New cool feature enabled in Vista SP1: Hotpatching
section: windows, for your questions: KezNews forum, 11.12.2007
Windows Vista SP1 enables support for hotpatching, a reboot-reduction servicing technology designed to maximize uptime.
It works by allowing Windows components to be updated (or "patched") while they are still in use by a running process. Hotpatch-enabled update packages are installed via the same methods as traditional update packages, and will not trigger a system reboot.
Other changes:
* Improves patch deployment by retrying failed updates in cases where multiple updates are pending and the failure of one update causes other updates to fail as well.
* Enables reliable OS installation by optimizing OS installers so that they are run only when required during patch installation. Fewer installers operating results in fewer points of potential failure during installation, which leads to more robust and reliable installation.
* Improves overall install time for updates by optimizing the query for installed OS updates.
* Improves robustness during the patch installation by being resilient to transient errors such as sharing violations or access violations.
* Improves robustness of transient failures during the disk cleanup of old OS files after install.
* Improves the uninstallation experience for OS updates by improving the uninstallation routines in custom OS installation code.
* Improves reliability of OS updates by making them more resilient to unexpected interruptions, such as power failure source:
microsoft.com
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Comments(8)
now why don't they work on keeping it from crashing all the time, that would be an
improvement
you know the bit where he winds up the fat bitch with a fishing impression... like he's
reeling in a big fish... and the noise he made, " vweeeeeeee-vweeeeeeee- vweeeeee" ....
deja vu anyone?
now this voting statistics is wrong. i have voted twice but it still accepted it.
the other comment is ...stop using vista and use xp, make ms cry so that he learns.
i have been using vista...never crushed...you'd better buy better hardware.
never ever a crasch here... vista i have (by yoda)
never had a crash of vista x64 either...infact i find it more reliable than than the x86
version !!! anyone with probs should upgrade system and don't use cheap components !
vista 64 ultimate on an hp hdx (monster) laptop.
doesn't go blue, but after
running adobe apps, it slows to a c r a w l and needs to be rebooted .. this happens on a
lot of memory intensive programs once in a while just have to deal with it ...
get some decent hardware with 4gb of ram
vista x64 will fly
never saw bsod in
x64
to hahaiah:
its bcz of slow hdds in laptops or may b insufficient
memory
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By suomy1k on 12.12.2007 - 05:12