Vista Updates - Mid-February Edition
PrintVista Reliability Improvements
Microsoft's not waiting for SP1 to release reliability and performance fixes for Vista. You can now download a fix for certain STOP errors relating to hibernation or standby modes, and, as a bonus, get up to 15% faster performance in large disk I/O. Read KB943899 to learn more and get links to the updates for both 32-bit and 64-bit Vista editions. A second reliability update that addresses portable computer resume issues, error code 0x8007000b, and media playback problems is available from KB946041 for both 32-bit and 64-bit Vista editions.
Better Junk Mail Filtering
If you're using Windows Mail on either 32-bit or 64-bit Vista editions, be sure to grab the February update for its Junk E-Mail filter, available from KB905866.
Media Center Improvements
Media Center fans, especially those using the Xbox 360 as a Media Center extender, will want to install the February 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista, available from KB947172 for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, or via Windows update.
For the Rest...
For links to Patch Tuesday's security updates for Windows Vista, XP, 2000, and Windows Server 2003, go to the updated Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2008.
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Marcus_Soperus
February 19, 2008 at 8:31am
Windows Mail is the standard email client in Vista. Although it looks similar to Outlook Express, it has several improvements, including better spam filtering, phishing protection, and - most importantly - it stores each email message as a separate file, rather than storing messages in the Inbox and other folders as large database files that often become corrupt.
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It's amazing how illogical a business built on binary logic can be.
Shalbatana
February 19, 2008 at 7:07am
Does this mean someone FINALLY put a stake in Outlook Express???!!! [perhaps there's a reason to get Vista after all] Or is WM just a new name for it?
Please let it be the former.
(It's one thing to make a horribly useless program, it's another to make it install in your OS by default, and make other somewhat more useful programs rely on it's presence.)
There's no time like the future.
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