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More information on the Vista SP1 activation hackPosted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on Feb 11, 2008 4:50 PM Subscribe Alerts34 comments: My post on the Vista SP1 activation hack has generated a lot of feedback (especially in the form of questions) from both individuals and other media outlets. I've put together...[Read the rest]

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Vista SP1, making it (a little) harder for users to forget their logon password - Day 4: A number of readers have asked me to list the changes that SP1 makes to Windows Vista. To be honest with you, I can't see that many but I have... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 10, 2008 2:41 PM; 8 Comments
UPDATED: Hackers - 1 : SP1 - 0: ... UPDATED - Microsoft unsuccessful in preventing all Vista hacks with SP1 ... With the launch of SP1 Microsoft promised to put an end to two popular hacks used by... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 10, 2008 10:29 AM; 119 Comments
A Vista SP1 FAQ: I’ve been working with Windows Vista Service Pack 1 for several months now, in beta releases and, for the last two weeks, in the final released code. I’ve put together... [Read the rest]; Posted by Ed Bott in Ed Bott's Microsoft Report on: Feb 9, 2008 5:55 PM; 67 Comments
SP1 brings with it a softer, gentler, naggier WGA - Day 3: Windows Vista SP1 brings with it a new tweaked version of the WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) anti-piracy scheme. How does this look to the end user? Read on ... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 9, 2008 3:59 PM; 20 Comments
The SP1 upgrades continue - Day 2: Today I carried out the most critical SP1 upgrade so far - I upgraded my main system. This is a Core 2 Extreme monster that's been running Vista Ultimate 64-bit.... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 8, 2008 9:52 AM; 17 Comments
Vista SP1 hands-on: six trouble-free upgrades: On Wednesday, FedEx delivered DVDs containing the final, RTM bits of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to three ZDNet bloggers. My colleagues posted their results (and in one case an... [Read the rest]; Posted by Ed Bott in Ed Bott's Microsoft Report on: Feb 8, 2008 6:39 AM; 85 Comments
RIP Ultimate Extras: Back in September of last year I wrote a piece about how the Windows Ultimate Extras window from the RTM version of Windows Vista differed from the pre-release SP1 code... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 8, 2008 3:42 AM; 47 Comments
Vista SP1 - The promised performance gains are there: People are very anxious to know whether Windows Vista SP1 brings with it any noticeable performance gains when carrying out day to day tasks. My preliminary results seem to indicate... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 7, 2008 12:45 PM; 94 Comments
Vista SP1 - Day 1: On Monday the 4th of February Microsoft announced that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 had been released to manufacturing. Although the code has been finalized, Windows Vista users won't start... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 7, 2008 10:36 AM; 66 Comments
First experiences with Vista SP1 RTM: [UPDATE 1/12/2008 2:55PM - Looks like my fellow blogger Ed Bott may have pulled through and found the answer in the quotation below. The lesson in this is to always update... [Read the rest]; Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Feb 7, 2008 4:04 AM; 284 Comments
Vista SP1 revisited: I posted a survey earlier this week asking people about their Vista migrations. I wanted to take a few moments to comment on the results (with all the usual caveats... [Read the rest]; Posted by Christopher Dawson in ZDNet Education on: Feb 6, 2008 8:42 AM; 7 Comments
Vista SP1 will contain undocumented fixes: Interesting email in today mailbag: "Will SP1 contain undisclosed or undocumented security fixes?" Let's find out ... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 5, 2008 9:33 AM; 119 Comments
Vista SP1 highlights in 60 seconds - The reasons why I'll be applying the service pack: So, yesterday Microsoft announced that SP1 for Vista had gone RTM. This means that the first service pack for Windows Vista has been finalized and this is what we'll have... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 5, 2008 8:32 AM; 50 Comments
No Vista SP1 bits for users until mid-March: Customers who've been waiting for Microsoft to release the final Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 bits are going to have to wait another month or two to actually get their... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Feb 4, 2008 9:58 AM; 35 Comments
Will Vista SP1 finally make the upgrade worth it?: While consumers have largely adopted Vista because it comes standard on new computers, educational institutions, like many enterprises, have been slower to jump on the bandwagon. The rule of thumb... [Read the rest]; Posted by Christopher Dawson in ZDNet Education on: Feb 4, 2008 7:50 AM; 22 Comments
