According to ZDNet, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) will be hitting beta in the middle of this month with a potential that the final version will be ready in November of this year. Sounds good! Though this is a rather rushed service pack as service packs normally take at least a year of testing before being released – I sure hope it works last thing I need is a messed up BitLocker preventing me from using my computer…

So what’s in SP1?

* Performance tweaks lessening the amount of time it takes to copy files and shut down Vista machines
* Improved transfer performance and decreased CPU utilization via support for SD Advanced Direct Memory Access (DMA)
* Support for ExFat, the Windows file format for flash memory storage and other consumer devices
* Improvements to BitLocker Drive Encryption to allow not just encryption of the whole Vista volume, but also locally created data volumes
* The ability to boot Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) on an x64 machine
* Improved success rate for firewalled MeetingSpace and Remote Assistance connections

But I still believe that the early release of a service pack – even a beta – is a welcome sight to all knowing that Microsoft is on the case and giving its customers the support that they expect and have paid for.

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