宣布窗口景色SP1 RTM
喂，麦克Nash这里从窗口产品管理小组在微软。 今天我们被激发宣布我们发布了服务组装1为窗口景色给制造业(RTM)为我们的第一套语言(英语，法语，西班牙语，德语和日语)。
服务组装1是一个非常重要里程碑，因为它直接地演讲我们的顾客辨认了与窗口景色在最后一年期间的许多主要问题，和通过节目象顾客经验改进方案。 与服务组装1，我们在表现、可靠性和兼容性获得了伟大的进展。 其中一件巨大事关于我的工作是我得到演奏以我们的产品最新的修造-我亲自相当完全是连续窗口景色SP1几个月，并且我注意我的系统比他们做了与窗口景色快速地和更加可靠地运行“金”发行。
当我们去年首先发布了窗口景色，有有巨大经验的许多顾客，但一些有问题发现在窗口景色很好运作的应用; 其他有问题发现正确的设备驱动程序为他们使用的某些硬件装置。 这些问题的原因是为了改进窗口景色可靠性和安全，我们做对系统的一些重要建筑变动。 近期时当这导致了有些问题，我们从长远来看知道这些投资在窗口将改进顾客经验的可靠性和安全。 检查 这个blog岗位 关于第一年窗口看见怎么的景色安全其中一些变动付清。
好消息是这去年是一个大年进展为窗口景色根据改进应用和设备兼容性。 例如， 98出于畅销的100种应用有版本可利用为窗口景色。 并且通过我们的硬件伙伴了不起的工作，我们现在安排78,000个设备和组分由Windows Update支持，从大约34,000起在2006年11月。 结果，我们迄今准许了100窗口景色的百万个拷贝。
服务组装1带来根据反馈我们收到我们的顾客的来信的新的改善。 它进一步改进窗口景色可靠性和表现。 The information we collect thanks to tools like the Customer Experience Improvement Program, Online Crash Analysis, and Windows Error Reporting help us learn about where and when customers are having issues with Windows Vista and the applications that run on it. Since these issues have a direct impact on our customers’ experiences, we’ve invested time and energy to make this better. While Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is an important milestone, we will continue to invest in the continuous improvement process.
SP1 also includes changes focused on improving the performance of Windows Vista in areas that impact the customer experience the most. For instance, with SP1, copying or moving files around your PC, your home network or your corporate network should now be much faster — up to 50% faster in some scenarios (according to our internal tests). In addition, on many kinds of hardware, resuming a Windows Vista-based PC from sleep is faster on Service Pack 1.
The key learning over the last year is that when we change the operating system, it takes time to let the ecosystem make sure that the hardware and software that they build works well with Windows Vista. So as we release Windows Vista SP1 to manufacturing, we are going to be thoughtful about when and how it gets distributed.
With today’s RTM of SP1, a number of processes kick off as we deliver the update to customers. Our OEM partners will get SP1 and start producing new PCs running Windows Vista with SP1 pre-installed. We will also start the manufacturing process for retail product of Windows Vista with SP1. Both will be available in stores for new Windows Vista customers in the coming months. Today we also start the process to manufacture DVDs for our enterprise customers who get our software via our Volume Licensing program.
As we update our customers to SP1, we want everyone to have a great install experience. We are going to stage our rollout of SP1 for current Windows Vista users to be approximately concurrent with the availability of Windows Vista SP1 on new PCs and in stores. There are a couple of reasons for this. Our beta testing identified an issue with a small set of device drivers. These drivers do not follow our guidelines for driver installation and as a result, some beta participants who were using Windows Vista and updated to Service Pack 1 reported issues with these devices. Because the issue was with the way the drivers were installed and not the drivers themselves, the solution was simply to reinstall the drivers. While this worked fine for our more technical beta testers, we want to deliver a better experience for customers as we make the update broadly available.
While we know that most customers who update from Windows Vista to SP1 will NOT be affected, our approach is to improve the experience for all our customers. To do this, we will begin making SP1 available through Windows Update in mid-March, giving us time to work with some of our hardware partners to make adjustments to the installation process for the affected drivers. As SP1 gets delivered through Windows Update, we will only offer it to PCs that we detect don’t have any of the affected device drivers installed. We’re taking the next month or so to continue our work of identifying as many of these devices as possible.
Here’s the timing for SP1 availability for current Windows Vista users:
- In mid-March, we will release Windows Vista SP1 to Windows Update (in English, French, Spanish, German and Japanese) and to the download center on microsoft.com. Customers who visit Windows Update can choose to install Service Pack 1. If Windows Update determines that the system has one of the drivers we know to be problematic, then Windows Update will not offer SP1. Since we know that some customers may want to update to SP1 anyhow, the download center will allow anyone who wants to install SP1 to do so.
- In mid-April, we will begin delivering Windows Vista SP1 to Windows Vista customers who have chosen to have updates downloaded automatically. That said, any system that Windows Update determines has a driver known to not update successfully will not get SP1 automatically. As updates for these drivers become available, they will be installed automatically by Windows Update, which will unblock these systems from getting Service Pack 1. The result is that more and more systems will automatically get SP1, but only when we are confident they will have a good experience.
- The remaining languages will RTM in April.
New customers should feel great about buying Windows Vista today, knowing that when everything is ready, SP1 will be available to them via Windows Update. In the meantime, remember that you can take advantage of the benefits of Windows Vista (including many improvements delivered via Windows Update) even without Service Pack 1.
This is an important milestone for our current and future Windows Vista customers around the world. I want to take a minute to thank our customers for their feedback on Windows Vista and the beta of Service Pack 1. I also want to thank our hardware and software partners for their continued efforts to deliver the best experiences on Windows Vista.
-Mike
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