Vista SP1 is coming

I'm sure that anyone who uses Vista will appreciate that SP1 is coming in the second half of 2007. Better domain performance, better coping and extraction of files, better hibernate and resume funtionality... all the stuff that you'd expect from a first service pack. I may actually start deploying it on something other than the laptops at work.

And for those that are using VIsta now, and are irritated becuase you can't find a quick way to access the network settings quiclly in Vista, well I have the answer for you. You used to be able to just right click and go to properties for My Network Places and hey presto... now, you have to right-click, go to Network and SHaring Center and then go to Manage Network Connections, and then finally you get to the network properties. Well, mein freund, it's easy when you know the command. I poked around a bit in the SYSTEM32 directory, looking for CPL files (Control Panel) and EXE's of interest. The old standby's are all there - throwbacks to an older time, like MAIN.CPL which is the mouse properties and DESK.CPL which is the Display Properties... then I started taking note of new CPL applets... and one-by-one I tried them and finally had the answer and the quick way to start it: at any Command or Run Prompt, just put in NCPA.CPL and TADA!!! you have the network connections folder at your fingertips.

NOW THAT'S A HAPPY DEVELOPMENT! W00t!