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Vista SP1 RTM released

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by oz_media

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Well it seems that Vista SP1 is finally out for good now. MS downloads page suggests waiting until April when it is available for auto download with Windows Updater (assuming that it is just because they will have fewer installation issues to resolve by newbs without a clue how to install software), but I am eager to see if there's a difference so I am downing it now.

Anyone else installed it yet? Differences? Issues?

My VISTA runs like a top but hey, an OS can always run better, so you never know. I'd like to see some fixes to the Installer in Vista, it likes to hang for a bit sometimes but is pretty good overall.

Would be interested in seeing if anyone else has installed it already and if there any real changes or fixes noticed though.

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by l-mo

They require membership. For a measly $349, I too can be a part of the trend. How sad.....

Que VIVA LINUX !!!!

by oz_media

When in langley over the weekend, I noticed the price of fresh eggs was nearly $3 a dozen. Waaay to expensive for free range eggs if you ask me.

by jamesrl

And yet I still managed to install it from MS's servers....

Wonder how that happened...

But to be fair they didn't make it easy.

James

by oz_media

Just installed, overall base score still at 4.6 but didn't expect much difference there, perhaps memory handling changes but that's not really important.

Doesn't seem faster, mine was running pretty quick anyway, haven't run into any hangs or hiccups yet, perhaps the odd occasion that I had those problems may be reduced.

But one good thing, the OS isn't dead from the upgrade, it went in well (pretty fast considering teh update size), no probs, no errors and is registered correctly.

by jamesrl

I installed it last night.

Most of the difference is fairly invisible. CPU and IO are the improvements. I did notice that things were a little snappier and IE pages loaded faster, transfers to my external drive faster etc.

I ran the Vista experience performance tool - its usually used to tell you how ready your PC is for Vista, but its also installed on Vista. The range is from 0 to 5.9 (just like figure skating LOL). After SP1 I ran it again, and my CPU went from 4.3 to 4.9, not a bad jump at all.

I was somehow hoping DX9 performance would improve, I'm waiting for more real life gaming to prove it, but my 3dMark 05 benchmark, run after SP1, shows that Vista runs DX9 games about 10% slower than XP Pro.

I'm stiff miffed that I bought home premium, and it doesn't see my second Xeon CPU. I read a chart that said it would, but I found later on MS that only business and premium can see a second physical CPU.

James

by butkus

I'm no big fan of updates. I moved to Vista Business in Sept. My W2K crashed and decided to TRY Vista. An new Intel C2 Dual 2.0 Ghz and 2 Gig and I'm still running it. I did a few updates a few months ago that seem to help with IE speed.
It's just SLOW when I ask for My Computer drives.

by oz_media

Sp1 is a long awaited collection of fixes, yes a couple of them help with IE speed. SP1 includes the fixes you have applied previously, plus many others.

I agree with you when it comes to teh KB updates, if you have a problem they offer a fix (sometimes). But with a servie pack, it is intended ot offer all updates plus OS improvements, perhaps such as teh issue you are having with drives appearing slowly.

MS has been workign on coutless issues since releasing Vista, but instead of releasing individual patches, unless critical, they wait and release all the fixes, enhancements and updates in one service pack.

My own system ran like a top with Vista Home Premium but SP1 seems to make it a little sweeter, boots a bit faster (not that it was slow to begin with, but speed is speed), hasn't hung, installer runs quicker now too.

If you don't install SP's and ever have issues where you requrie tech support, they wouldn't even touch the ticket until you had installed all SP's. these are not irrelevant knowledgebase updates to solve little quiky specifics but a full OS update, worth downloading, problems or not.

What's the worst case scenario? A rollback to the preSP1 restore point?

by oz_media

Just hit the downloads section, searched for Vista SP1, clicked DOWNLOAD and SAVE then good to go. It's 480+ MB but I got it in a few minutes without issue. Install took a bit of time but its fire and forget, went quite well actually.

That's why I didn't see any relevance in the last comment (thus the egg reply).

by l-mo

I just was hoping to download the package so I could install it on other systems without having to run the windows update. oh well.

BTW, it went fine. I still have a screen saver issue but all seems well... more or less.

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