You have heard an opinion that users won’t use windows vista before the first service pack for windows vista won’t be released. Many of you definitely remembers windows xp first appearance with big amount of mistakes.

To make this fear lower Microsoft released new patch. It like a wonderful remedy corrects more that 10 windows vista mistakes.

Quote from Microsoft site:

• It extends the battery life for mobile devices.

• It improves the stability of portable computers and of desktop computers that use an uninterruptable power supply (UPS).

• It improves the reliability of Windows Vista when you open the menu of a startup application.

• It improves the stability of Internet Explorer when you open a Web page.

• It improves the stability of wireless network services.

• It shortens the startup time of Windows Vista by using a better timing structure.

• It shortens the recovery time after Windows Vista experiences a period of inactivity.

• It shortens the recovery time when you try to exit the Photos screen saver.

• It improves the stability of Windows PowerShell.

I f you are using windows vista it is recommended to install this update via automatic update or download it here in Microsoft home page

The first – “Office 2008 for Mac Home and Student Edition” includes “Word”, “Excel”, “PowerPoint”, “Entourage” (multi functional mail client) and mostly will be for home users.

The second version will be simply “Office 2008 for Mac”, without “Home and Student Edition. Probably there will be available “Windows Exchange Server” (that is for professionals).

And lastly the third – “Special Media Edition” that also includes “Expression Media” that is for photos editing and organization.

Official dates when these service packs will be released are in first part of 2008. We don’t gt anything special from these service packs. Windows Xp SP3 will include Network Access Protection that is already included in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista.

Windows Vista service pack 1 will included tools that will make windows vista faster (including making faster Internet Explorer 7), will be improved disk encoding in BitLocker Drive Encryption and will be added remote VPN control using SSTP protocol

Service pack 1 development head Nick Wait said that this service pack will be available in first quarter of 2008 year. Starting from 2007 year September service pack will be in testers hands.

Microsoft promises that Windows vista service pack 1 will make better compatibility with much software, expand supported appliances choice and make better operating system safety and exploitation safety.

First news about windows vista service pack appeared already in February of 2007 just a month after Windows Vista operating system was available for customers.

Windows Vista setup.

In this tutorial we will use Windows Vista Retail DVD, that includes all windows vista versions. We will setup windows vista home premium version (Steps to setup windows vista are the same to all versions). Further details about each windows vista version you can read here in Microsoft Web site. In default windows vista is available only in DVD disks but there is a possibility to order setups disks in CD format.

Getting ready for windows vista home premium setup.

1. Before start windows vista installation you must make sure that you computer have minimum technical recommendations.
Processor: 800Mhz (Windows Vista Premium: 1Ghz)
RAM: 512MB (Windows Vista Premium: 1Gb)
Video card: 64MB video memory, DirectX 9 support (Windows Aero Interface: 128MB video memory, DirectX 9, Pixel Shader 2.0)
Hard disk: as minimum 15GB free space
Optical device: DVD-ROM
further details in official site

2. Make sure that all your computer parts are compatible with windows vista. You can do it using Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor. This is a free tool that will show further details about all problems that can appear if you install windows vista on your computer.

3. You need to download drivers that are for windows vista from producer’s site for all your computer’s components.

4. Make sure that you computer can start installation from optical device (DVD-ROM or DVD+/-RW). Do some changes in BIOS configuration if needed. Further details about BIOS configuration you see here
How to install Windows XP (in fourth step).

Let’s start…

Comparing with Windows Xp installation, Windows Vista installation is much easier and also faster (about 25-40 minutes). There is no need to sit at computer and all the time after some time answer to some configuration questions. WindowsVista configuration is divided in two parts: first part in installation start and second part at end.

1. Insert Windows Vista installation disk in disk drive and restart your computer. If on screen appears caption that asks to press any key to start setup press any key.
On screen will appear caption “Windows is loading files…” after that installation will starts.

2. Choose an installation language, time, currency and keyboard layout configuration. When you have selected needed configuration click NEXT to continue.

3. Setup or repair windows vista
In this installation part you must choose between Install now and Repair your computer that is provided for problems disposing with existing windows vista (for example: windows vista don’t starting or some files are damaged).
Click Install now to continue installation.

4. Type in your serial key or don’t type in anything.
After some time will appear window where you must type in your serial key and choose to enable automatic activation or not.
In contradistinction to previous windows versions there is a possibility to don’t type in serial key, you can do it later.
Click Next to continue.

4.a. If you chose to don’t type in serial key you can choose which version of windows vista install.
There will be two windows:

If you didn’t type in serial key there will be an announcement that will ask to you if you are sure about your choice and maybe you want to type in serial key.
Click NO to continue.

Than you will see a menu where you can choose windows vista version that you want to setup. Off course you must choose version that you have bought but you can choose any version in testing purpose. Remember that your serial key is only for version that you have bough, you wouldn’t use other version with your serial key.

