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  • Vista Service Pack 2 = 843 Patches

    Posted on May 28th, 2009 at 04:31 woody 3 comments

    Microsoft just posted a list of all the patches and hotfixes that have been rolled into Vista Service Pack 2. All 843 of them.

    So far, the newsgroups have quite a few messages about installation failures. Some people have found that SP2 doesn’t play well with NOD32 v 4. And so on.

    We waited many months for Vista SP2. You can afford to wait another week or so, to see what shakes out. Patience, grasshopper.

     

    3 responses to “Vista Service Pack 2 = 843 Patches”

    1. Bummer that NOD32 version 4.x doesn’t support Vista SP2.

      check this blog:
      http://msmvps.com/blogs/donna/archive/2009/05/28/eset-to-vista-sp2-end-users-downgrade-to-v3.aspx

      ESET suggests downgrading from version 4 to version 3. fortunately, I’m already using NOD32 v3.0.684 on a Vista SP2 based Dell laptop and didn’t have to upgrade to v4.

    2. I respect anyone’s choice of their personal favorite security programs, but please reconsider ESET. Their antimalware has not fared well in independent lab testing. That’s a fact, not an opinion.

      Given that there are perfectly good free alternatives, I see no reason to stick with security software which conflicts with an imprtant Windows Service Pack.

      Just my opinion. Take it or leave it.

    3. A “test” patch is now available for Vista SP2 users who have NOD32 v4.0x installed. Read this ESET KB article for more information.

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