PCTips Box

Windows Vista SP1 stand-alone packages do not contain the updated Windows Vista SP1 Help files.The updated Windows Vista Help file packages are named “Update for Help Files.”

These files are packaged separately for each language. The updated Help files have been excluded from the stand-alone SP1 packages to reduce the size of the packages. However, the updated Windows Vista Help files are contained in the retail and OEM versions of Windows Vista that include SP1. Therefore, if you perform a clean installation of a version of Windows Vista that includes SP1, you do not have to add an updated Help file. (more…)

Having introduced the first pre-beta testing version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 all the way back in mid-July 2007, Microsoft has come quite a long way since. The company went public with the testing process of Vista SP1 in December of the past year, making available for download the Release Candidate build of the service pack. January 2008 brought with it two Refreshes to Vista SP1 RC, the first of which was dropped to all Vista users, with Vista SP1 RC Refresh 2 limited to only 15,000 testers via Microsoft Connect. According to Microsoft, Vista SP1 brings to the table a wide range of improvements in terms of performance, stability, reliability, security, compatibility, etc. (more…)