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diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Fri/vistaupdates.txt b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Fri/vistaupdates.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8d3f397 --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Fri/vistaupdates.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Earlier this week Microsoft released a collection of patches for some prominent Windows Vista bugs, most notably one that affected a certain MP3 player from Apple. Although Apple released an update to iTunes recently that solved a number of Vista-iPod issues, they neglected to patch a flaw in the Safely Remove Hardware command that could cause data corruption. + +Among this week's Vista updates is one that [solves the Safely Remove Hardware bug][1]. If you haven't updated Apple recommends using the Eject iPod command in iTunes to unmount your iPod rather than the Vista Safely Remove Hardware taskbar tool. + +Other patches in the Vista update include one that [keeps Vista from corrupting Camera RAW images][3] taken with Canon EOS-1D or EOS-1Ds cameras. We wrote about [the Camera RAW issues in Vista][2] last month and while this patch doesn't solve all the problems, it is at least a step in the right direction. + +So far as I can tell, the metadata corruption issues we covered last month appear to still be a problem and the Nikon codec problems also remain unsolved (if you know of an update for the Nikon RAW codecs in Vista be sure to let us know in the comments below. + +Other Vista bug fixes include one that solves a video quality issue when Vista is connected to a TV, one that [stops Vista from abruptly going to sleep][4] when a dial-up PPP connection is active, and one that [updates Microsoft's Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program][5]. + + + +[1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=AE02A107-EBC8-4B67-A597-80349631C395&displaylang=en "Update for Windows Vista" +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/02/vista_issues_fo.html "Vista Issues For Pro Photographers" +[3]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=D413A8E9-5B51-4C39-8842-209D65DFE069&displaylang=en "Update for Windows Vista" +[4]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5754C17D-91A0-4DCA-AB86-16E09A5C717B&displaylang=en "Update for Windows Vista" +[5]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3f1b3917-3eda-4bf9-bb00-3de33f6f22fe&displaylang=en&tm "Update for Windows Vista" |