Tech ARP - Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Candidate Release Preview Details

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Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Candidate Release Preview Details

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HP TouchSmart

HP TouchSmart applications, such as HP SmartCalendar and HP Photosmart Touch, are not compatible with this release. If you use these applications, you will receive a system error when you start them.

There is no workaround at this time.

Serviceability

HP Enterprise laptops running Vista will not successfully install the Vista SP1 RC Preview build. This is because certain OS files are absent from the OS update repository for these laptops. You can work around this as follows:

On another machine running Windows Vista locate files autoexec.bat & config.sys under %windir%\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-ntvdm-system32_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_fbd6b71e75a2c6c8
Copy these two missing files to the same folder of your HP Enterprise laptop running Windows Vista.

Power Management

Once the computer has entered sleep mode, the display may not automatically turn on again when you press the power or sleep buttons to wake the computer. To turn the display on again, move the mouse or press a keyboard key.

Setup

The final page of the Setup Wizard is not localized. The English version is displayed even though all other pages are in the selected language. No action is required.

Trusted Platform Module

This issue affects the 64-bit editions of this RC Preview release.

Some computers with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) enabled may not start after installing this release. The computer stops responding while displaying the progress bar. Some models that are known to be affected are Dell OptiPlex, Dell Latitude, and Dell Precision computers that do not have the latest BIOS installed.

To avoid this, before you install this release, first disable BitLocker Drive Encryption (if it is enabled), and then disable TPM in the BIOS.

To disable BitLocker Drive Encryption

  1. Using an account that has administrative credentials, click Start, click Control Panel, click Security, and then click BitLocker Drive Encryption.
  2. From the BitLocker Drive Encryption page, find the volume on which you want BitLocker Drive Encryption turned off, and click Turn Off BitLocker Drive Encryption.
  3. From the What level of decryption do you want dialog box, click Disable BitLocker Drive Encryption.

To disable TPM

1. Restart the computer and during the boot process, use the appropriate key (often F2) to enter the BIOS. For details, check the information that came with your computer.
2. In the BIOS, navigate to the TPM Security entry. Select Off, press ENTER, press ESC, and then select Save Changes and Exit.

Note : If you had BitLocker Drive Encryption enabled, the computer will enter the recovery mode and you must enter the 48-digit BitLocker password or use a BitLocker recovery key.

Note : If your computer is affected by this issue, you will not be able to use BitLocker Drive Encryption with TPM on the computer until an updated BIOS is available from the OEM.

If have already encountered this issue, restart the computer and disable TPM in the BIOS using the procedure above.

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