Share a lot of details about Vista SP1 that Microsoft revealed.

On April 16, 2008, Microsoft released the official version of Vista SP1 Chinese, and invited media friends to discuss and answer many questions about Vista SP1. At the conference, Microsoft revealed a lot of details about Vista SP1, and these details are definitely those that most people who want to know about Vista, including activation, installation, and so on. Let's share it with everyone below. Details 1: About the release date of the Chinese version of Vista SP1: In February 2008, Microsoft released the English version of Vista SP1. On April 9, 2008, the Chinese version of Vista SP1 was released. April 15, 2008 Officially available to users to download and install on the evening. Many people will have such questions? Why is the Chinese version of Vista SP1 and the English version of SP1 so long before it is released to a large number of Chinese users? Microsoft's reply: The Chinese version of Vista SP1 and the English version of SP1 will be released so long because of the localization and debugging process. Vista uses a different locale strategy than XP. Many languages ​​come in the form of language packs. Due to the differences in usage in different countries, localization must be done. Details 2: About the installation method of Vista SP1 User's problem: Vista SP1 installation is a headache for many users. After all, its size looks big, and the independent installation package has more than 500 MB, so how can it be faster? Is it effective to install Vsita SP1? Microsoft's reply: Vista SP1 has three installation methods, you can choose according to your actual situation. If your network is in good condition and has been kept up to date with the update of Windows Update, then we recommend that you take the form of online update, so Downloads are completely determined by updates that are not installed on your machine, and may be just a few tens of megabytes. However, if you do not open the Windows Update feature after installing Vista, we recommend that you install it as a standalone installation package. Because the Vista SP1 stand-alone installation package is a collection of all previous patches, you can ensure that your system has better compatibility and security. For the above two installation methods, the installation time is also different, may vary from 60 to 90 minutes, and some users may experience a longer installation time, please be patient.

Detail 3: About the problem of installing SP1 on pirated Vista. User's question: For some Chinese users, for a number of reasons, they may use Vista systems obtained through abnormal channels, such as the OEM method of simulating BiOS. What happens if such a pirate system installs SP1? Microsoft's reply: First of all, due to the upgrade of Vista itself, its security is much better than XP, and pirating the Vista system means destroying some security measures of the system. For example, if the Windows system is On one wall, Vista is a wall that is stronger than ever. If you invade such a wall by illegal means, it will inevitably destroy part of the wall, resulting in a decline in overall stability and loss of safety. Therefore, in order to ensure that users can use Vista system safely and stably, we have taken some corresponding measures to crack Vista. There are several situations for pirated users to install SP1, but you will find that SP1 does not destroy your user data in any case, but the user experience will be different. First, for those users who use KMS activation, the activation will expire immediately after installing SP1, and you will be prompted to have a 30-day trial period. If you still activate your Vista through legal channels after 30 days, you will encounter In this case, after logging in to the system, the desktop becomes pure black, and prompts you to activate Vista in the lower right corner tray. Of course, you can choose to replace the desktop wallpaper, but every hour the system will automatically change to pure black wallpaper again. Prompts you to activate Vista. These do not affect the data and materials you have saved on your computer. Secondly, after installing SP1 for users who use the simulated BiOS to activate in OEM mode, the activation will immediately expire and prompt you to have a 15-day trial period. If you still activate your Vista through legal channels after 15 days, then you will also In the case of the black screen mentioned above, it will not affect the data and data you have saved on your computer. If you are using the pre-installed OEM version of Vista, you can rest assured that upgrading Vista SP1 will not have any effect on your activation. Of course, genuine Vista is the same.

Detail 4: About the perfection of the Vista system itself, such as the weather forecast and search function users: There is a weather forecast widget in the Windows sidebar in the Vista RTM version, which can display the local weather conditions in real time, but In China, there is no service. Will there still be a problem after installing Vista SP1? Can you display the weather normally? Microsoft's reply: Vista SP1 is the same as the previous Vista RTM. Because there are strict rules for providing weather information in China, only certain websites have the right to legally provide weather information, so we can't give it for the time being. Chinese users provide this service. Of course, you can also download the weather plug-in made by the netizen on Microsoft's official website to solve this problem. User's question: The search function for Vista always makes people feel very slow, the accuracy is still very high, and does not provide the pinyin search function like the search engine (such as the user wants to find a Chinese name file, we have to switch The input method to Chinese can be found, and can't be replaced by pinyin. Is there any improvement in this problem in Vista SP1? Microsoft's reply: About Vista's search function, the initial development is to achieve the fuzzy search function, and does not consider the pinyin search function mentioned above, of course, we will also consider adding similar functions in future updates. If you feel that your search is slow, it is recommended that you turn on the indexing function of the file, which will greatly improve the search speed. Detail 5: About the compatibility of games in Vista User's question: There are a lot of games running in Vista system is not very normal, there may be automatic shutdown and so on. Does Vista SP1 improve the compatibility of the game? Microsoft's reply: Since the release of Vista, we have not received a lot of complaints about game compatibility. If there is a problem with your game, it is recommended that you update the relevant hardware driver to a newer version. There is no problem with system compatibility. of. In summary, Vista SP1 improves the user experience in many ways, but similar to the SP1 released in Windows XP, there is no functional improvement, there are also many shortcomings, but Microsoft provides users with effective The feedback method helps us solve various problems as soon as possible, and believes that Vista will be more popular with users!