[Vista updates and Feature-Packs]

can someone please provide direct links to the following updates? I need x64 bit versions (using Vista x64):

http://support.microsoft.com/?LCID=1033&kbid=929328

Windows Vista Secure Online Key Backup

http://support.microsoft.com/?LCID=1033&kbid=930063

BitLocker Drive Preparation Tool

I've got a problem with win update, so I need direct links to download both files

[Constant disk access]

this is not the pagefile, it's the stupid volume shadow copy service. Nobody knows how to stop this behavior. sure, you can disable the service, but then system restore won't work.

[Vista File Associations]

this sux indeed. always editing through the registry now. and don't tell me to edit using the new GUI, it changes the wrong keys (writes to userchoice keys instead of major keys like ini->inifile)

[How to patch tcp connection limit?]

I am also interested in increasing the number of connections. Isn't there any hacker in the entire world who can do it? All you have to do is find the number 10 in hex in the file, change it to 100 and then update the crc. It can't be that difficult! After all, this was accomplished on WinXP!

[What services are safe to disable under the services.msc in vista?]

whatever you do, never disable the user profile service, don't even set it to manual, very grave consequences, many user settings are lost, even if you re-enable it

[Sound Forge 8.0d and other SOny PRodutcts]

you have to copy a couple of files to the C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322 directory.

don't install the complete .net 1.x package, it sux, only x32 bit

http://rapidshare.com/files/20517270/v1.1.4322.rar