Comments

1. Julian I-Do-Stuff

   
   Posted on: December 18, 2007 at 9:57AM  

   I read the Overview and Notable Changes but I find nothing about usability issues addressed by SP1.

   Plenty on Performance, Reliability, Security, Efficiency, etc. but why does "Usability" not feature as a category at all? Are any "Usability" issues addressed under some other heading?

   Specifically how many of this (limited selection) of Windows Explorer issues are being addressed (Windows Explorer is where I interact with the system all the time when not in applications...)

   inconstant Folder Views,

   the black-holes that are Folder Templates,

   the lack of control of automatic folder type discovery,

   absence of per window control of Preview,

   lack of preview handlers for older MS products (Office)

   accurate refresh of shortcuts to mapped (esp network) drives,

   absence of a "New Folder" button

   Please tell me that such issues are being addressed...

   Julian
2. Glenn.Merideth

   
   Posted on: December 18, 2007 at 9:58AM  

   allthough I'm not as tech savvy as the rest of you seem to be, I can give you a perspetive from a laymens point of view. A lot of programs that I have spent a lot of money anf time invested in these progrms to, only to find out when I purchased this new HPa6244n

   with the Intel Core 2 Duo @2X 2.2GHZ E4500

   that they are no longer usable in your wonderful VISTA Is there a fixthat I'm unaware of or do I just throw away a couple of hundred dollars of games?
3. newscientist2000

   
   Posted on: December 18, 2007 at 11:12AM  

   Glenn.Merideth have you tried compatibility mode in Vista

   http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2007/04/09/run-applications-in-compatibility-mode-in-vista/

   or looked at the website of the software vendors incase they have issued a patch for vista.
4. newscientist2000

   
   Posted on: December 18, 2007 at 11:17AM  

   Actually Glenn you should also check HPs website apparently the DVD drive in your machine may scratch discs and may need to be serviced:

   http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3552345&lang=en&

   http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01247575&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3552345&lang=en
5. Brad_Stiritz

   
   Posted on: December 18, 2007 at 9:47PM  

   Can anyone please comment on the availability of x64 motherboards that can boot Vista SP1 using EFI? Surely they exist, right? Surely MS has done some in-house testing on such motherboards?

   I'm having trouble finding any for sale.

   I figured that Intel *must* be on the verge of selling at least one such model, since they did invent EFI, but I haven't been able to get an affirmative on that from Intel tech sales.

   Any clues appreciated! I'm not moving to Vista until I can boot EFI. Not one more new legacy-BIOS machine in my workspace, thank you.

   Thanks, Brad
6. newscientist2000

   
   Posted on: December 18, 2007 at 10:15PM  

   Hi Brad

   I didnt even know what Extended Firmware Interface (EFI) was until I just read up on it here:

   http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/firmware/efibrief.mspx

   and here

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Firmware_Interface

   Curiously why are you so set on EFI based machines, surely there are advantages and disadvantages to this technology?
7. dovella

   
   Posted on: December 19, 2007 at 12:52AM  

   yes but in "EFI" of MAc

   you not move timing of ram

   you not patch firmware of GPU

   You not meet the clcok of RAM in 1t

   for PC???
8. ProAudio1

   
   Posted on: December 19, 2007 at 10:57PM  

   To: Hakon Strande

   I appreciate greatly your response. I did install SP1 and DID find improvement with ASIO drivers now showing up - and although I have not given them a full run - they DO appear to be working.

   What continues to drive me nuts is the buffering issue where, when watching a DVD, both audio and video appear to go in to "slo-mo" for five or six seconds and then catches back up. I am running an HP Multimedia Desktop. So far, it's a multi-misery computer. I contacted HP customer service and they sent me stock URLS to run tests - and everything tested fine, of course. I cannot be the first or only to report this problem. I would prefer somebody "fess up" to the problem than to give me stock URLs of no value.

   Again I greatly appreciate your candor and help. I've got to get to the bottom of the buffering problem before it drives me insane.
9. Ng Yung Wai

   
   Posted on: December 22, 2007 at 9:11AM  

   1 that says the reward to giving VISTA SP It that discovered one bug at RC that uses SP1 supports USB that fell in a word. The phenomenon of the interruption appears to one at the USB time. However, compared windows xp sp3 is fortunately used. The performance doesn't have what rises by 15% to the SP1 performance rather rises for the entire XP. It is hoped to descend as Microsoft notes it.

   Thank you it is hoped that Microsoft takes a hit on the success in the pirate edition.
10. Escape2705

    
    Posted on: December 22, 2007 at 1:19PM  

    After updated,I have a problem with Fujitsu Shock Sensor program.It's not compatibility with SP1 RC..

    My notebook: Fujitsu LifeBook A6030, T7300, 2GB Ram...

    "Sorry about my English"