Tip #3807 - Service Pack for Vista: Yes or No?
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Service
Pack for Vista: Yes or No?
If you've already
upgraded to the new operating system of Windows Vista or if you're thinking
about doing it soon, you're probably wondering about a Service Pack for
it, right? I mean, Windows XP had them, so why not Vista? Well, keep reading
to find out the whole scoop on this situation!
By now, it's hopeful
that Microsoft has figured out that there are several hundred security
flaws in Windows Vista. Ever since the product’s release, Microsoft
has been boasting about its security protection, but what are they doing
about it?
Well, it's said that
Microsoft will be releasing a Windows Vista Service Pack 1, code named
“Fiji,” and it actually may be the first of several updates
for Windows Vista. The release of this update was first announced in January
2007, which was during the time that Vista was actually being released.
That may mean that Microsoft doubted their product before or even during
the time it was being released.
Either way, Microsoft
displayed the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 machine at the Windows Hardware
Engineering Conference in Los Angeles last week (around May 15, 2007).
The screen of the Vista computer clearly displayed, “Windows Build
6001 Service Pack 1, v113.” But the computer world is wondering
if we might be seeing more Windows Vista Service Packs in the future.
Microsoft may be releasing
the Service Pack 1 through their Windows Update service, which is included
in the Windows Vista operating system. This would be the quickest and
easiest way for Microsoft to distribute the updates to Vista users. However,
Microsoft has yet to announce for sure how they will be distributing the
Service Pack to its users.
Also, as of yet, Microsoft
has not released what exactly will be featured in the Service Pack. I've
heard that it's being kept a secret for now, but then again, I've heard
they might be announcing it within the next few months. I personally believe
they're doing it this way so that people can't pre-plan how to crack these
updates. My guess is that 99 percent of the Service Pack will be hardening
the protection of Windows Vista, since that was the major problem when
it was released.
Now, I mentioned in
a previous article that I recommend that those of you who are looking
into buying Windows Vista wait until a Service Pack has been released.
That way, Microsoft will be able to clean up all of the problems that
lie in the first release version of Vista. If you have been waiting to
install Windows Vista for the Service Pack reason, your wait may soon
be over!
It's interesting if nothing
else, don't you think?!
~ Jack William
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