|
|
| Welcome! |
Hello, Guest
Login if you have a Softpedia.com account.
Otherwise, register for one.
|
|
30
| STORIES ABOUT: SP1 |
|
| Windows Fiji Has RTM'd as Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008 |  | Microsoft officially confirmed that Windows Fiji has been released to manufacturing. The Redmond giant sent Windows Fiji RTM emails to the select pool of customers who helped nudge the product forward through development milestones. Fiji has been from the get go to the finish line a product developed under wraps at Microsoft, with little or no word of it released to the general public. Now, Windows Fiji is finalized and the gold bits ended ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 13:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Proves Vista Is Not a Failure with 180 Million Licenses Sold |  | Windows Vista might not be the top seller that Microsoft had forecast before the operating system hit the shelves at the end of January 2007, but the latest Windows client is by no means a failure. Quite the opposite, in fact; according to the Redmond giant, Vista has sold over 180 million licenses in its first year and a half on the market. On July 17, 2008 Microsoft posted its financial results for the 2008 fiscal year ended Ju ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 10:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: Take Advantage of the Vista SP1 Desktop Optimization Pack |  | The Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack is designed to help customers get the most out of their Windows Vista clients, according to Microsoft's official description of the solution. Delivering a comprehensive package of technologies from virtualization to asset inventory service, but also including an advanced group ... [read more >>] | | 16 July 2008, 09:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Error Recipe: Vista SP1, USB Optical Disc Drive and Resume from Standby |  | Windows Vista Service Pack 1, a USB optical disc drive and the process of resuming a computer from standby are the perfect recipe for a Stop error message, according to Microsoft. Essentially, a computer running Vista SP1, or even the plain vanilla version of the operating system that is resuming from Standby while connected to a USB optical disc drive will produce either the STOP: 0x000000E4 (parameter1, parameter2, parameter3, parameter4 ... [read more >>] | | 16 July 2008, 08:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Vista SP1 Volume Licensing |  | Volume Licensing is just one of the modalities to acquire Microsoft software, but perhaps, as customers are concerned, it is also the most appealing because of the cost savings it implies. In contrast to the retail copies of Windows Vista, the main benefit of the Volume Licenses is that it takes the cost of the packaging and of the media out of the price equation of the product. And this, of course, is not valid just for Vista, now[ADMARK= ... [read more >>] | | 15 July 2008, 09:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vista and Office 2007 Are Joined at the Hip, but They Can Be Decoupled |  | The joint releases of Windows Vista and the Office 2007 System in November 2006 and January 2007, designed to be a repeat of Windows 95 and Office 95, have had an inherent result on consumer perception. The simultaneous release of the latest versions of Microsoft's flagship products indicated that the Redmond company had joined Windows Vista and Office 2007 at the hip. And, in fact, Microsoft has been little shy about marketing the in ... [read more >>] | | 14 July 2008, 08:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vista SP1 Compatibility Center Debuts |  | Looking for software and hardware products fully compatible with Microsoft's latest Windows operating system? Well, look no more, as the Redmond company has unveiled the ultimate resource designed to parade the software and the hardware solutions tailored to Windows Vista, now with Service Pack 1. Set up to offer consumers extensive information as to what products are tailored to Vista, the ... [read more >>] | | 14 July 2008, 04:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Vista SP1, the Truth and Nothing but the Truth |  | Can users handle the truth about Windows Vista? Now with Service Pack 1 in its arsenal, Microsoft is ready to prove that they can. Or, at least, its own version of the Vista SP1 truth. Microsoft is on a mission. A mission to salvage what little is left of the latest Windows client, although admission of such a scenario will never come from the company. There are, of course, inherent questions as to why the software giant is reacting so lat ... [read more >>] | | 12 July 2008, 05:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Saying “Yes” to Vista SP1 |  | Without a doubt, Windows Vista, even after Service Pack 1, is at the center of a consistent volume of "Pass" decisions, especially in the corporate environment. Judging by the slow pace of the operating system, which barely crawled over 160 million sold licenses worldwide at the end of June 2008, customers are not exactly crowding to buy the operating system. Considering XP's market share still at over 70% and the high profi ... [read more >>] | | 09 July 2008, 09:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Response Point SP1 Takes VoIP to the Next Level |  | Through the release of Service Pack 1, Microsoft has now added what it referred to as seamless Voice over Internet Protocol integration to its Response Point solution. Starting with the first quarter of 2008, the Redmond giant offered repeated indications of plans to position SP1 as a major feature update to Microsoft Response Point. The focus of the service pack is to enable the evolution of Response Point into a full digital voice soluti ... [read more >>] | | 09 July 2008, 06:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vista SP1's Network Map Plays Nice with XP SP3 |  | With Service Pack 