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If you expect Windows Vista’s service packs to be as substantial as XP’s were, then you may be setting yourself up for disappointment. Speaking to a group of financial analysts earlier this week, Michael Sievert, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for Windows Marketing said that consumers should not expect service packs for the operating system to include several new features and updates. Why? Because Vista is “high quality right out of the gate,” he said.

That’s not to say service packs for the shiny new operating system won’t be released-they will-but they will not be nearly as sizable as previous ones such as Windows XP Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2. Windows XP Service Pack 2, for instance, added features to the operating system such as Internet Explorer’s pop-up blocker, Bluetooth support, and the Windows Firewall. Sievert doesn’t expect Vista’s service packs to have those types of features mainly because most people should have already downloaded them through Windows Update. “They (service packs) have a different level of importance today as people get their updates in real-time using Windows Update,” said Sievert.

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iPod users will be relieved to know that Microsoft has fixed a glitch in Windows Vista that had the potential to mess up their player’s data. It concerns the Vista ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ function, used to eject the player from the system and although the patch, which was released a few days ago, though the advice from Apple is to continue using the iTunes eject function. CNET News also reports a number of other updates to do with hooking devices up to Vista PCs, including one that could result in a loss of images when transferring image files from a Canon EOS-1D

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