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More Details About Vista SP2 Emerge

 
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sidebar Fewer resources needed for sidebar gadgets Better support for Spysweeper and Zone Alarm Compcln.exe removes outdated files when they are replaced by SP2 Better handling of errors, incompatible hardware warnings, and system event logs Fixes DRM problems caused by updates to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)

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