Vista: Getting to Grips with Service Pack 1

Windows Vista has come in for a lot of criticism, which Microsoft has tried to address with its first major upgrade to the latest Windows versions. In Service Pack 1, Microsoft collect together all of the updates and bug fixes previously released for Vista, and also add support for many new hardware and software technologies. Installing Service Pack 1 will make your system more stable, and provides extra security features to allow software such as anti-virus checkers to be more closely integrated with Windows. In this article, well show you the steps you need to take for a problem-free upgrade to Service Pack 1, and also the steps you need to take if you do find that problems occur when installing the service pack.