ffs they cant even get the update right Microsoft warns on Vista update

Vista was released to consumers on 30 January, 2007

Microsoft is warning Windows Vista users that a forthcoming service pack for the operating system may stop some third-party programs working. The software giant has released a list of programs that may be broken by the SP1 update for Vista.
Most of the software hit by the upgrade are security programs that prevent Windows users falling prey to viruses, trojans and booby-trapped webpages.
The Windows Vista update will be released to the public in mid-March.
Update loop
Service Packs are among the biggest updates Microsoft issues for its various operating systems. The software firm said SP1 makes Vista more secure and reliable and introduces some new features.
The list of programs affected by SP1 is divided into three. Some will be blocked by the update, some will not run and others will lose some of their functions.

PROGRAMS HIT BY SP1
BitDefender AV
Fujitsu Shock Sensor
Jiangmin KV Antivirus 10
Jiangmin KV Antivirus 2008
Trend Micro Internet Security
Zone Alarm Security Suite
Iron Speed Designer
Xheo Licensing
Free Allegiance
NYT Reader
Rising Personal Firewall
Novell ZCM Agent

Of the 12 programs mentioned, six block viruses or keep an eye on the places someone visits online.
Microsoft warned that its list was not "comprehensive" and asked people to get in touch with the maker of any affected software to fix problems.
Although the update will become widely available in March, Microsoft is releasing it to business customers in February.
Microsoft has also been forced to withdraw an update to Vista that was required before Service Pack 1 could be applied.
Writing on the Windows Vista blog, Nick White, Microsoft product manager, said the company had withdrawn the preparatory update while it investigated.
Isolated reports suggest that some machines on which the preliminary update has been applied go into an update loop.
He wrote: "We are working to identify possible solutions and will make the update available again shortly after we address the issue."

i installed sp1 yesterday now my kaspersky crashes like james dean. When it doesnt crash it wont let firefox access t'internet....when it does it crashes.
I cant install anything cos windows installer keeps stopping.

oh and startup now takes 17 minutes.

cheers to the microsoft dev guys.

your all fookin useless lol


mandriva :banana:

Oh dear. I'm glad I stuck with XP. I'll give Vista another year or so to sort itself out.

Same here Nara .Everytime i think about upgrading ? to Vista another post like this comes up and i'm glad i didn't

nara said:

Oh dear. I'm glad I stuck with XP. I'll give Vista another year or so to sort itself out.

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And me m8, I tried Vista but couldn't get on with it so went back to good old XP

I don't think you can blame MS directly. The problem is, if there was not many people trying to hack/create virus's MS would not be in this position!

As they are trying to create counter measures to improve security, the trade off is that the software becomes more complicated, and thus harder to test properly.

I don't know if you have noticed, that an Administrator is now not a SU and is locked out of certain files.

vistas alrite yet to find a fault
it aint no differance than when we went from 98 to xp
a change and most peeps dont like change

Don't be worrying guys I hear MS have set up another fantastic call center for this issue.

For all of Vista's faults i certainly wouldn't be without it, try getting a dual or quad core AMD working well on XP. It just ain't going to happen.