Tech Shout!

A while ago, we had reported that the first Windows Vista SP1 would be released in July, but that was a rumor. Now, speculations about the availability of Windows Vista SP1 has started all over again after two substantial collections of Windows Vista hotfixes were leaked onto the Internet.

Apparently, the hotfixes were made available to Windows Server 2008 beta testers over the weekend. However, once the files began to get circulated all over the Internet, they were hastily withdrawn.

In fact, these hotfixes have already been dubbed “Vista Performance and Reliability Pack” and “Vista Compatibility and Reliability Pack”. They supposedly address a number of issues that have afflicted the Windows Vista operating system ever since its launch.

The hotfixes have been numbered ‘938194’ and ‘938979’ to testers. ‘938194’addresses issues relating to graphics (including HD DVD and Blu-ray playback on large monitors), Internet Explorer, networking, printing, sleep and systems upgraded from Windows XP.

938979 is concerned with issues reported by customers, notably in the areas of screensavers, Internet Explorer, hibernation and sleep, file copying and memory management.

Feedback has already been received from testers who installed the hotfixes. Testers have sworn that using these hotfixes, their machines have received a significant performance boost. What’s more; the web site AeroExperience, claims that large file transfers are up to twice as fast with these hotfixes.

Now that these hotfixes have been released into the wild, although not officially by Microsoft, we can only hope that an official Vista Service Pack is due soon.