Microsoft pulls Windows XP & VISTA updates

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Full story Here

Oops!!

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Heard this elsewhere, but it was said only XP SP3 was pulled, but Vista SP1 was left alone. Indeed, Vista SP1 is still downloadable here.

I did get XP SP3 while it was out. Only put it on one unimportant system so far, can’t say I noticed any difference over SP2.

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Just had to fix this for a fast on draw client…hosed the SQL side. Had to reinstall and rebuild database to get it working again…

Oh well…they pay the bills is all I care! I always say wait 30 days after a release before installing it…wow how true for sure this time…!!!

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Several machines here downloading Vista SP1 as we speak, so looks like Mackerel is right

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As said before I don’t really stress my vista box much, but it does feel a bit more responsive since SP1. In particular, much less disk thrashing with ordinary desktop tasks. So gets my vote.

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Vista SP1 installed on 22 March; can’t say that I have noticed any difference good or bad.

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[QUOTE=STEP2000;420831]Just had to fix this for a fast on draw client…hosed the SQL side. Had to reinstall and rebuild database to get it working again…

Oh well…they pay the bills is all I care! I always say wait 30 days after a release before installing it…wow how true for sure this time…!!![/QUOTE]

Always good advice I feel Greg. I waited four years for my upgrade from Win98 to XP and there aint no way I’m getting VISTA yet, especially as I can pick up XPPro with MCE for £68 as an OEM licence.

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Subjective I know but my laptop has just rebooted after the upgrade and seems quite a bit snappier…

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One other thing about SP1 for Vista is that it supports up to 4GB ram in the 32bhit versions. I can confirm this as I’m running 32Bit business with 4GB and all is available.

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I think that’s cosmetic only… ah, here it is: link

With SP1, Windows Vista will report the amount of system memory installed rather than report the amount of system memory available to the OS. Therefore 32-bit systems equipped with 4GB of RAM will report all 4GB in many places throughout the OS, such as the System Control Panel. However, this behavior is dependent on having a compatible BIOS, so not all users may notice this change.

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Typical:rolleyes: