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Microsoft releases updated Vista reliability, stability and compatibility pack

Windows UpdateYou know, we're starting to think that by the time Microsoft actually gets around to releasing Windows Vista SP1, all the major updates will already have been made available as update packs and hotfixes.

Microsoft has just released yet another compatibility, reliability, and stability pack for Vista. Here are some of the highlights:
  • Extended battery life on mobile devices
  • Improved stability of computers that use a UPS
  • Improves reliability when opening a startup application menu
  • Improves wireless network service stability
  • Shortens startup time
  • Shortens recovery time after a period of inactivity
  • Fixes a compatibility issue with some third-party anti-virus apps
The latest update comes in two varieties: an x86 download and an x64 download.

[via Bink.nu]

Filed under: Security, Windows, Microsoft, Symantec

Windows Vista's new network code vulnerable?

BugsOne of the many Windows Vista features Microsoft is eagerly touting is its networking code, which has been re-built from the ground up and promises superior performance to XP networking. Considering all the legacy cruft in Microsoft's products, fresh new code seems like something the be happy about, but according to CNet, Symantec feels otherwise. According to the networking company, scrapping the old "tried and tested code" and writing it anew has introduced fresh vulnerabilities and instabilities which its researches have observed in beta versions of the operating system. Microsoft calls Symantec's analysis is premature and that it does not accurate reflect the maturity of the product when it finally ships.

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