Nonsecurity Vista Updates Released

By jabulani leffall Microsoft plans to release three non-security updates to Windows Vista today, which will tie in with the patch released Tuesday.

"We are doing this so that the customers do not have to wait for a service pack or another or larger release to benefit from the continuous improvement so that our Windows," wrote Nick white, Vista product manager , in a blog post. First, and most important of the three updates, is said to bring better "compatibility, stability and reliability" to Vista.

Microsoft said the update will extend battery life, for peripheral equipment, including mobile devices work in concert with the operating system. It will also improve the operating notebook computers and desktop computers used by ups and downs, offer increased speed of Vista and improve the stability of the wireless network services vital to Vista. The update may also shorten recovery time after the cut-off or part-time idle. Microsoft claims this the latest situation, but for the "compatibility issues, affecting some third-party party antivirus software applications," as well as supporting the integrity of the Vista network drive configuration.

Exist, and there is no indication, though, to decide whether or not to update, is not there, or will be relaxed, and the recent problems with the Windows automatic updates.

Complaints occurred in the last month, some users found that their machines had been launched overnight, the installation of automatic updates to lose some of the key application data. In addition, users reported that the Windows Update configured more or less back to the "automatic installation" settings.

Is neither white blog entry, Microsofts spokesman also did not specify how or if the upgrade is really part of the effort to avoid such snafus in the future.

At the same time, the second involving a cumulative update to improve USB core components, and, by extension, in the process of heat exchange equipment connected to the USB port. Microsoft said the update will affect the system returned overseas students sleep or hibernate, and the issue of providing a patch for two percent of the collapse of all systems Vista.

The design of the USB interface using a single socket devices without shutting down the systems plug-and-play operation. This update will eliminate complications after the restart where equipment configurations are unloaded or inadvertently fail to work hard after rebooting.

Last update, and it is not necessary to the pros and cons of video gamers will improve the experience and X Box 360 via an updated Windows Media Center. According to the blog entry, update added interactive, media center PCs and Microsoft Xbox 360 Xbox 360 is used as a Media Center Extender.

Some do not know what kind of impact update, there will be.

"Three updates are fairly channel. 1 (kb941649), will help some of the stability and performance problems, but we will not see major performance and stability until the project is the Service Pack 1 release Vista, he said: "Chief Technical Erik schultze Supervisor is in Minnesota, St. Paul - Based on shavlik Technologies Company ", and perhaps this is their test period - they do not want to release it to everyone via the W indowsU pdate until it is downloaded thousands of times, and executed without major problems. " Microsoft is expected that all will be updated since Tuesday morning. Will be updated to SP1, according to my blog entry. The service pack is due to completed early next year.