Vista pre-SP1 hotfix collection as of 06-12-07:
I've concentrated on the non-critical updates that don't always show up on Windows Update.
Sidenote: I wish Microsoft hosted a page like this.
A good portion of these are wrapped up into one package with
Autopatcher.
Add-ons
KB 927853
NetMeeting 3.02 - A hotfix is available to install NetMeeting 3.02 on computers that are running Windows Vista
KB 928439
PowerShell
KB 929470
Visual Studio 2005 SP1 – Vista Update
KB 917607
WinHlp32.exe - The Windows Help (WinHlp32.exe) program is no longer included with Windows operating systems starting with Windows Vista
NTBACKUP - Windows NT Backup - Restore Utility
Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 (ActiveSync for Vista)
Core OS
KB 933272 - Updates Kernel!
The system time lags when you restart a Windows Vista-based computer that supports High Precision Event Timer
KB 932590
Windows-based applications that use the TZ environment variable may not work as expected because of changes to DST
KB 930979
You may receive a "Stop 0x0000007E" error message after you enable the BitLocker Drive Encryption feature in Windows Vista
KB 930955
Moveuser.exe is incompatible with Windows Vista and is replaced by the new Win32_UserProfile WMI functionality
KB 929777
Error message when you try to install Windows Vista on a computer that uses more than 3 GB of RAM: "STOP 0x0000000A"
KB 931573
You may be prompted to activate Windows Vista on a computer on which Windows Vista was already activated by a Volume License or OEM installation
Core OS subcomponents
KB 932246
March 2007 Windows Vista Application Compatibility Update
KB 931099
An update is available for Windows Defender on Windows Vista
KB 931174
Update for the Windows Vista Customer Experience Improvement Program
KB 928089
The computer may respond very slowly as the Phishing Filter evaluates Web page contents in Internet Explorer 7
KB 929735
You may not find the file that you want when you use Advanced Search to search by date and you use a non-Gregorian calendar format in Windows Vista
KB 930857
An update is available for Windows Error Reporting in Windows Vista to make sure that problem reports are sent only after you have granted permission
KB 929761
When you run Wusa.exe together with the /quiet option to try to install certain software packages on a Windows Vista-based computer, the installation fails (important for SMS/BDD)
KB 907306
Web Folders / WebDAV update (important for Sharepoint)
Windows Update 7.0.6000.374 (
x86,
x64)
IDE/SATA
KB 932079
Power consumption may be slightly more than expected on a portable Windows Vista-based computer that uses a SATA hard disk that does not support Host-Initiated Link Power Management
KB 933578
An Ultra DMA Mode 5 device may perform only at the speed of an Ultra DMA Mode 2 device after you swap devices in Windows Vista
KB 930194
A computer uses an SiI PATA chip does not recognize an attached optical drive as a drive that supports recording after you install Windows Vista
KB 931263
Disk enumeration optimizations are disabled on certain Windows Vista-based computers that are using a hot swappable drive bay
KB 928253
SATA optical drives are not available after you start a Windows Vista-based computer
Networking
KB 934202
You experience slow performance on a Windows Vista-based computer after you establish a VPN connection
KB 933872
The default gateway setting is lost when you wake a Windows Vista-based computer from sleep
KB 933340
You cannot use a remote access server to apply DHCP options to a Windows Vista-based computer
KB 935755
You cannot access a shared network resource that is hosted by a Windows Vista-based computer if the SMB request packet exceeds the MTU size
KB 933664
Error message when you try to connect to a shared resource from a Windows Vista-based client computer: "A device attached to the system is not functioning"
Multimedia
KB 929615
You may not receive audio in the desired language when you use Windows Media Center to view television in Windows Vista
KB 932649
You may experience poor video quality when you use interlaced mode on a Windows Vista-based computer
KB 929399
Subscription services cannot extract metering data when the services try to synchronize metering data on a client computer that is running the Windows Media Format 11 SDK
KB 936825
Secure Digital (SD) rollup package
KB 932988
Files from a Canon EOD 1D or 1DS camera may be corrupted after you use Windows Photo Gallery or Windows Explorer to edit the file metadata in Windows Vista
KB 929762
You receive a Stop 0x9F error when you wake a Windows Vista-based computer that is connected to an IEEE 1394-based device
Power Management
KB 935783
When you resume a Windows Vista-based computer from sleep, you may experience unexpected behavior from a USB device
KB 934429
The "Allow hybrid sleep" option is intermittently missing from the Advanced Settings tab of the Power Options dialog box in Windows Vista
KB 928135
A Windows Vista-based computer stops responding when you resume the computer from hibernation
KB 925528
You may experience problems after you resume a Windows Vista-based computer from sleep or from hibernation
KB 929577
A Bluetooth device may no longer work correctly when you wake a Windows Vista-based computer from sleep
KB 925255
Power consumption increases when you run a WPF-based program that runs an animation in Windows Vista
KB 929685
A high definition audio device may no longer work after you resume Windows Vista from sleep or from hibernation and then restart the computer.
USB
KB 936824
The Safely Remove Hardware feature and the Windows Explorer "Eject" command do not work correctly with an Apple iPod that is connected to a Windows Vista-based computer
KB 934796
Error message on a Windows Vista-based computer that is running a USB composite device: "STOP 0x000000FE"
KB 934633
When you connect a USB multifunction printer device to a Windows Vista-based computer, a 2nd instance of the printer object is created, and the 1st instance no longer works