1, Microsoft provided fixes for the vast majority of the issues that have now became associated by default with Windows Vista RTM. But softening the rough edges of Vista is not enough, as there are scenarios in which the problems reported by end users cannot be blamed specifically on the latest Windows client. Case in point: the failure of the Vista Network Map to identify correctly and display computers running ... [read more >>] | | 03 July 2008, 05:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows XP SP3 - No Future |  | With Windows XP but four days away from the June 30 end-of-sales date, various scenarios are depicting the operating system as already dead. But XP is far from being expired, and this is why Microsoft has not been shy about talking about the future of Windows Vista's successor, as irreverent as this might seem. But just because customers will no longer be able to buy standalone copies of the operating system, either shrink-wrapped or ... [read more >>] | | 26 June 2008, 12:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Intel Says Pass to Vista SP1, Onward to Windows 7 |  | Processor maker Intel is saying pass to Windows Vista, SP1 or no SP1, delivering a heavy blow to Microsoft. Service Pack 1 is a traditional milestone which catalyzes a boost in the adoption rate for Windows operating systems. And as far as Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is concerned, Microsoft is ... [read more >>] | | 26 June 2008, 06:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Performance and Reliability Update for Vista SP1 - Download Here |  | A reliability and performance update is available for download for Windows Vista Service Pack 1. This specific release targets all Windows Vista editions, provided that they have the first service pack integrated. The update comes with the promise of improving the performan ... [read more >>] | | 25 June 2008, 03:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Fighting the Windows Vista SP1 Crusade |  | Windows Vista is by no means a failure, nor is it a lost battle, as Microsoft is fighting the Service Pack 1 crusade opening new fronts against both itself and rival companies. Having RTM'd Vista SP1 on February 4, 2008, and then released it to the general public in March and April, the Redmond company has essentially breathed new life into its latest Windows client and it's willing to do everything it takes to convince end users ... [read more >>] | | 23 June 2008, 11:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: Vista SP1 Brings the Performance Vista RTM Didn't |  | Following the advent of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Microsoft geared up to dispel the negative aura which was orbiting around the RTM version of the operating system. As soon as the latest Windows client hit the shelves back in January 30, 2007, negative feedback started flowing, focused on hardware and software compatibility issues, the limitations introduced by the added security mitigations such as User Account Control and P ... [read more >>] | | 23 June 2008, 05:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Windows Vista Wallpapers from Microsoft |  | New Windows Vista wallpapers are available for download from Microsoft. The fresh Vistas are not a repeat of the excellent collection that shipped included by default in the RTM version of the latest Windows client, nor are they additional Extras for the Windows Vista Ultimate SKU. The images have been delivered via Windows Experience, and are offered courtesy of Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc. There is a new ... [read more >>] | | 19 June 2008, 07:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vista SP2 Will Resolve TCP/IP Registry Compatibility Service Issues in SP1 |  | Although Windows Vista SP1 was released to manufacturing just four months ago, at the start of February, becoming available for download on March 18, 2008, Microsoft is already giving a sneak peek at what the next service pack will feature. In this regard, hotfixes are always items integrated into the service packs for Microsoft products simply because they are not released via Windows Updates. The latest example in this context ... [read more >>] | | 17 June 2008, 07:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidates Expire June 30, 2008 |  | The Release Candidate versions of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 have only two more weeks to live. Microsoft warned users still running development milestones of the first service pack for Windows Vista that the testing releases would expire at the end of the month. June 30, 2008 is the last day in the life of Vista SP1 RC builds. Microsoft introduces kill switches into all its Alpha, Beta and RC builds, and Windows service packs m ... [read more >>] | | 16 June 2008, 03:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vista SP1 Installed System Memory (RAM) |  | One of the aspects that Service Pack 1 changes for Windows Vista is the way that the operating system reports the amount of installed system memory. The way that Vista SP1 now deals with the physical RAM impacts both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions o ... [read more >>] | | 13 June 2008, 06:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Free Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 Test Drive |  | Microsoft has started pressing the acceleration pedal of the marketing of Windows Vista, now complete with Service Pack 1. At the debut of June, Mike Nash, Corporate Vice President, Windows Product Management, revealed that Vista SP1 was ready for wide business adoption, and the software giant even launched a Vista experience initiative built around the operating system plus its first service pack. Now, Microsoft is taking it one ... [read more >>] | | 11 June 2008, 13:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Welcome to the Vista SP1 Experience |  | Windows Vista