From: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7205059.stm
Microsoft is warning Windows Vista users that a forthcoming service pack for the operating system may stop some third-party programs working.
Microsoft is warning Windows Vista users that a forthcoming service pack for the operating system may stop some third-party programs working.
The software giant has released a list of programs that may be broken by the SP1 update for Vista.
Most of the software hit by the upgrade are security programs that prevent Windows users falling prey to viruses, trojans and booby-trapped webpages.
The Windows Vista update will be released to the public in mid-March.
<b>Update loop</b>
Service Packs are among the biggest updates Microsoft issues for its various operating systems. The software firm said SP1 makes Vista more secure and reliable and introduces some new features.
The list of programs affected by SP1 is divided into three. Some will be blocked by the update, some will not run and others will lose some of their functions.
<b>PROGRAMS HIT BY SP1</b>
BitDefender AV
Fujitsu Shock Sensor
Jiangmin KV Antivirus 10
Jiangmin KV Antivirus 2008
Trend Micro Internet Security
Zone Alarm Security Suite
Iron Speed Designer
Xheo Licensing
Free Allegiance
NYT Reader
Rising Personal Firewall
Novell ZCM Agent
Of the 12 programs mentioned, six block viruses or keep an eye on the places someone visits online.
Microsoft warned that its list was not "comprehensive" and asked people to get in touch with the maker of any affected software to fix problems.
Although the update will become widely available in March, Microsoft is releasing it to business customers in February.
Microsoft has also been forced to withdraw an update to Vista that was required before Service Pack 1 could be applied.
Writing on the Windows Vista blog, Nick White, Microsoft product manager, said the company had withdrawn the preparatory update while it investigated.
Isolated reports suggest that some machines on which the preliminary update has been applied go into an update loop.
He wrote: "We are working to identify possible solutions and will make the update available again shortly after we address the issue."
And I warn that Vista alone will stop not only Third party programs but your whole computer.
Running fine on three machines for over a year now. No blue screens, no hardware compatiblity issues and no performance issues.
I have it running on a machine with 256mb of ram with a one gig celeron processor just fine. It acts as a frankenstien storage box with some old hard drives, no problem. Of course, ubuntu was much more responsive but it got replaced just because I wanted to see vista run on this 5 year old hardware.
Same here. Been running Vista since 11/2006 and never had a problem. I would really love to see just how many Vista haters have first hand experience with problems under Vista. Sounds more like "I heard from someone who heard from someone that Vista sucks" and it's gotten out of hand.
I should mention that the above box with the one gig celeron is an e-machine - and if that can run it without any issues, I'd say vista is doing just fine. E-machines isn't particularly famous for their use of popular standard hardware.
I should also add that Vista 64bit runs very nicely on a machine with a quad processor and 6 gigs of ram too. :D
I can't believe that Vista runs "just fine" on a 1GHz Celeron with 256MB of RAM... not as a daily use machine, anyway. I mean, I believe that it RUNS and doesn't crash, but I don't think I'd want to be stuck with it.
I haven't had any real problems on my laptop thus far, but I'm still getting used to some of the quirks.
Well, define daily use - Would you want to be stuck with that machine hardware for everyday use (email/word/programming/browsing) with any other OS? I wouldn't, but its running as a storage servers as well as having IIS/ASP.NET/SQL2005 running on it keep track of my employees time/pay just fine.
Win 2k or some Linux flavor would probably be acceptable :P