Found this interesting list of possible hotfixes that could be included in the upcoming SP1.
http://vistasp1.net/
Also makes a good list of patches to try out if you run into issues or strange behavior. 
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Archive for the “Vista” CategoryThere has been a lot of fuss about Microsoft’s virtualization licensing and distribution policies. The biggest player in this market (and properbly the most affected), VMware, is pissed and posted a whitepaper with their 7 complaints.
3) Microsoft restricts customer choice by configuring its VHD virtual machines to de-activate if they are run on any virtualization offering other than Virtual PC or Virtual Server; 4) Microsoft’s VHD licensing agreement prevents users from converting the VHD format into any virtual machine format, thus preventing compatibility with competitive platform and preventing translations into VMware’s formats; 5) Microsoft’s licensing policies discriminate against use of VMware’s Vmotion and other virtualization management platforms that enable users to move virtual machines from one platform to another. VMware cites one policy that requires “permanent assignment” of operating system licenses to specific systems and simultaneously restricts the movement of those operating system licenses. VMware claims that one policy, for example, is designed to restrict movement of Windows server licenses more than once every quarter. 6) Microsoft imposes significant restrictions on desktop virtualization including the movement of desktop virtual machines, restrictions on OEM versions of Windows, and restrictions on virtualization on Windows Vista. VMware charges that this makes it difficult if not impossible for end users to choose competitive platforms. VMware attempts to back its case by pointing out that VMware once had an OEM license to redistribute Windows in a VMware VM but has not been able to renew that since 2003. 7) Finally, VMware claims that Microsoft’s virtualization APIs for Longhorn are proprietary. The APIs handle communication between Windows and the Microsoft hypervisor. VMware said Microsoft opened up three virtualization APIs last June but they cannot be used by virtualization vendors. Does this mean we can put virtualization in the same category as the browser and the mediaplayer?….. Last evening i noticed that there was an Windows Ultimate Update available, so i said to my self lets check it out. What was the updatescreen telling me ?? For those that allready missed what I am talking about, DreamScene gives the user to put a movie as a wallpaper. For example a watterfall scene of 5 seconds and then looped so it looks like the water keeps on flowing. Windows Vista has the abbility to do this with allmost no use of resources. I’m using the x64 of Windows Vista Ultimate, and i know Microsoft released 2 different versions of Dreamscene, a 32-bit and a 64-bit, my guess is that both are on Windows Update tonight. The download is 21Mb in size and does need a reboot to get active. Have Fun out there Grtz Erik P.S. Want to se aa little demo of DreamScene ? Look at this short YouTube video: Microsoft Key Management Service for Windows Server 2003 is part of Microsoft Windows Volume Activation 2.0. It allows enterprise users to host Key Management Service on Windows Server 2003 to enable activation of Windows Vista using Key Management Service (KMS) Key. KMS based activation allows enterprise customers to host a local service within their environment to enable activation of machines running Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Enterprise editions within their environment instead of any activation against Microsoft. Machines that have been activated through KMS will be required to reactivate by connecting to the KMS host at least once every 6 months. Key Management Service for Windows Server 2003 enables deployment of Windows Vista using current and released server operating system. It uses the Windows Vista KMS key provided through Microsoft’s Volume Licensing System portals (MVLS, eOpen). The KMS host can be activated using either online or offline methods. It uses the same interfaces and tools as KMS on Windows Vista including: Download here: |\\arco.. For those involved with Vista deployments and looking at using BitLocker with BDD/LiteTouch you probably need to look at the updated BDEHDCFG.EXE tool: It basically provides a way to automatically resize your existing partition and add a new partition for BitLocker and make it the active partition, called a “split-load” configuration. Part of the Windows Vista Ulimate Extras as well: |\\arco.. |
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but it’s saying that there is 1 Ultimate Extra available.
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