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[M]uuhh
09-08-2007, 12:55
Today Microsoft released some hot fixes (not on auto update yet) that make some Major speed improvements.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938979/en-us

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938194/en-us



Microsoft Corp. Tuesday released the two Windows Vista updates that had leaked to the Internet at the end of July, but won’t say when it will begin pushing them to users via Windows Update. Pegged as performance and reliability packs, the pair install a long list of non-security bug fixes, among them speed improvements to wake-from-hibernation, a patch that eliminates the long wait to calculate the time it will take to copy or move large directories, and several that target compatibility glitches with video drivers.

Microsoft even described one of the quashed bugs with the vague but ominous-sounding: “The computer stops responding or restarts unexpectedly when you play video games or perform desktop operations.” All of the fixes, said the company, are new to Vista, and do not replace any existing updates. Users must restart their computer after each update is installed. The performance update, designated KB938979, weighs in at nearly 10MB, and can be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center. The accompanying support document is also available. Vista’s reliability update, KB938194, is petite by comparison — just 2.1MB. It’s also now available for downloading, and has a KnowledgeBase document that spells out changes.

P.S sorry aztec, your audigy game port still wont work...

Aztec
09-08-2007, 20:17
no i know lol neither will the card lol

ArTizan
09-08-2007, 20:20
Thank god for that, that calculate time thing is such a bunch of crapola.

nicky munchkin
09-08-2007, 21:39
I'll have a look at that when I reinstall Vista (using Debian as my main OS atm :cool:)

mattierara
13-08-2007, 20:05
Well, i've installed both updates and i'm impressed. The 'calculating time' glitch is gone and everything seems a bit more well, responsive. my loading time on games has halved and everything just reacts better. I'm using 32-bit ultimate, btw. Anyone else as impressed as I am?

neil.h
14-08-2007, 11:43
I havent tried the transfere thing yet....but cant say I can tell any difference if im honest:confused: but then again I didnt seem to have any performance issues with it anyway, apart from going into my movies folder...sometimes it would take a while to show the films as I assume it was checking them first (what ever its called....the blue bar across the top) but thats still the same, sometimes its fine others its not.

[M]uuhh
14-08-2007, 11:51
I havent tried the transfere thing yet....but cant say I can tell any difference if im honest:confused: but then again I didnt seem to have any performance issues with it anyway, apart from going into my movies folder...sometimes it would take a while to show the films as I assume it was checking them first (what ever its called....the blue bar across the top) but thats still the same, sometimes its fine others its not. i believe that is when Vista generates stills of each video file at random intervals so you can see a still of the movie in the icon.

RND
14-08-2007, 12:24
I applied the most important update of them all.....XP :p

[M]uuhh
14-08-2007, 12:36
I applied the most important update of them all.....XP :p
RND why did you post that?

Chenks
14-08-2007, 12:55
uuhh;414110']RND why did you post that?

simple things amuse the simplest of minds

RND
14-08-2007, 13:10
er because i thought it was funny? and theres no need to be insulting chenks.

neil.h
14-08-2007, 14:36
uuhh;414105']i believe that is when Vista generates stills of each video file at random intervals so you can see a still of the movie in the icon.

Ah I see....think I may disable that then.

er because i thought it was funny? and theres no need to be insulting chenks.

He wasnt insulting chenks! he was insulting you :D hahaha did you see that, did you see what i did there:D

Chenks
14-08-2007, 16:41
er because i thought it was funny? and theres no need to be insulting chenks.

so am i not allowed to be funny as well then ? or is that restricted to just the simplest of minds ? :D

digit
15-08-2007, 01:23
Going back on topic, thanks op for this. Might sort out an issue I'm having getting x3 the reunion working on Vista :)