Anteus Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Microsoft Corp. confirmed today that the Vista hot-fix packs that have leaked to the Web will be issued to all users. "We plan to make these two updates broadly available via Windows Update in the near future," a company spokeswoman said in an e-mail.The two updates, dubbed "Vista Performance and Reliability Pack" and "Vista Compatibility and Reliability Pack," were posted over the weekend to a third-party download site after being leaked from a group of Windows Server 2008 testers. The list of fixes -- which include performance improvements to Vista's sleep mode and speed increases in copying or moving large directories -- led some users yesterday to speculate that the updates were the forerunner of Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), a major upgrade that many businesses want to see before they widely deploy the new operating system.Although the spokeswoman was also asked to confirm that the hot-fix packs would serve as the core for SP1, she declined to comment directly. However, she did emphasize -- as Microsoft executives and other spokespeople have before her -- that a service pack is not the only way Microsoft intended to refresh Vista. "We also continue making regular improvements to Windows via Windows Update, which is an excellent channel for providing our customers with the most significant updates as they happen," she said.Unreleased Vista Performance UpdatesSource: http://www.msfn.org/comments.php?shownews=20716 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooldude7273 Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Seeing as the patches were leaked from a beta group, I don't think it would be wise to install them at this point. Beta patches on critical system files - not for me!I'd recommend waiting for the final patch, but that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anteus Posted August 3, 2007 Author Share Posted August 3, 2007 Leaked from connect.microsoft.com, windows server 2008, about the thing that it is beta, its no problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vin3e Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Let thou be your test subject! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luthian Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 As a member of that particular connect group, i can tell you that those patches are infact final builds and are perfectly safe to install and use.(including the Windows XP Explorer.exe Reliability Pack that didn't get leaked)You must accept the enclosed License Terms in order to use this software. You cannot distribute download packages.Title Windows Vista QFE Monthly Drop - 07-20-07Release Date 7/20/2007Size 30.61 MBVersion Category BuildMilestone Description 938979 Vista Performance and Reliability PackThis 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. 938194 Vista Compatibility and Reliability PackThis 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 reliability and hardware compatibility of Windows Vista in a variety of scenarios. 938828 XP Explorer.exe Reliability PackThis is a reliability update. Install this update to improve the stability of computers running Windows XP. This update prevents crashes in explorer.exe.Please download the associated Word document for details. Remember to preface all bugs with <KB Number - >. EX: "938828 – Foo doesn’t load after update " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus_Hunt Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 938979 Vista Performance and Reliability PackThis 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:Improves performance in resuming back to the desktop from the Photo and Windows Energy screensaver.Resolves an issue where some secured web pages using advanced security technologies may not get displayed in Internet Explorer on Windows Vista.Resolves an issue where a shared printer may not get installed if the printer is connected to a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 system and User Access Control is disabled on the Vista client.Resolves an issue where creating AVI files on Vista may get corrupted.Improves the performance in calculating the ‘estimated time remaining’ when copying/moving large files.Improves performance in bringing up Login Screen after resuming from Hibernate.Resolves an issue where synchronization of offline files to a server can get corrupted.Resolves a compatibility issue with RAW images created by Canon EOS 1D/1DS Digital SLR Camera which can lead to data loss. This only affects RAW images created by these two specific camera models.Resolves an issue where a computer can lose its default Gateway address when resuming from sleep mode.Improves the performance when copying or moving entire directories containing large amounts of data or files.Improves the performance of Vista’s Memory Manager in specific customer scenarios and prevents some issues which may lead to memory corruption.938194 Vista Compatibility and Reliability PackThis 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 reliability and hardware compatibility of Windows Vista in a variety of scenarios. Some examples of the improvements contained in this update are:Improved reliability and compatibility of Vista when used with newer graphics cards in several specific scenarios and configurations.Improved reliability when working with external displays on a laptop.Increased compatibility with many video drivers.Improved visual appearance of games with high intensity graphics.Improved quality of playback for HD-DVD and Blue-Ray disks on large monitors.Improved reliability for Internet Explorer when some third party toolbars are installed on Vista.Improved Vista reliability in networking configuration scenarios.Improved the reliability of Windows Calendar in Vista.Improved reliability of systems that were upgraded from XP to Vista.Increased compatibility with many printer drivers.Increased reliability and performance of Vista when entering sleep and resuming from sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooldude7273 Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Based on the description, the Vista Performance and Reliability Pack appears to already include some public patches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaindc Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 these patch surely work only on an english Vista system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus_Hunt Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 The claim of over 100 percent speed improvement with file transfers can be found here tested:Just wanted to warn you not to install the newly leaked performance patch KB938979 if you removed components certain components with vLite.Doing so might cause your system not to be able to rename folders and similar issues.Components removed which cause this problem are:Game ExplorerPrinter SupportSidebarMedia SamplesWindows SearchSync CenterYou can remove all other and the KB938979 will work just fine.KB938979 fixEven though this issue doesn't seem to be only because of vLite here is the fix for us:Apply the reg file from the appropriate zip file and that's it.32 Bit64 BitMany ppl have reported better performance/smoother in games as well..Better use the Vista Display Driver 16.315 downloadFaster loading of things, no more awkward hanging of intensive apps on startupInternet Explorer 7 : -> significantly faster + clearly consummes less resourcesDesktop and Windows Responsiveness : 10/10Rivatuner 2.02 might have issues.. I think 64 Bit...A new software tool has been released by Linchpin Labs that allows the loading of unsigned and legacy drivers on Windows XP, 2003, and most importantly Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus_Hunt Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 Virtual Address Space Usage in Windows Game DevelopmentUpdated: August 2, 2007Windows Vista significantly improved the way in which the operating system handles the graphic processing unit (GPU). The Windows Vista Display Driver Model (WDDM) enables better sharing of GPU resources among multiple graphics applications. The video memory manager component of WDDM virtualizes the available video memory resources for applications to use. This enables the new Windows Aero experience to run alongside other applications, such as video playback, which also use the GPU.However, the virtualization of video memory increases the amount of virtual address space that applications use. Consequently, some applications may exhaust virtual address space when running on 32-bit Windows Vista. This paper describes the types of applications that might encounter such problems and the steps that Microsoft is taking to reduce virtual address space pressure for games running under WDDM.Windows6.0-KB940105-x86.msu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anteus Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 these patch surely work only on an english Vista system?They work fine for my Swedish so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zer0buRn Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 Seeing as the patches were leaked from a beta group, I don't think it would be wise to install them at this point. Beta patches on critical system files - not for me!I'd recommend waiting for the final patch, but that's just me.Agree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anteus Posted August 8, 2007 Author Share Posted August 8, 2007 Virtual Address Space Usage in Windows Game DevelopmentUpdated: August 2, 2007Windows Vista significantly improved the way in which the operating system handles the graphic processing unit (GPU). The Windows Vista Display Driver Model (WDDM) enables better sharing of GPU resources among multiple graphics applications. The video memory manager component of WDDM virtualizes the available video memory resources for applications to use. This enables the new Windows Aero experience to run alongside other applications, such as video playback, which also use the GPU.However, the virtualization of video memory increases the amount of virtual address space that applications use. Consequently, some applications may exhaust virtual address space when running on 32-bit Windows Vista. This paper describes the types of applications that might encounter such problems and the steps that Microsoft is taking to reduce virtual address space pressure for games running under WDDM.Windows6.0-KB940105-x86.msuIf I understand the description right it slows down the computer when playing a game (and have Aero on). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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