All Posts Tagged With: "Vista Service Pack 1"
Get Free support for Vista Service Pack 1 issues
Windows Vista customers are entitled to no-fee support for issues that relate to the SP1 update from Microsoft Help & Support until March 18, 2009. Microsoft Help & Support provides you with email, chat, or telephone support where you can talk to a Microsoft Support Agent to assist in troubleshooting your installation issue.
To avail support [...]
Recover ~1 GB of disk space after installing Windows Vista Service Pack 1
The Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) Files Removal Tool (VSP1CLN.exe) can be used to remove the files that are archived after Windows Vista SP1 is applied. This frees up close to 1 GB of disk space.
12Apr2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Fix Search association settings in Vista
After installing Windows Vista Service Pack 1, when you click Start, type a search string in the Instant Search box, and press ENTER, one of the following problems may occur:
Nothing happens
Two instances of search window are opened
You receive the following error:
This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create [...]
23Mar2008 | admin | 5 comments | Continued
Windows Vista SP1 now available from Windows Update
Read this blog post at Windows Vista Team blog.
Today, you can now download Windows Vista SP1 via Windows Update. For those of you eager to receive the benefits of Windows Vista SP1 - you can now do so! We’ve seen quite a bit of questions in our comments so we want to communicate as much as [...]
19Mar2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Restore the Start menu Search link in Vista Service Pack 1
In Windows Vista Service Pack 1, the Search option has been removed from the right side of the Start menu. Although there are other ways to launch Search, many users are accustomed to the Search link in the Start menu.
If you want the Search option back in the start menu, this can be done but [...]
You can defrag individual drives in Vista SP1
After installing Windows Vista Service Pack 1, you’ll note a change in the Disk Defragmenter GUI. There is a new button added that allows you select the drives that you want to defragment. Note that in Windows Vista pre-SP1, you can use the command-line defrag tool (defrag.exe) to defragment individual drives.
12Mar2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Search… context menu option removed in Vista Service Pack 1
When you install Windows Vista Service Pack 1, it removes the Search… option from the context menu of drives and file system folders. However, the missing option can be restored using a registry edit.
Thanks to the The SBS Diva blog for publishing the solution on how to restore the Search option in the context menu.
