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Vista Performance and Reliability updates coming soon

Microsoft has released to Windows Server 2008 beta testers two new hot-fix packs for Vista which aim to improve the OS’s performance and reliability in a number of categories, fixing many of the mass-reported performance issues in Vista, along with some unexpected improvements.

938979 Vista Performance and Reliability Pack
This update resolves a number of individual issues which may be affecting some computers running Windows Vista. These issues have been reported by customers using the Error Reporting service, product support, or other means. Installing this update will improve the performance and responsiveness for some scenarios and improves reliability of Windows Vista in a variety of scenarios. Some examples of the improvements contained in this update are: Read More»

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High Performance – Vista Power Management

As default after Vista is installed the Power Options are set to Balenced.

This means that Vista will put your computer in a sleep mode after one hour. When you have a desktop computer this might not be the option you want, for instance when you are going to take a nap after setting up your pc to download a large file which takes more then one hour over night.

The Power Options section in Vista’s Control Panel lets you choose from these three predefined plans. Read More»

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