When you have chose than select I have selected the edition of Windows that I purchased and click Next to continue.

5. Accept license.
To continue installation you must agree with Windows Vista End User License Agreement (EULA) license’s conditions. Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate un Vista Business version have different license’s conditions.
Select I accept the license terms and click Next.

6. Choose a setup type.
You can choose Upgrade or Custom (advanced) that we choose at this time. This is the only one option because upgrade is available only starting installation from windows.
Choose Custom (advanced).

7. Where you want to install windows vista?
In this step you must choose on which disk (if you have more than one) or disk part setup windows vista. If needed you can divide your disk, to do that open Drive options (advanced) section.

There is three options there:

Refresh – Refreshes disks list or changes that you did.
Load Driver – Choose this if windows vista haven’t found hard drives that are connected.
Drive options (advanced) – use if you want to divide hard disk or delete parts of it (partitions).

Extend – Increase partition’s size.

Click Next to continue.

8. Windows installation
Start all needed file copying and windows vista is being installed.

9. Installation end.
When installation is completed you will need to do some more configuration steps.

Choose a user name and picture that will be shown when logging in

Type a computer name and choose a desktop background

Configure windows vista protection level
preferable to choose Use recommended settings

Review your time and date settings

Select your computer’s current location

Click Next to continue.

Then vista will check your computer’s performance (1-5 minutes).

Congratulations you have installed windows Vista!

What you must do after installation

Make sure that all devices works correct and if needed install drivers. If you have Internet connection vista will try to download newest drivers from Internet.

If you want to check if vista have found drivers for all your appliances open Device manager and make sure that there isn’t a yellow exclamation mark at any appliance. If there is exclamation mark at any appliance you need to setup drivers for this appliance.

You need to install antivirus as well. Windows vista already have firewall and protection from spyware and malware but windows vista hasn’t antivirus.

Here is a joke about windows vista installation: How to setup windows vista in two minutes

eTrust have configuration by default that allows that allows ignore large part of file formats that can contain viruses.

All 3 products from Trend Micro have false alerts on one of Microsoft instruments. Other denied antiviruses in legal software saw evil code. This antiviruse’s manners can trouble system’s work, because user can delete system files that incorrectly identified as malign.

“Windows Vista” “Performance and reliability” and “Compatibility and reliability” patch has changed status – those are not beta versions anymore, but end-product. Still in this moment there are no information when will start Service Pack 1 beta testing.

“Microsoft” have let out their final versions “Performance and reliability” and “Compatibility and reliability” patches operating system “Windows Vista”

In this moment they are accessible in company home page . “Microsoft” plan to release them with “Windows Update” service in the next days. To place these products , user will have to pass the software legality test- just like it is for the most of biggest “Windows” updates.

Remind you, that “Vista Performance and Reliability Pack” resolve problems that are chained with work fastness , copying big size information, “teach” operating system faster begin faster work from “Hibernate”, rise “Memory Manager” performance and hold more many little improvements. “Vista Compatibility and Reliability Pack” solve problems with video and printer drivers , improve system performance in games with high resource needs and improve work starting speed from “Hibernate” etc.

Company is announced , that these patches is a peace of “Windows Vista Service Pack 1″ but don’t call the time . when can start the “SP1” beta testing. Plausible is that that this will happen in October or November . like normally – do the system recovery yourself.

Prices drop for all Windows Vista versions is associated with aspirations to limit Windows illegal versions prevalence in computer users. This is an unique event – till now Microsoft never haven’t consider price drop for effective way to get legal users.

Vista Home Basic have became the cheapest Microsoft operational system – price is lowered for 66%. In China you can buy it for 66USD. Prices for expensive operational systems practically haven’t been changed, Vista Ultimate costs 325USD (for 13% cheaper than before).

Company Symantec inform, that Australians lab LinchpinLabs researchers released software Atsiv, that allow to upload in the system core drivers without signature. Till now all thinkd that Windows Vista core tak’s only those drivers that have digital signature , but not signed and old (legacy) drivers use is restricted. Utility software Atsiv allow bypass this limit and download any driver- as well as those who don’t have digital signature.

2. Ok now scan computer and find out if we have some new driver. Viola! 25 pieces. Found. You will ask where? In your computers database otherwise known as repository in there we can se we have more than 242.000 drivers.

3. But not take one’s time and do not allow system to download theme automatically those first crap, what comes in the way. Let us change it to manual and watch what will appear.

4. Ok now we have a list with each driver description. We can see name, judgment, program producer. If the judgment is “Newer, perfect driver”, then we can download it but if you install “Unsure” then it is your own risk.
Why I note only one driver? Because if I install many at the same time them my downloading file saving lagged. That is a fact that after each driver installation you have to restart your PC. And that is why you have to install one by one.

5. Download the selected driver:

6. System will offer you to save driver reserve copy and install captured file “NVIDIA GeForce FX5200.exe”. Click “NEXT” and we are done!