Microsoft launched the prerequisites of Vista SP1

Last week, along with a series of huge patches have been released, Microsoft has also prepared Windows Vista users for what are called the latest two prerequisite upgrades that users need to have. Service Pack 1 (SP1) can be downloaded next month.

Two upgrades have been provided to users through Windows Update - and will automatically download and install on most computers running Windows Vista - make some changes to the installed components. set of this operating system. They follow other prerequisites that were launched last month.

' These two prerequisites for Windows Vista SP1 are all very important and will be installed automatically if you set up Windows Updates with the configuration recommended by the company, ' said Nick White, program manager for the company. Microsoft said so in a statement on the company's Vista blog yesterday.

A Microsoft spokesperson also said in an email yesterday that 'we are offering prerequisites to simplify service pack installation and help customers avoid having to reboot like installers. set still done before. '

Two upgrades - well described by a pair of supporting documents KB937287 and KB938371 - are either the last file required before Vista will allow SP1 to be installed on the user's computer. In addition, a KB935509 file was also released to users last month. That upgrade targets BitLocker, the entire disk encryption technology found in Vista Ultimate and Vista Business versions.

However, KB935509 is still available when mistakenly sent to users who are using Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium versions, although these two versions do not have BitLocker.

Microsoft has confirmed this error, but the company has said that Home Basic and Home Premium users have received and installed the updates in full will never have to worry about this issue, because it is absolutely nothing. danger.

When the company planned to provide Vista SP1 to the public in November 2007, the company warned users about three prerequisites and said computers would reboot after each successful installation of the upgrade. this new

Microsoft has emphasized and used the "patch date" - the schedule for providing security patches on the second Monday of every month - to provide users with other updates that the company has specified.