Vista SP1 How much do you know?

April 16, 2008 Microsoft released the official version of Vista SP1, and invited media friends to discuss and answer many questions about Vista SP1. Microsoft revealed a lot of details about Vista SP1 at the meeting, and these are definitely the things that concern Vista friends most want to know, including activation, installation, and so on. Here we share with you.

Details one: About Vista SP1 Chinese version of the release time

User's problem: February 2008 Microsoft has released the English version of Vista sp1,2008 April 9 Chinese version of Vista SP1 Chinese version of the end of the April 15, 2008, officially provided to users to download the installation. A lot of people have this kind of question? Why does the Chinese version of Vista SP1 and the English version of SP1 be so long before it is released to the vast majority of Chinese users?

Microsoft's response: The Chinese version of Vista SP1 and the English version of the SP1 will be so long released mainly because of the localization and debugging process. Vista uses a different language environment strategy than XP, many languages are in the form of language packs, and because of the differences in the use of each country, it is necessary to localize the work.

Details two: about the Vista SP1 installation method

User's problem: Vista SP1 installation For many users are a headache, after all, its size looks very large, independent installation package has more than 500 MB, then how can more quickly and effectively install Vsita SP1?

Microsoft's reply: Vista SP1 has three kinds of installation methods, you can choose according to their actual situation, if your network is good, and has been kept updated with Windows Update synchronization, then we recommend that you take the form of online update, This downloads are entirely determined by updates that are not installed in your machine, and may be just dozens of MB.

However, if you do not have Windows Update enabled after you install Vista, we recommend that you install it in the form of a stand-alone installation package. Because Vista SP1 Standalone installation package is a collection of all previous patches, so you can ensure that your system has better compatibility and security.

For the above two installation methods, the cost of installation time is also different, may range from 60-90 minutes, some users may experience a longer installation time, please be patient.

Details three: About the pirated Vista installation SP1 problem

User's problem: For a number of Chinese users, for many reasons, they may use the Vista system obtained through abnormal access, such as through the OEM method of simulating BIOS. What would happen if such a pirated system were installed SP1?

Microsoft's reply: First of all, because of the upgrade of Vista itself, its security is much higher than that of XP, and the piracy of the Vista system means destroying some of the security measures of the system, for example: If the Windows system is a wall, Vista is a stronger wall than ever, If this wall is invaded by illegal means, it will destroy part of the wall, resulting in a decline in overall stability and loss of security.

So in order to ensure that users can use the Vista system safely and stably, we have taken some corresponding measures to solve vista.

There are several things about the problem of installing SP1 for pirated users, but you will find that in any case, SP1 does not destroy your user data, but there are some differences in the user experience.

First, for those users who are activated by KMS, after installing SP1, activation is immediately invalidated and prompts you for a 30-day probationary period, and if you have a legitimate way to activate your vista after 30 days, you will experience a situation where the desktop becomes pure black when you log on to the system. and prompts you to activate Vista at the lower right corner of the tray, of course you can choose to replace the desktop wallpaper, but every one hours the system will automatically replace it again to a solid black wallpaper and prompts you to activate Vista. These do not affect the data and information that you keep on your computer.

Second, for those who use the analog BIOS to activate the OEM mode after the installation of SP1, activation will immediately expire, and prompted you to have a 15-day probation, if 15 days after you have a legitimate way to activate your Vista, then you will also encounter the above black screen situation, Also does not affect the data and information that you keep on your computer.

If you are using a preinstalled OEM version Vista then you can be assured that upgrading Vista SP1 will not have any impact on your activation, of course, genuine Vista is the same.

Details four: About the Vista system itself, such as weather forecasting and search function

User's problem: The Windows Sidebar in the Vista RTM version has a weather widget that shows the weather in real time, but is not available in the Chinese area, but will the problem still exist after installing Vista SP1? Can the weather be displayed normally?

Microsoft's response: for sidebar weather problems Vista SP1 with the previous Vista RTM, because in the Chinese region for the provision of weather information has strict rules, only some specific sites have the right to legally provide weather information, so for the time being we still can not provide the service to Chinese users. Of course, you can also on the official website of Microsoft to download the weather plug-ins produced by users to solve this problem.

User's problem: The search function for Vista is always slow to feel. Accuracy is still very high, and did not provide as the search engine Pinyin search function (such as users want to find a Chinese name of the file, we must switch to the Chinese input method before you can find, and can not use pinyin to replace), Is there a corresponding improvement to this problem in Vista SP1?

Microsoft's response: On the Vista search function, the initial development is to achieve the function of fuzzy search, and did not consider the above mentioned Pinyin search function, of course, we will also consider in future updates to add similar features. If you feel that your search is slow, it is recommended that you open the indexing function of the file, which can greatly improve the speed of the search.

Detail five: compatibility issues with Vista games

User's problem: There are a lot of games in the Vista system is not very normal operation, there may be automatic shutdown and other phenomena, I ask Vista SP1 whether the compatibility of the game has improved?

Microsoft's reply: Since the Vista release, we have not received a lot of complaints about game compatibility, if your game has a problem, we recommend that you update the relevant hardware drivers to the newer version, the system compatibility is not a problem.

Summarize

Overall, Vista SP1 has improved the user experience in many ways, but similar to the original Windows XP release of SP1, there is no functional upgrade, there will be many deficiencies, but Microsoft provides users with effective feedback channels to help us solve a variety of problems as soon as possible, I believe Vista will be more popular with users!