Although I'm late to the party in reviewing Windows Vista SP1, it's becoming widely available as I write this, so now is as good a time as any for my review. Rather than try to cover every improvement in SP1, I'm going to cover my particular experiences. Read my review.
First, the good news: Did you know that corrupted or accidentally deleted files are easy to recover in Windows Vista? The bad news is that Microsoft doesn't provide an interface for this functionality in the Windows Vista Home editions that most consumers run. Read on to find out how to use Windows Vista's Previous Versions feature in the "higher end" versions of Vista, as well as a link to instructions on how Home users can use the same feature to recover their files.
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Windows Vista SP1 review 
First, the good news: Did you know that corrupted or accidentally deleted files are easy to recover in Windows Vista? The bad news is that Microsoft doesn't provide an interface for this functionality in the Windows Vista Home editions that most consumers run. Read on to find out how to use Windows Vista's Previous Versions feature in the "higher end" versions of Vista, as well as a link to instructions on how Home users can use the same feature to recover their files.
In the past, you needed to rely on software from your PC maker or a third party to run diagnostics on Windows.
If you've got QuickTime installed, chances are you have a useless little ‘Q' icon in your Windows system tray, also known as the notification area. Want to get rid of the icon to save space? Here's how.