• Description of how hotfixes and updates are managed after you upgrade to a service pack in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008
  A way to free up some space when installing updates or service packs that supersede other fixes.
  (tags: Hotfix SP1 Updates )
• Unsupported methods to update a customized image of Windows Vista to a Windows Vista Service Pack 1 image
  If you're looking for ways to do this that are unsupported, here are four that Microsoft suggests.
  (tags: Deployment Image SP1 )

If you’re looking for ways to do this that are unsupported, here are four that Microsoft suggests. Keep reading →

• Microsoft removes another one of WGA?s fangs
  More commentary on the WGA announcement today.
  (tags: WGA )
• Robert McLaws: Windows Vista Edition : Windows Vista SP1 Broken Compatibility List Surprisingly Small
  Commentary on the list of broken apps after SP1.
  (tags: SP1 Compatibility )

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Microsoft is making images for Vista available with SP1 already included, which will be useful since there is no easy way to ’slip-stream’ it as we previously have with XP. Keep reading →

In Windows Vista, when you try to remove more than two images from a .wim file that contains four images, you may receive the following error message:

Error opening file [image_file]
The data is invalid.

Note: In this error message, image_file represents the name and location of the .wim file.

Consider the following scenario:

• You connect a Windows Vista-based computer to a network projector.
• You use Windows Photo Gallery to display an image in full-screen mode (slideshow mode).

In this scenario, the image is successfully displayed in full-screen mode on the computer. However, the image is not displayed on the network projector. Instead, you receive the following message on the network projector:

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This issue occurs if the Windows Experience Index rates the computer’s Graphics and Gaming functionality with a score of 3.0 or more.

When you view an image in Windows Live Photo Gallery, the image and the image background may display an incorrect color cast.

When you view an image in Windows Photo Gallery on a Windows Vista-based computer, the image and the image background are yellow.

When you try to scan an image by using a “Web Services on Devices” (WSD) scanner, the scanner may not retrieve the image.

On a mobile PC that is running Windows Vista, you use the Presentation Settings tile of Windows Mobility Center to turn on presentation settings. Then, you configure a custom desktop background image. However, when you start a network presentation, the custom desktop background image does not appear. Instead, the desktop background is reset to the None setting.