Microsoft a juste signalé un outil de dresseur sur son emplacement de téléchargement (DEC 6.07) qui bloquera les installations automatiques de plusieurs paquets prochains de service, y compris le paquet 1 de service de Vista et le Windows XP SP3. …

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Faisant des progrès avec l'expansion du premier paquet de service pour Windows Vista, Microsoft a fait accessible pour le téléchargement une nouvelle borne limite de essai de la régénération. Le 14 novembre 2007, le prochain paquet de service pour Vista s'est transformé en l'étape de candidat de dégagement. mais, car l'étiquette de la construction de essai indiquent, le RC diplômé est de venir encore, car Microsoft est contribution juste un goût du candidat de dégagement du SERVICE PACK1 de Vista. Tandis que les rapports tôt se reliaient au développement du paquet 1 de service de Vista dirigé à l'accessibilité d'une version publique en même temps que la période de candidat de dégagement, ce n'est pas le cas. Mais Microsoft a augmenté la piscine de essai par rapport au bêta lancé en semaine dernière de septembre.

Le candidat de dégagement du paquet 1 de service de Windows Vista est la construction 6001.17042. Le SERVICE PACK1 RC de Vista est en hausse pour l'encavateur pour plus de 15.000 appareils de contrôle. On a laissé tomber le premier bêta pour le paquet de service dans les recouvrements de dans excédent de 12000 appareils de contrôle, septembre le 24ème.

Construction 6001.16659 du SERVICE PACK1 de Vista bêta embarquée aux participants au processus de essai des étapes importantes de développement du serveur 2008 de Windows et du paquet 3 de service de Windows XP. Service de Vista…

This evening, Xbox Live's Major Nelson revealed some tidbits on an upcoming update to Games for Windows - LIVE for the PC.

As you know, several games have launched under Games for Windows - LIVE that allow PC Games to tap into Xbox Live. Last May, I talked about my experience with Halo 2 for Windows Vista and a few months ago I also picked up Shadowrun. While Halo 2 for Windows Vista let me score achievements and add to my gamerscore - Shadowrun goes cross-platform by letting me play with gamers who are playing Shadowrun on their Xbox 360 consoles.

Like with Dashboard Updates to the Xbox 360, Microsoft can also update the Games for Windows - LIVE components within PC games such as Halo 2 for Windows Vista and Shadowrun that add functionality and bug fixes. Major Nelson highlights several changes coming with the 1.2 release:

• Support for offline Achievements (so you can add to your gamerscore when not connected to the internet).
• Ability to see if your friends are "joinable" in games.
• Additional UI features.

I look forward to seeing these improvements for the 1.2 release for Games for Windows - LIVE. Major Nelson says we can

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This evening, Xbox Live's Major Nelson revealed some tidbits on an upcoming update to Games for Windows - LIVE for the PC. As you know, several games have launched under Games for Windows - LIVE that allow PC Games to tap into Xbox Live. Last May, I talked Read More......(read more)

Microsoft released a number of updates for Vista on October 2nd. One of them was quite vague in it’s description: “An update is available that improves the compatibility, reliability, and stability of Windows Vista“. Of course the other updates had these same goals in mind, but they had a number of fixes related to the same feature. This one is a random gathering of fixes.

So what can you expect from this update?

• It extends the battery life for mobile devices.
• It improves the stability of portable computers and of desktop computers that use an uninterruptable power supply (UPS).
• It improves the reliability of Windows Vista when you open the menu of a startup application.
• It improves the stability of Internet Explorer when you open a Web page.
• It improves the stability of wireless network services.
• It shortens the startup time of Windows Vista by using a better timing structure.
• It shortens the recovery time after Windows Vista experiences a period of inactivity.
• It shortens the recovery time when you try to exit the Photos screen saver.
• It improves the stability of Windows PowerShell.

This update also resolves the following issues in Windows Vista:

• A compatibility issue that affects some third-party antivirus

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• New Application Compatibility training available
  The Windows Vista Team Blog reports that Microsoft has a team of specially trained consultants who can work with you on planning a large deployment.
  (tags: Training Deployment )
• Microsoft Updates Windows Vista Mobile Device Center for Windows Mobile 6 Devices
  Now has Windows Mobile 6 feature support, Automatic device authentication and Product Registration.
  (tags: Mobile Software Update )
• NVIDIA ForceWare Release 163.44 Windows Vista 64-bit
  Beta driver release. This driver supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI? technology on Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.1 support. Improved compatibility for Bioshock.
  (tags: Nvidia Video Drivers )
• NVIDIA ForceWare Release 163.44 Windows Vista 32-bit
  Beta driver release. This driver supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI? technology on Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.1 support. Improved compatibility for Bioshock.
  (tags: Nvidia Video Driver )