Microsoft Releases Windows Vista Performance and Reliability Updates (Officially!)

**madmatt** · August 8th, 2007

Windows Vista Performance Update
Update for Windows Vista (KB938979)
Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB938979)

Windows Vista Reliability Update
Update for Windows Vista (KB938194)
Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB938194)

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**fitz** · August 8th, 2007

yeah.. saw these and applied them to my vista install. To be honest, haven't seen that much noticable improvment in speed (although, I just reloaded Vista in the last week). The actual KB articles don't exist yet though.. They still haven't totally fixed my file copy issues (it shouldn't sometimes take 20+ minutes to copy a 52MB file to a network share when XP only takes me <30sec)

Here are the actual KB articles that provide a little more detail.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/KB938979/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/KB938194/en-us

**omg its nlm** · August 8th, 2007

Thanks, I will have to give them a go and see...

**ming** · August 8th, 2007

hmm.. It's not showing up on Windows Update. I think I'll wait until it does... I'm quite happy with the performance so far.

**NetRyder** · August 8th, 2007

I had the beta versions of these patches through Connect, and had been waiting for the final bits.

Installed these on my Tablet earlier today, and they definitely improve the speed of large file operations (copy/move/delete). That was one of my biggest peeves with Vista since RTM, and it's good to scratch off one more thing from the list of annoyances.

**ray_gillespie** · August 8th, 2007

Nice one Matt - reps on their way!

**perris** · August 8th, 2007

Why aren't these updates automatically installed ?

**Electronic Punk** · August 8th, 2007

They should appear on windows update on patch tuesday.

**madmatt** · August 8th, 2007

Which is next Tuesday.

It might be me, but I think the one patch resolves Explorer's forgetfullness.

**kcnychief** · August 15th, 2007

Any idea why?

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=644

**madmatt** · August 15th, 2007

~~That article is wrong. I installed 6 security related updates, 11 in all.~~

Never mind. I read it wrong.

**kcnychief** · August 15th, 2007

Don't you DARE talk about Mary Jo like that!

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fitz *XPista7eopardix Joined: April 2004 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 4,014 Reputation: 2947 Power: 164**	Re: Microsoft Releases Windows Vista Performance and Reliability Updates (Officially! yeah.. saw these and applied them to my vista install. To be honest, haven't seen that much noticable improvment in speed (although, I just reloaded Vista in the last week). The actual KB articles don't exist yet though.. They still haven't totally fixed my file copy issues (it shouldn't sometimes take 20+ minutes to copy a 52MB file to a network share when XP only takes me <30sec) Here are the actual KB articles that provide a little more detail. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/KB938979/en-us http://support.microsoft.com/kb/KB938194/en-us Hee-hee! Evil makes my buttocks tingle.

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omg its nlm lvl 17 Hax Joined: January 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,829 Reputation: 1210 Power: 129	Re: Microsoft Releases Windows Vista Performance and Reliability Updates (Officially! Thanks, I will have to give them a go and see... \| Vista Ultimate \| AMD 4900 \| Nvidia 9600 512 \| 2 gigs Corsair Ram \| Cooler Master Stacker 830 \|Dell 22 Inch Wide screen \|

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ming OSNN Advanced Joined: June 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,252 Reputation: 1160 Power: 159	Re: Microsoft Releases Windows Vista Performance and Reliability Updates (Officially! hmm.. It's not showing up on Windows Update. I think I'll wait until it does... I'm quite happy with the performance so far. Curent system: Intel Quad Core 9450 \| 4GB RAM \| WD Raptor 36GB \| nVidia 8800GT 512mb

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NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 294	Re: Microsoft Releases Windows Vista Performance and Reliability Updates (Officially! I had the beta versions of these patches through Connect, and had been waiting for the final bits. Installed these on my Tablet earlier today, and they definitely improve the speed of large file operations (copy/move/delete). That was one of my biggest peeves with Vista since RTM, and it's good to scratch off one more thing from the list of annoyances. http://kunal.kundaje.net

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madmatt Bow Down to the King Joined: April 2002 Location: New York Posts: 13,312 Reputation: 4090 Power: 294	Re: Microsoft Releases Windows Vista Performance and Reliability Updates (Officially! Which is next Tuesday. It might be me, but I think the one patch resolves Explorer's forgetfullness.

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