Microsoft vient de distribuer
auprès d’un large groupe de beta testeurs, deux patchs destinés à améliorer la
compatibilité et les performances de Windows VISTA. De très nombreux internautes
ont fait part de leur enthousiasme, au point que ces patchs connaissent une
importante diffusion un peu partout sur le net et que Microsoft envisage de les
distribuer officiellement dès le 14 août. Selon d’autres sources, il pourrait
s’agir d’un premier élément du futur Service Pack 1.
Ces mises à jour résolvent plusieurs problèmes particuliers pouvant affecter les
ordinateurs sous Vista. Ces problèmes ont été collectés via le Service de
Signalisation d’Erreurs, le support Microsoft et certains forums.
On notera que ces patchs apportent une compatibilité accrue avec les pilotes et
cartes graphiques ; une très nette amélioration dans la copie des fichiers, de
la prise en charge réseau, et la résolution de nombreux problèmes survenant lors
de la mise en veille. Les principales améliorations sont les suivantes :
KB938979 Vista Performance and Reliability
Pack :
▪ Improves performance in resuming back to the desktop from the Photo and
Windows Energy screensaver.
▪ Resolves an issue where some secured web pages using advanced security
technologies may not get displayed in Internet Explorer on Windows Vista.
▪ Resolves an issue where a shared printer may not get installed if the printer
is connected to a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 system and User Access
Control is disabled on the Vista client.
▪ Resolves an issue where creating AVI files on Vista may get corrupted.
▪ Improves the performance in calculating the ‘estimated time remaining’ when
copying/moving large files.
▪ Improves performance in bringing up Login Screen after resuming from Hibernate.
▪ Resolves an issue where synchronization of offline files to a server can get
corrupted.
▪ Resolves a compatibility issue with RAW images created by Canon EOS 1D/1DS
Digital SLR Camera which can lead to data loss. This only affects RAW images
created by these two specific camera models.
▪ Resolves an issue where a computer can lose its default Gateway address when
resuming from sleep mode.
▪ Improves the performance when copying or moving entire directories containing
large amounts of data or files.
▪ Improves the performance of Vista’s Memory Manager in specific customer
scenarios and prevents some issues which may lead to memory corruption.
KB938194 Vista Compatibility and Reliability Pack:
▪ Improved reliability and compatibility of Vista when used with newer graphics
cards in several specific scenarios and configurations.
▪ Improved reliability when working with external displays on a laptop.
▪ Increased compatibility with many video drivers.
▪ Improved visual appearance of games with high intensity graphics.
▪ Improved quality of playback for HD-DVD and Blue-Ray disks on large monitors.
▪ Improved reliability for Internet Explorer when some third party toolbars are
installed on Vista.
▪ Improved Vista reliability in networking configuration scenarios.
▪ Improved the reliability of Windows Calendar in Vista.
▪ Improved reliability of systems that were upgraded from XP to Vista.
▪ Increased compatibility with many printer drivers.
▪ Increased reliability and performance of Vista when entering sleep and
resuming from sleep.
Ces deux patchs sont disponibles
pour Windows Vista 32 et 64-bit. Vous pouvez télécharger notre archive
supportant les deux OS
ici.
A noter que j’ai personnellement installé ces mises à jour et force est de
constater que l’amélioration est nette. Aucun problème à signaler. D’ailleurs,
certains testeurs disent qu’avec ces patchs Vista est enfin au niveau de XP… A
suivre…
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