Published 12/4/2008
by Mark Edward Soper
at Maximum PC all RSS Feed
ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley has the goods on what's coming in Windows Vista SP2. In addition to the new features we told you about earlier this week , look for improvements in: Hardware support for new form factors and the new VIA 64-bit CPU Security improvements Reliability and performance improvements in resume and RSS feeds sidebar Fewer resources needed for sidebar gadgets Better support for Spysweeper and Zone Alarm Compcln.exe removes outdated files when they are replaced by SP2 Better handling of errors, incompatible hardware warnings, and system event logs Fixes DRM problems caused by updates to Windows Media Player Wondering about "missing" features like Hyper-V virtualization? Join us after the jump to find out why Vista SP2's not just for Vista, and for your chance to sound off. read more
(link)
Tags:
Related Content
Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Vista SP2 Beta
technet.microsoft.com 12/3/2008 — Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta is an update to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. It provides customer and partner feedback driven fixes into a single service pack, minimizing deployment and testing ...
1.91% of all PCs are fully patched!
secunia.com 12/3/2008 — Hello everybody!
Almost one year ago, we posted statistics from the Secunia PSI about the state of programs installed on PCs.
We think the timing is just right for a follow up on the previous numbers - as you might have noticed, Tuesday last ...
Vista SP2: What’s inside? | All about Microsoft
blogs.zdnet.com 12/4/2008 — December 2nd, 2008 Vista SP2: What’s inside? Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 1:23 pm Categories: Vista , Windows Server 2008/ Windows Server Longhorn , Windows client , Windows server , Windows Home Server , Channel , System builders , OEMs , Resellers , ...
Plan ahead for upcoming security bulletins
microsoft.com 12/5/2008 — Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification issued: December 4, 2008
Microsoft Security Bulletins to be issued: December 9, 2008
This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on December 9, ...
Rumor: Windows Vista SP2 RTMs in April '09 —
Maximum PC all RSS Feed 12/2/2008
The Malaysian website Tech ARP , which previously figured out the release schedule for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3, has looked into its crystal ball again and predicts Vista SP2 will be released to manufacturing in April 2009. First, ...