Wed 26 Mar 2008
If you are currently using Windows Vista you have probably heard that Vista SP1, the first pack of updates designed to improve the performance, stability, and reliability of Vista, is now available.
This update can be downloaded by most people by going to Windows Update, but something your might not know is that there are actually a number of reasons why you may not yet be able to recieve this update.
So far Vista SP1 has only been released in five languages so if you have a language pack installed that SP1 has not yet been released for, Windows Update will not offer you Vista SP1. Another reason is that a number of device drivers cause problems with SP1 so if you have one of these installed on your computer Windows Update will not offer you SP1 either. To read more about this click here
Something else you may want to think about is whether or not you want your computer to update to Vista SP1 automatically. If you have Vista and your automatic updates are turned on you will receive SP1 in mid-April automatically. If there is some specific reason you do not want to receive SP1 automatically you may want to consider turning your automatic updates off. To learn how to check if your automatic updates are on or off and how to change this click here.