New Updates Available for Vista, Server 2008

Microsoft have released a few updates on the Microsoft Download Center to resolve various issues in Vista and Server 2008:

Vista:
-KB941229 (x86) (x64): This update addresses issues with Media Center for Microsoft Vista.

-KB941651 (x86) (x64): This is a reliability update. Install this update to improve the reliability of Windows Media Player 11 for Windows Vista in certain scenarios.

-KB941600 (x86) (x64): This update resolves some reliability issues in the USB core components on the Windows Vista operating system.

-KB941649 (x86) (x64): This update resolves some compatibility and reliability issues in Windows Vista. By applying this update, you can achieve better reliability and hardware compatibility in various scenarios.

Server 2008:
-KB942239 (x86) (x64) (IA64): Install this update for Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 to provide the same storage upgrade support that is included with Windows Server 2008 RC0.


Source:- WinBeta.org Beta News and Reviews

Anyone tried these yet, my systems has been very reliable but I'm always game for anything that might improve responsiveness, etc...

Asked and answered, KB941649 prevents my systems from booting. Had to toss in the install DVD and do a restore to get back in to my PC. Have to dig up a link and file a bug report with MS, might wanna' let these cook a little longer before you try 'em. That said, if this were XP I'd like be re-imaging right now, nice that Vista's recovery worked so seamlessly.

Same thing happened to me, normal, safe nor last known would boot into Vista. Extremely annoying. Hope I can recover it.

Exactly the same here... I also needed to restore via the install DVD.

I think the moral to the story is that is an update doens't show up via Windows Update and you aren't suffering a specific issue, you probably don't need a hotfix (which is MS typical stance on this actually). I broke my own rule of trying to fix something that wasn't really broken, I'm just glad recovery was so simple.

A little research through Event Viewer and Reliability Monitor shows that the update tried to install new chipset dirvers, but I'm running the latest from Intel's web site, that appear to be newer than those in the patch.

it won't let me view the article now, does anybody know what it fixes (in a nutshell)?

I'm asking because whenever I open wmp for the first time, it crashes immediately. I can reopen it and it works fine *shrug*

Does not seem to make a difference if I'm launching it with media or just opening it by itself.

My solution, since this problem is due to the update not being able to update msachi.sys while it is running, was to go into the BIOS and disable ACHI Native Mode, then reboot, let the update complete and then all is fine again.

No problem whatsoever. I installed all of the above updates that apply to Vista 64-bit Home Premium (including KB941649) and everything runs just as well as before.

vladsky

Tried that, failed again, although I think my mobo is partially at fault as there are some other issues with this board as well.

are these available on the daily updates automatically done by Vista, or are a manual download only? Ta.