Microsoft update improves Vista performance

eWeek | at | by Mike

Even as Microsoft prepares to make the release candidate for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 broadly available to all users this week, the Windows Serviceability Team has released a preview update that improves Vista's performance and reliability.

As the update, which will be available at the Microsoft Download Center, is a preview release, it could change before it is released via Windows Update early next year, currently expected in January, Nick White said in a posting on the Vista team blog.

"We use Windows Update to continually deliver ongoing improvements to our customers so that Windows is always up-to-date. Doing so eliminates the need to wait for larger releases like service packs," he said.