fix anything, they combine previous updates

>>>> and add drivers. Some service packs such as SP2 for XP do

>>>> add/change some functionality but that's not usual.

>>

>>> LOL, ofcourse they are intended to fix things

>>

>> No, they are NOT intended as fixes and people who install service packs

>> thinking they will fix a problem are almost always disappointed and

>> sometimes find the problem is worse after the service pack.

>>

>>

>>

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>

[Guest Chuck Walbourn [MSFT]]

Re: Vista Service Pack 1 for 64-Bit

 

Another detail to remember here is that a Service Pack has to support all

languages for the OS. If they've made any changes to localized resources,

then that has to be reflected in something like 99 different languages.

 

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Chuck Walbourn

SDE, XNA Developer Connection

 

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