A 53 Meg MS Update so Vista can spell the name of our next president, OMG.

[Roy Baldone]

I was about to install the updates for vista when I saw one was 53
megs....kind of big so I wanted to know what an update that was bigger
then my first HD would get me.

Here is what the MS site had to say:

The words "Friendster," "Klum," "Nazr," "Obama," and "Racicot" are not
recognized when you check the spelling in Windows Vista and in Windows
Server 2008
View products that this article applies to.

From: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955020

I hope that it is really not 10 megs per word and that what Vista is
really doing is putting in an entirely new dictionary. But with MS,
one never knows I suppose.

I need to check to make sure that Vista can spell "Cynthia Mckinney",
and I guess that "Barack Hussein" was added with the last windows
update.
Most programs let you just add words to the dictionary and forgo a
50+meg update.

 

[John Doe]

From: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955020

I hope that it is really not 10 megs per word and that what Vista is
really doing is putting in an entirely new dictionary. But with MS,
one never knows I suppose.

That sound like a safe bet.

 

[Franc Zabkar]

I was about to install the updates for vista when I saw one was 53
megs....kind of big so I wanted to know what an update that was bigger
then my first HD would get me.

Here is what the MS site had to say:

The words "Friendster," "Klum," "Nazr," "Obama," and "Racicot" are not
recognized when you check the spelling in Windows Vista and in Windows
Server 2008
View products that this article applies to.

From: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955020

I hope that it is really not 10 megs per word and that what Vista is
really doing is putting in an entirely new dictionary. But with MS,
one never knows I suppose.

I need to check to make sure that Vista can spell "Cynthia Mckinney",
and I guess that "Barack Hussein" was added with the last windows
update.
Most programs let you just add words to the dictionary and forgo a
50+meg update.

According to the workaround for Windows Mail at the bottom of that
page, you still can. However, if you want the changes to be global,
then you have to replace the dictionary .DLL file. Like you say, it's
ridiculous. Surely MS can update the .DLLs using some kind of updater
app, or better still, make such an app available to users for their
own custom updates.

- Franc Zabkar