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I haven't noticed any significant improvements and it's still making an absolute mess of managing my onboard BlueTooth.

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I've only installed on my desktop system. And like a lot reports and posts I've read today there really isn't any visible improvements. But I have noticed a few of my regular applications like Outlook 2007 appear to be loading up way fast than before.

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That would be welcome news... but maybe I just have more issues with "outlook 2007 on vista" over "2003 on xp"...

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Summary of SP2 changes.... found at http://www.dmxzone.com/go?16304

 

Emerging Hardware Support:

  • SP2 contains Blue tooth 2.1 feature pack supporting the most recent specification for Blue tooth technology
  • Ability to record data on Blu-Ray media,
  • Adds Windows Connect Now (WCN) Wi-Fi Configuration to Windows Vista SP2,
  • exFAT file system now supports UTC timestamps, which enables correct file synchronization across time zones.
  • SP2 provides support for new form factors, such as ICCD/CCID. new form factor support –example USB form factor as opposed to PCMCIA).
  • Support for the new VIA 64-bit CPU
Security:
  • SP2 includes all previously released security updates, and builds on the proven security benefits of Windows Vista
  • Secure Development Lifecycle process updates, where we identify the root cause of each security bulletin and improve our internal tools to eliminate code patterns that could lead to future vulnerabilities
  • Reliability
  • SP2 addresses previously released reliability updates, as well as addressing crashes, caused by Microsoft code, discovered since the launch of SP1
Performance:
  • Resume performance when Wi-Fi connection is no longer available after resume from sleep
  • Inclusion of Windows Search 4 for improved indexing performance, improved relevancy in search, broader indexing scenario inclusion, as well as new Group Policy integration for Windows Search,
  • Improvements to the RSS feeds sidebar gadget to improve update performance and responsiveness
Application Compatibility:
  • It is our goal that applications that run on the Windows Vista Operating System today and are written using public APIs will continue to work as designed on Windows Vista SP2.
  • Previously released Application Compatibility updates are included in Windows Vista SP2.
  • Spysweeper and ZoneAlarm now working with POP3 email accounts
Administration and Support Improvements:
  • Customers installing .net framework 3.5 service pack 1 will notice shorter download and installation times with Vista service pack 2 or Windows 2008 service pack 2 already installed,
  • Service Pack Clean up tool (Compcln.exe): This tool helps restore the hard disk space by permanently deleting the previous versions of the files (RTM & SP1) that are being serviced by Service Pack 2.
  • Single installer for both Vista & Server 2008
  • Ability to detect an incompatible driver and block service pack installation or warn users of any loss of functionality
  • Better error handling and providing more descriptive error messages where possible
  • Better manageability through logging in system event log
  • Componentization for Serviceability of the installer
Some Specific Fixes/Additions Include:
  • Inclusion of Hyper-V
  • Event logging support in SPC
  • DNS Server now listens over ISATAP address
  • Fixes DRM issues from WMP upgrades
  • Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless
  • Reduction of resources required for sidebar gadgets
  • Improved power settings for WS08

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