Experience... Safe, easier, reliable and versatile. Microsoft is welcoming users to the Windows Vista experience, a website focused on Service Pack 1 for the latest version of the Windows client. Designed to share "real stories and real successes" with Vista at the core, t ... [read more >>] | | 11 June 2008, 12:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Migrating 10,000 Machines to Windows Vista SP1 |  | Just in case you have failed to tune in after Microsoft released Windows Vista SP1 to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, and to the general public on March 18, the latest Windows client is now ready for adoption. Yes, indeed it took the Redmond company approximately a year and a half after the r ... [read more >>] | | 09 June 2008, 07:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vista SP1 Driver Incompatibility Issues Still Unresolved |  | Four months since Windows Vista SP1 was released to manufacturing, the driver incompatibility issues affecting the implementation of the service pack are still unresolved. Vista SP1 RTM'd on February 4, 2008 along with Windows Server 2008. At that t ... [read more >>] | | 06 June 2008, 06:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Top 5 Reasons to Upgrade to Windows Vista SP1 |  | Ever had the feeling that Microsoft is scrambling to salvage what little it still can out of Windows Vista? While continuously claiming that its latest Windows client is not a failure, and pointing to the 140 million licenses sold as of March 2008, the Redmond company seems keen on demonstrating that it can pull the operating system out of the sinking sands of public opinion. In this regard, Service Pack 1 is indeed used as a floating devi ... [read more >>] | | 05 June 2008, 12:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Vista Is Ready |  | Microsoft released Windows Vista to corporate customers in November 2006 and to the general public in January 2007. But it wasn't until 2008 that Windows Vista was actually ready for businesses. It took Mike Nash, Corporate Vice President, Windows Product Managemen ... [read more >>] | | 05 June 2008, 08:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Linux Cannot Connect to Vista SP1 over Cryptographic Security Services |  | Computers running open source Linux operating systems have problems connecting to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 machines when cryptographic security services are involved. Essentially, the problem affects all distributions of Linux and both Vista RTM and SP1 and is related to failures to establish IPsec connections between the platforms, in scenarios where the connection is initiated from the machine powered by the open source operating sys ... [read more >>] | | 04 June 2008, 12:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Going Against Apple, the Microsoft Store Offers Vista SP1 |  | Traditionally, Microsoft has relayed on its ecosystem of retail, original equipment manufacturing, and system builders partners to sell its software solutions. Unlike Apple, which has its own retail outlets and also sells products via an online shop, the Redmond company has always used intermediaries to get its software to the general public. However, Microsoft is also making moves into the retail channel. It did so with the ... [read more >>] | | 02 June 2008, 10:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Install Vista SP1 and Get 674 MB or 14 GB of RAM for Free |  | The installation of Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista is synonymous with the evolution of the latest Windows client, focused on a variety of aspects including the way the operating system deals with the underlying hardware resources. SP1 does bring t ... [read more >>] | | 30 May 2008, 08:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| ISA Server 2006 SP1 Available this Summer |  | Service Pack 1 for the Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 will be made available to customers in the summer of 2008. According to Jim Harrison (Forefront Edge; ISA Sustained Engineering), ISA Server 2006 SP1 brings to the table a plethora of new features, while also improving the areas of the integrated edge security gateway. In addition to providing the heads up on the future release of ISA Server 2006 SP1, Harrison ... [read more >>] | | 27 May 2008, 09:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Dissecting Microsoft's Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3 Feature Smackdown |  | At the end of April, just as Microsoft had released Windows XP SP3 to manufacturing, and with Windows Vista SP1 RTM'd since February, the face-off between the two operating systems simply went to the next stage. Now, Microsoft has hardly been a stranger to comparisons involving its Windows clients available on the market, and the ... [read more >>] | | 24 May 2008, 06:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Top 6 Vista Application Incompatibility Reasons |  | Application incompatibility is one of the aspects that have managed to deliver extensive damage to the adoption rate of Windows Vista. However, as Vista matured throughout 2007 and with Service Pack 1 in 2008, so did the ecosystem of software solutions orbiting around the operating system. Despite this, the actual perception of application incompatibility managed to survive, especially in corporate environments. If one end user c ... [read more >>] | | 23 May 2008, 09:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vista Compatibility and Reliability Update Available, Adjacent to SP1 |  | Even though SP1 for Windows Vista was released to manufacturing in February 2008, and the gold bits of the service pack began being available to the general public in March, Microsoft is still issuing updates for the RTM version of its latest Windows client. It is the case of a compatibility and reliability update for Vista RTM, re-released on May 21, 2008, well after Microsoft wrapped up with Service Pack 1.
