My Notes to Myself and Others... : Patches

Compatibility,Reliability and Performance updates for Vista

Erik Rozman — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:42:00 GMT

After they have been leaked early, now they are officially available:
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=938979
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938194

At this stage they do not seem to be available via Windows Update but they might become
available on the 14th.

Hotfix Request Web Submission Form

Erik Rozman — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:49:00 GMT

Instead of calling Microsoft for a hotfix you can now use the Hotfix Request Web Submission Form at:
https://support.microsoft.com/contactus2/emailcontact.aspx?scid=sw;en;1410&WS=hotfix

Vista Hotfixes,leaked...

Erik Rozman — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:36:00 GMT

Several sites started mentioning hotfixes for Vista that are released to Windows 2008 testers.
The patches are supposed to fix reliability issues, performance issues, standby/resume issues and other
unnamed issues.

There are a couple of very interesting points,as of this moment:

Based on benchmarks done by www.aeroxp.org the patches are very promising.
The patches were posted and are obtainable on the Internet. Now keep in mind that we are talking
about Beta patches(not even mentioning legal ramifications) here so beware...

Known issues with updates MS07-040 & MS07-041

Erik Rozman — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:11:00 GMT

Take a look at:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931212

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939373

This has also been mentioned on Donna's Security Flash (which is a great resource for security news/updates).