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08 Feb. 2008, George Ou posted the blog following message.

I completed the first two installations of Vista SP1 RTM upgrade last night on to my primary desktop computer and my first Vista laptop meant to be my new work computer. The result is a near death experience with my desktop computer, and then a real death experience with the laptop

18 Feb. 2008, heiseSecurity said that we should not install Vista SP1, based on their test result.

Despite the Service Pack, Vista still doesn't correctly handle backup archives which were generated with its predecessor Windows XP. There is no noticeable improvement to notebook battery life either. When tested one notebook only ran for half as long as when running Windows XP. Eight further notebooks didn't run differently in the c't test. There even were some entirely new issues, for example with virus scanners. Norton Antivirus produces error messages, and Bitdefender Antivirus can't be installed any more at all.

20 Feb. 2008, Microsoft has published a list of programs that may "experience a loss of functionality".

20 Feb. 2008, InfoWorld said :

Update has been pulled from Windows Update, but Microsoft has not yet produced a fix for users whose machines either won't boot or reboot constantly... Responding to reports of endlessly rebooting PCs that flooded support newsgroups last week, Microsoft said on Tuesday it had pulled an update designed to prep Windows Vista for Service Pack 1.

Most of us shouldn’t even think about installing SP1 until things are cleared up.

Method of forcibly downloading and installing Windows XP SP3 RC1 from Microsoft Update.

1/ Download this file called "WindowsXPSP3Hack.cmd(ttp://dailyapps.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/windowsxpsp3hack.cmd)." Once you have downloaded the file, login as administrator and run the file by double clicking it. Wait for the Confirmation Message on screen.
2/ The Above file adds a few entries to the Windows Registry that makes Microsoft think that you are a part of the Private beta program.
3/ Check for new updates on Windows Update. You should now see Windows XP SP3 listed in the available updates.
4/ Download and install it. Reboot whenever necessary.

For more details:
http://dailyapps.net/2007/11/hack-attack-get-windows-xp-sp3-through-windows-update/

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To choose all items : [Ctrl]+[A]
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To show the context menu : [Shift]+[F10]
To choose a menu item, use cursor key(→↑←↓)
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To choose a number of items : [Shift]+[cursor key(→↓)]
To cancel chosen items, [Shift]+[cursor key(↑←)]
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To show the property of a chosen item : [Alt]+[Enter]
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To close an active window : [Alt]+[F4] or [Ctrl]+[W]
[Ctrl]+[W] can also close an active tab of a tab browser.
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To open the system menu of an active window : [Alt]+[Space]
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To change the name of a chosen item : [F2]
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To activize the menu of an active window : [F10]
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To refresh database : [F5]
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To move to an upper directory : [BackSpace]
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To show every child directories belong a chosen directory : [NumLock]+[*](Use ten key)
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To expand every child directories in a chosen directory : [NumLock]+[+](Use ten key)
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To collapse a chosen directry : [NumLock]+[-](Use ten key)

Two days ago, WindowsSecrets.Com posted the article called "Stealth Windows update prevents XP repair".
This article said that a software which Microsoft quietly delivered to "automatically updating user of Windows Update"(including automatic update users who had selected the option to "download updates for me, but let me choose when to install them") prevented the installation of at least 80 security updates. Microsoft acknowledged that it started shipping an update to its Windows Update program in July.

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