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Windows Vista SP1
Reviewed on February 7, 2008
While it's always good to install the latest code for any operating system, installing the Windows Vista SP1 update will require some casual users to spend a few hours without any visible or tangible improvements to their systems.
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FixWindowsUpdate 1
Run and fix your Windows update.
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Go to WindizUpdate 0.7
Get an alternative Windows Update that runs in Firefox.
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Patch pre-empts problem in Windows update
August 4, 2004
Flaw in upcoming Windows XP Service Pack 2 conflicts with Microsoft business program.
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Windows update will be late, Microsoft says
July 12, 2004
Company now says its long-awaited Windows XP Service Pack 2 won't be available until August.
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Microsoft pulls 'critical' Windows update
September 9, 2005
A quality issue has moved the software maker to pull the security update that it planned to release on Patch Tuesday.
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Patch for masses swats Windows bug
February 24, 2005
Microsoft uses Windows Update to fix a problem that caused PCs to show the "blue screen of death."
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Picture imperfect for computing security
August 6, 2004
But Microsoft finally ships key Windows update to PC makers. Also: Coding flaw affecting image format could let intruders in.
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Chart: Six versions of Windows Vista
February 27, 2006
Microsoft has decided to offer six distinct versions of the Windows update. Here they are from simplest to most tricked-out.
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Vista gets out of PC sync
June 7, 2006
Microsoft drops feature in Windows update that would have let people synchronize data among many PCs.
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Vista views: Final version's cool features
November 10, 2006
Now that the code is done, readers tell us what they like about the Windows update.
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Vista beta gets slight tweaks
July 17, 2006
Microsoft releases an update to the Beta 2 version sent out to the public but delivers it only to selected testers.
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Gates announces new Windows update tool
November 16, 2004
That's not all. Microsoft also has new tools geared to help cut costs of managing corporate data.
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Windows update hits file-sharing networks
August 10, 2004
Peer-to-peer advocates say the technology is about more than just swapping copyrighted music and video. Really.
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Tool time for Microsoft
November 16, 2004
In Denmark, Gates outlines effort to trim data managment costs, new Windows update service. Also: Angling for Novell users.
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Bypass found for Windows piracy check
May 23, 2005
Using a tool from Microsoft, it is possible to get around the company's piracy test, a researcher says.
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Patch Tuesday comes for Vista, too
August 17, 2006
Two of the security bulletins sent out this month affect the beta of the Windows update, according to a Microsoft blog.
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Microsoft extends block to SP2 auto update
September 8, 2004
Corporate customers now have until early 2005 to tinker with things before ingesting XP's Service Pack 2.
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Microsoft's patchwork mess
July 3, 2004
ZDNet's David Berlind explains why a sometimes infuriatingly complicated patch process reveals both timing flaws and potential vulnerabilities in Microsoft's thinking.
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Microsoft to spell out Vista's needs
May 17, 2006
The software giant is expected to get specific about what features PCs will need to run the Windows update.
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