Windows Vista SP1 goes RTM: This is the day that Windows Vista users (and those waiting to make the leap to Vista) have been waiting for. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 has been released to... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 4, 2008 6:24 AM; 2 Comments
Reports: Vista SP1 gold bits on track for next week: After both public and private betas galore, Microsoft is set to make the final, gold Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 bits available, most likely next week, according to various... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Feb 1, 2008 3:53 PM; 12 Comments
Vista SP1 - Download it for the kill-switch removal, keep it for the increased performance, reliability and compatibility: The release of Vista SP1 is imminent. It might be next week, or it might be the week after, but it's now close. And Microsoft's SP1 marketing machine is also... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 1, 2008 5:15 AM; 176 Comments
Microsoft wants to help you speed up Vista: Microsoft has published an article aimed at helping Vista users speed up their system - but the article takes a somewhat hit-and-miss approach to speeding up a PC. Oh, and... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jan 30, 2008 1:31 PM; 119 Comments
Will Vista and Windows Server 2008 really be better together?: Microsoft's premise is that the combination of Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 on the desktop and Windows Server 2008 on the back-end will be preferable to running either product by... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Jan 29, 2008 10:50 AM; 29 Comments
Windows 7 = Vista Release 2: The most common comment I've read lately by Windows analysts is that Microsoft has accelerated the development schedule of Windows 7 in a desperate attempt to replace Windows Vista. All... [Read the rest]; Posted by Ed Bott in Ed Bott's Microsoft Report on: Jan 29, 2008 5:54 AM; 250 Comments
Windows 7: The Anti-Vista?: Can Microsoft make everyone happy with Windows 7? Should it even try? What would you do, if you were on the team that's charged with "Shipping Seven"? [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Jan 25, 2008 8:08 AM; 380 Comments
Vista virtualization: The bigger picture: Microsoft has belatedly gotten around to relaxing its licensing rules so that customers can install any edition of Windows Vista in a virtual machines, including the less expensive Home Basic... [Read the rest]; Posted by Ed Bott in Ed Bott's Microsoft Report on: Jan 23, 2008 2:21 PM; 23 Comments
Could Windows 7 be the best Windows yet?: Given all the feedback that Microsoft has had from Vista users (both negative and positive), could Windows 7 be the best version of Windows yet? [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jan 22, 2008 9:39 AM; 258 Comments
Windows 7 debut in 2009? Another reason to skip Vista: If Windows 7 really is scheduled to make an appearance during the second half of 2009, does this mean that making the move to Vista is now a pointless effort? [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jan 18, 2008 7:59 AM; 256 Comments
About-face: Microsoft makes new Vista SP1 test build public: After saying it planned to make its latest test build of Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 available to a private group of testers only, Microsoft has done an about-face... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Jan 11, 2008 1:58 PM; 46 Comments
Vista sucks - reality or perception?: Dwight Silverman asks an interesting question - Does Vista suck, or is this just a perception? Depending on who you talk to, Microsoft's Vista problem has its root in one... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jan 10, 2008 7:45 AM; 188 Comments
Microsoft extends the reach of Media Center: More than 70% of Windows Vista copies sold in 2007 were so-called premium editions, which include Media Center capabilities. That's good news for digital media fans, who might not even... [Read the rest]; Posted by Ed Bott in Ed Bott's Microsoft Report on: Jan 9, 2008 5:18 PM; 13 Comments
Microsoft releases another Vista SP1 refresh to 15,000 testers: Microsoft made availble to testers on January 9 yet another refresh of Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 Release Candidate (RC) test build -- but to its core group of... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Jan 9, 2008 2:54 PM
Face it, Windows Ultimate Extras are history: One thing that you can say about Long Zheng is that he's tenacious. He just won't let the issue of the missing Windows Ultimate Extras drop. But I'm now pretty... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jan 9, 2008 2:14 PM; 36 Comments