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Microsoft Readies Vista SP2, Server 2008 SP2

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 21st Oct 2008 16:34 UTC

Since its release, the steady stream of updates have made Windows Vista noticeably less annoying to use. The biggest stride forward was the release of the operating system's first service pack, back in March of this year. Neowin.net now claims that the second service pack is on its way, with the first beta being dropped on testers in the coming four weeks.

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RE[3]: Vista isn't as bad as everyone says

by StephenBeDoper on Wed 22nd Oct 2008 11:58 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Vista isn't as bad as everyone says"

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2005-07-06

Absolutely as well as being slow, the overly Wizard driven interface is vile making finding setting difficult (why do you need to click status to change an IP address?). I'd say without the search tool the interface is close to unusable.

Amen. Even the hideous network prefs from Win9x were less frustrating to deal with.

The on/off menu is a bad joke (personally when I click OFF I want the PC OFF).

Heh, I'm embarrassed to admit that I couldn't find the shut down option at first until I noticed the "mystery meat" widget that opens the shutdown sub-menu.

And why when you go to your network does it have to search for the computers every time a process that takes Vista 2-3 minutes?

And even just re-connecting to a network share after waking up from sleep mode takes a good 30 seconds (even on wired ethernet).

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RE[4]: Vista isn't as bad as everyone says

by Gone fishing on Wed 22nd Oct 2008 13:22 in reply to "RE[3]: Vista isn't as bad as everyone says"

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2006-02-22

Vista is Microsoft's Ford Edsel - although some have argued that failed because it looked like a vagina - Well there's a thought.

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RE[5]: Vista isn't as bad as everyone says

by sbergman27 on Wed 22nd Oct 2008 14:46 in reply to "RE[4]: Vista isn't as bad as everyone says"

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2005-07-24

...although some have argued that failed because it looked like a vagina - Well there's a thought.

Not the best analogy, though. Vaginas tend to be quite popular among those who don't have them.

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