Brandon: Windows Vista Update KB935509 (For Ultimiate and Enterprise)

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WTF Microsoft.

Ok, so this update prepares Windows Vista for SP1. Thats all fine and dandy, but it apparently tries to update the BitLocker encryption feature that is available on the Ultimate and Enterprise editions.

I of course do not want full disc encryption, and I can't use it anyway because it requires a TPM (Trusted Platform Module) on the motherboard, and I don't have one.

Apparently, to get the update to install, you have to run the BitLocker drive prep tool, even if you are not going to encrypt your drives.

Why is this a problem?

Well, mostly because it shrinks your boot drive (In my case, C) by 1.5gb to create another partition, which is now named S, for me anyway, to store the non-encrypted boot files.

I don't want another stupid partition that I'm not going to use.

Grrr, this is lame.


Wondering: what Microsoft was thinking.
Do they: even test these updates.
I still: like Vista though.


Tags (beta): microsoft, windows, vista, updates, fubar

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Brandon: I'm suck a dork.

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So, today I'm going out to a Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 InstallFest out here in Boise.

Thats right, I'm going to a Microsoft sponsored event so that I can install the latest and greatest version of their developer tools.

On the plus side, I get a free copy of Visual Studio 2008 Professional for free out of the deal, so I can't complain.

Still, its a rather geeky thing to do, wouldn't you agree.

And now for some big words:
Philanthropy
Entropy
Deuteronomy
Segue
Quark (The particle, not the Ferengi)
Positrons
Occipital
Angioplasties

That should help the reading level.




Apathetic: I really should post more


Tags (beta): big words, small words, dork, visual studio, microsoft, free stuff

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