VistaBits and Bobs
Vistabits and bobs is a collection of articles, mostly related to Windows Vista.
Service Pack 1 reaches Release to Manufacturing status
After a periode of testing bètas and release candidates Vista's service pack 1 has now reached the Release to Manufacturing status. OEM partners can start selling PC's with SP1 pre-installed. SP1 will be available through Windows Update in mid-March for the languages English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese.
All other languages will follow mid-April.
For the moment it will not become available on the download site, there are some minor issues with certain drivers and Microsoft wants to give the companies involved the chance to update their drivers.
Source Windows Vista Team Blog
Great forum for Vista problems
If you have troubles with
Vista, check out
The Vista Forums.
They have got a lot of active members, who will do their
best to help you out.
Hotfix available for stuck email problem
Microsoft finally has a
hotfix available for the stuck email problem in Windows
Mail.
The hotfix is officially only
available on request.
Fortunately you can download kb941090 from
The Hotfix Share and
also from VistaBits!
Click here
to download the 32 bit version.
Click here
for the 64 bit version.
Microsoft's coffee table
Always fancied a 'Star trek' house? Then you'll definitely like this coffee table, developed by Microsoft. Forget about a keyboard and mouse, the new approach is hands-on!
IE7 Security Update leads to problems
Users of IE7 can get
problems opening their browser after applying a new security
update. Microsoft reports the problem
mainly affects Internet Explorer 7 running on a
After the update has been applied and the user starts Internet Explorer he’s presented with File Download – Security Warning dialog box, asking to save the file: ”navcancl”. After this the user is unable to open Internet Explorer. According to Microsoft, this is caused by insufficient rights for the moved Temporary Internet Files folder. It’s recommended to move the folder back to its original location. Another solution is to set the rights for the moved folder to “Full Control Allow”
More information can be found here.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937409.
Source: PCM
New Knowledge Base articles
A list of new Knowledge Base articles is now available on the Links page.
TuneUp Utilities now available for Vista
TuneUp has finally made a version available for Vista. You'll find the 30-day trial here.
Yod'm 3D desktop cube
Always wanted more space on your desktop? Yod'm 3D gives you four desktops on a cube that you can spin around. Might look familiar to some Linux users.
New ForceWare version available
NVIDIA has brought out a new ForceWare version, 158.18. Click here to go to the download page. For the 64-bit version click here
DreamScene extension.
Stardock, maker of WindowBlinds, has made an extension to Vista's DreamScene called DeskScapes. With this you can add moving 'dreams' to your desktop. On the website there's a big choice of 'Dreams', made by DreamScene enthousiasts. DreamScene is available only on Vista Ultimate, as an 'Ultimate Extra'.
