I saw a windoes vista thread in here so I thought I would post this interesting article that I found on the net:



Microsoft has kicked off the public beta testing of Windows Vista Service Pack 1.

Vista product manager Nick White confirmed that the limited beta release was given out to testers on Monday via Microsoft's Connect programme.

No date was given for a larger testing phase, but Microsoft hopes to have the final version of Vista SP1 completed and distributed to customers by March 2008.

In addition to a cumulative update of security and stability fixes, Vista SP1 is expected to include improved file indexing and drive encryption software.

Beta tester Brandon LeBlanc outlined his initial impressions on the update in an article posted to the Windows Experience blog.

LeBlanc noted that, while there is little difference to the user interface, the update provides a noticeable improvement in what he termed "overall responsiveness".

Tasks such as calling up the log-in screen, waking from sleep mode or copying files between directories are faster, according to the tester.

LeBlanc also said that support for multiple monitors has been improved and should be more reliable.

I can't wait ill they release a SP1 or SP2. It's been long waited for by many I am sure.

That'll be nice once it comes out to the public. Does anyone know if it'll be a free download to those who already have vista. If so, how will we know when the release is?

That's awesome news! I can't wait till they get this program fixed so that I can install it. XP was the same way back when they first released it.

Excellent news! I haven't used vista, but I heard it is a nightmare and it's about time they release their first service pack.

I'm sure that release will make a lot of upset Vista owners happy! Hopefully it won't be to long before it goes public.

I think I need this for my new PC... I'm running into a few vista related problems myself.

The only bad thing about vista that I can find so far is that it is a huge memory hog. Right now I am using 75% of my memory and I just have a few firefox tabs open. My PC has 2 gigs of memory.