"This update resolves ... [read more >>] | | 22 May 2008, 12:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 Beta |  | Microsoft has made available for download the first Beta of the Visual Studio 2008 Software Development Kit. Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 Beta comes on the heels of the release of Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta and is designed to integrate with the service ... [read more >>] | | 20 May 2008, 04:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Updates Virtualization Solutions for Vista SP1 and XP SP3 |  | With the advent of the 2008 service pack releases for its latest two Windows clients, Microsoft has also updated its virtualization solutions in order to accommodate Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3. On May 15, 2008, the Redmond company made available for download Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Update and Virtual PC 2007 SP1. The service packs are offered as updates for Microsoft's client and server virtualization solutions which can ... [read more >>] | | 16 May 2008, 10:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Forget Vista SP1, Microsoft Made an Alternative for Download |  | Forget about Windows Vista Service Pack 1. Even though the first service pack for the latest Windows client was made available to the general public just two months ago, it is already old news. Moreover, Microsoft has alternatives in place designed as a verit ... [read more >>] | | 15 May 2008, 10:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The New Face of the Vista SP1 User Account Control |  | With the maturity milestone that is the introduction of Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista, Microsoft has improved various aspects of the operating system, including the User Account Control. Introduced as an added security mitigation into Windows Vista, UAC is ... [read more >>] | | 15 May 2008, 07:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: XP vs. Vista Is the Same as Apples vs. Oranges |  | Microsoft has found the perfect cure for the now traditional Windows Vista vs. Windows XP smackdowns. And no, it's not a new marketing strategy applauding the Wow's second coming, but a rather unsubtle tactic to rebuff any face-offs between the two operating systems. In order to discourage Vista vs. XP scenarios, Microsoft is claiming that the products are not even in the same league together and that a comparison is impossible. ... [read more >>] | | 14 May 2008, 13:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Download Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Beta |  | The Beta versions of Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 are now available for download to the general public. The Service Pack 1 milestones for the two products bring to the table a range of improvements and the Betas will give users a taste of the evolution of Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5. According to ... [read more >>] | | 13 May 2008, 06:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Unveils Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 1 |  | According to Microsoft, it seems that not only is Office 2007 a smashing success on the Windows client, but Office 2008 has debuted with the strongest launch in history for Apple's Mac computers. Designed as the equivalent of Office 2007 but for Mac, Office 2008 was launched at the beginning of this year at the Macworld Expo 2008. The Redmond company applauded a strong market performance of Office 2008, revealing that sales ... [read more >>] | | 13 May 2008, 04:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The First Taste of Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Beta |  | Microsoft's 2008 service pack extravaganza is by no means limited to its flagship products, the Windows operating system and the Office suite. With Window Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3 and Office 2007 SP1 out of the way, it is now time for the latest version of the company's suite of development products to get updated. With Visual Studio 2008 released to manufacturing at the end of 2007 and to the general public on[ ... [read more >>] | | 12 May 2008, 06:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Over 5,000 Products Certified for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) |  | One of the main aspects that hurt Windows Vista RTM and the adoption of the operating system was poor support from the environment of products orbiting the platforms in comparison to Windows XP. The fact is that the vast majority of software and hardware solutions available on the market when Vista hit the shelves in January 2008 were tailored to XP, and end users came across a plethora of issues when attempting to integrate exis ... [read more >>] | | 09 May 2008, 05:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Service Pack Fiesta Not Over with XP SP3 and Vista SP1 |  | Since mid-2007, Microsoft has entered Service Pack-mode, as it debuted work on Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3 and Office 2007 SP1, as well as Office 2003 SP3. A year later, the Redmond company's Service Pack Fiesta is still continuing even after the general ... [read more >>] | | 09 May 2008, 03:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Vista SP1 RTM Downloads Get the Green Light |  | Microsoft has given the green light to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM downloads... again. Released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, the availability saga of the first service pack for Vista is now in its final stage, namely delivery through Automatic U ... [read more >>] | | 07 May 2008, 07:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Server 2008 Is Windows Vista SP1 Minus the Pain |  | Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, is essentially intimately connected with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, to the level in which the RTM version of Microsoft's latest server operating system features the SP1 label. Released to manufacturing at the ... [read more >>] | | 06 May 2008, 07:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Vista SP1 RTM Optimized Desktop |  | With the advent of Windows Vista at the end of 2006/the beginning of 2007, Microsoft has started pouring a consistent amount of efforts into enabling optimized desktops. Throughout 2007, and after the introduction of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, the Redmond company continued to fine tune a set of offerings bundled together under the umbrella of Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) for Software Assurance customers. The Microsoft Mana ... [read more >>] | | 30 April 2008, 12:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
|
