Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1, code Name "Fiji") will be released with Windows Longhorn Server by the end of 2007, with a new version of Windows Media Center. Regardless of its name, it will be an important update: it will include a newer version of Windows kernel (V6.1).
Microsoft will also release Windows Vista SP1 and Longhorn Server in the third quarter of 2007, while Vista SP1 will have a major upgrade to the kernel, which will help Vista SP1 achieve the Longhorn Server kernel level in performance and efficiency.
When Intel CEO Paul Otellini was asked if Vista would affect Intel's 2007-year sales, he replied: "Most companies, like Intel, are currently trying to introduce Vista." But the large scale deployment of the enterprise to Vista will start when the SP1 is released, according to the timetable this should be in the fourth quarter, possibly October-November. ”
The main content of Windows VISTA SP1
Windows Vista SP1 will be a standard service pack that includes security upgrades and patches, as well as a limited number of other changes aimed at improving the overall quality of Vista, with a focus on further fixing the security risks in the existing Vista kernel architecture and improving the maximum compatibility of hardware drivers with applications.
New Windows Media Center
In Microsoft's Connect product testing website, there has been an enrollment page for testing the next-generation Windows Media Center. A series of new media features will be provided to fix bugs and will be released with Vista SP1.
PatchGuard API Draft
Microsoft provided the official version of PatchGuard APIs for use by Third-party security software when Windows Vista SP1 was released. Microsoft also published another standard Assessment (criteria evaluation) document, which expects industry security agencies to provide feedback in accordance with the standard Assessment procedure.
Microsoft Windows core operating system development Vice President Ben Fathi admits that neither the draft APIs nor the standard assessment documents are intended to respond to the security industry and EU concerns about patchguard.
will enhance the whole machine restore function
Windows Vista SP1 will correct the shortcomings of the machine's restore technology, the Windows core file Services team said. The problem with the current Vista user is that Windows Recovery Environmeng (RE) does not recognize an external USB hard drive, which allows data backed up to an external USB hard disk to be restored in such an environment.
In fact, Windows re does not have drivers for these hard drives, so you can resolve them by manually loading the Drvload.exe file in the X:windowssystem32 (X for system installation drive) directory in Windows RE. "Drvload.exe needs to run on the driver's. inf file, and in Vista SP1 we are adding the driver option from the machine restore to simplify the process." ”
OEM cracking will be blocked in Windows Vista SP1
When asked whether the recent Windows Vista OEM version of the cracked can be blocked, Mr. Anderson replied that this phenomenon is in fact unexpected. At present, Microsoft does not take any action to this crack way. But the OEM hack will be blocked when Windows Vista SP1 is released in the second half of this year.
Because Windows Vista SP1 will integrate the validator for Windows Vista product key, all vendors ' Windows Vista OEM version of universal installation key will fail.
Windows Vista random users must authenticate to the Windows Vista SP1 with the only COA key that verifies the authenticity of the identity, and the cracked pirate user will be prevented from upgrading to Windows Vista SP1 because there is no legal installation key.