Is Good Stuff

Yesterday, I’ve just survived yet another Service Pack for Vista. It seems they improved alot on the Wifi connectivity and the networking stuff.  Below are the list of stuff  they improved…

•  SP2 contains Blue tooth 2.1 feature pack supporting the most recent specification for Blue tooth technology
•  Ability to record data on Blu-Ray media,
•  Adds Windows Connect Now (WCN) Wi-Fi Configuration to Windows Vista SP2,
•  exFAT file system now supports UTC timestamps, which enables correct file synchronization across time zones.
•  SP2 provides support for new form factors, such as ICCD/CCID. new form factor support –example USB form factor as opposed to PCMCIA).
•  Support for the new VIA 64-bit CPU Security
•  SP2 includes all previously released security updates, and builds on the proven security benefits of Windows Vista
•  Secure Development Lifecycle process updates, where we identify the root cause of each security bulletin and improve our internal tools to eliminate code patterns that could lead to future vulnerabilities
•  Reliability
•  SP2 addresses previously released reliability updates, as well as addressing crashes, caused by Microsoft code, discovered since the launch of SP1 Performance
•  Resume performance when Wi-Fi connection is no longer available after resume from sleep
•  Inclusion of Windows Search 4 for improved indexing performance, improved relevancy in search, broader indexing scenario inclusion, as well as new Group Policy integration for Windows Search,
•  Improvements to the RSS feeds sidebar gadget to improve update performance and responsiveness
•  Application Compatibility

Weee then again…thank god – Windows 7 is gonna be out soon too. 

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