Vista Service Pack 1 - Page 2

3 of 7 · 02-08-2008, 01:46 PM

Well, I took the plunge and installed the RC refresh of SP1 32 bit and I have to say initial impressions are favorable so far. The file transfer bug I had seems to be gone ( I transfered an 8 gig folder from an XP rig in around 2 minutes)
The os seems snappier in general and windows updates only had one update for windows defender.
Hopefully the end-date limitation of June 08 has been removed in this version.

ATINUT · 02-08-2008, 03:04 PM

The service pack is good, but it doesn't resolve an issue I've been having for months with Vista 64, and that is itermittant connection drops. My only option at this point and time is to reinstall WindowsXP and leave it at that.

3 of 7 · 02-08-2008, 03:11 PM

BY connection drops are you refering to your wireless? I found Vista to be pretty buggy in that department as well, My wife's gateway laptop was constantly saying no connection was available yet it would download her mail and the internet was accessible.
XP fixed it for now

ATINUT · 02-08-2008, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3 of 7

BY connection drops are you refering to your wireless? I found Vista to be pretty buggy in that department as well, My wife's gateway laptop was constantly saying no connection was available yet it would download her mail and the internet was accessible.
XP fixed it for now

My desktop is hooked up wired to my wireless router. I was getting intermittant connection drops on a wired connection, using a BEFSX41 router, and using the wired ports on my Belkin F5D7230-4 Wireless G Router. I narrowed it down, to a bug or bugs in Nvidia's NForce Networking driver, and in Windows Vista 64 itself. Microsoft on their Live OneCare forums, confirmed the bug in the NForce Networking drivers. Microsoft reported the bug/bugs to Nvidia, and last I heard Nvidia was supposedly working on fixing the bugs.

Slyder · 02-09-2008, 10:36 AM

I've been following this thread (and others) all week. Finally decided to give the hack posted here: How TO: Install Vista SP1 Final via Windows Update - Notebook Forums and Laptop Discussion
a try. Was it the correct way? Not sure.... but it did work perfectly for me, and i have no driver issues.

3 of 7 · 02-09-2008, 10:56 AM

Good find!

Slyder · 02-09-2008, 11:12 AM

i felt it important to install the updates microsoft said would be required. my concern is what the registry hack will do concerning future updates. i just ran mu again and it states windows is up to date w/two optionals available. nothing seems to be amiss. time will tell.....

with sp1, and firefox updating yesterday, my lappy definitely has more pep.

i'm also noticing much less hdd activity

3 of 7 · 02-09-2008, 11:41 AM

I'm noticing a large improvement performance wise myself... No benchmarks, so it's just anecdotal on my part. I still have XP pro on this machine and that gives me a little bit of a comparison.... Let's just say the difference between the two is a lot less noticeable now.

spookyload · 02-09-2008, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATINUT

The service pack is good, but it doesn't resolve an issue I've been having for months with Vista 64, and that is itermittant connection drops. My only option at this point and time is to reinstall WindowsXP and leave it at that.

My laptop was having the same issue. I called HP last night and they fixed it for me. They told me to go to the running services page. Select the "WLAN auto config service" and double click it. On the recovery tab select "restart service" for all three instances. In my case the drop down for "start after second failure" was set to "disable after second failure". I changed it to "restart service" and it works great. Haven't had a problem since. I asked what could be causing the failure and the guy fessed up right away that there was no way he could possibly figure that out.

ATINUT · 02-09-2008, 03:08 PM

It's too late now, I reinstalled Windows XP.

ATINUT · 02-10-2008, 12:00 PM

I'm going to replace the Belkin router with a Linksys. Never had no trouble with Linksys, and then I'll probably reinstall Vista 64 at that time, along with the Service Pack.

chuckbam · 02-10-2008, 02:20 PM

I used the first one.

x64

Windows Vista SP1 Standalone Installer (64-bit English) (download torrent) - TPB

x86

Windows Vista SP1 Standalone Installer (32-bit English) (download torrent) - TPB

Both x86 and x64

vista-sp1-rtm-20080818-1840-x64_x86 (download torrent) - TPB

I downloaded an ISO that gave me the whole Vista Enterprise program with SP-1. I don't think you want an ISO.

SRTDodge05 · 02-10-2008, 02:35 PM

I never had wireless problems with vista, most likely its the wireless card or router.

SRTDodge05 · 02-10-2008, 03:37 PM

Vista SP1 does not solve many problems - The INQUIRER

"However installation in PC World's tests, took 27 minutes and three reboots. Most of the time was taken up by Vista having a little think while it 'prepared the configuration'.
Start-up and shut down times remained the same. It seems the nine per cent improvement in file copying times was the only real difference.
It is unlikely that many people will notice a difference between SP1 and an unpatched system. It is also likely that companies that have held off from upgrading from XP will not bother as it hardly seems to be worth the time, money or heartache."

ATINUT · 02-10-2008, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SRTDodge05

I never had wireless problems with vista, most likely its the wireless card or router.

I did some research on the net, and found out Belkin Wireless G routers, like the one I have are known to drop the connection at random, which is why I don't trust it with Windows XP either.

I'm going to have the shop I deal with match Best Buy's price of $44.99 on a Linksys WRT54G wireless router.

02-08-2008, 01:46 PM	#16
3 of 7 You can run..... Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,677	Re: Vista Service Pack 1 Well, I took the plunge and installed the RC refresh of SP1 32 bit and I have to say initial impressions are favorable so far. The file transfer bug I had seems to be gone ( I transfered an 8 gig folder from an XP rig in around 2 minutes) The os seems snappier in general and windows updates only had one update for windows defender. Hopefully the end-date limitation of June 08 has been removed in this version.
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02-08-2008, 03:04 PM	#17
ATINUT Just Plain Crazy! Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 3,277	Re: Vista Service Pack 1 The service pack is good, but it doesn't resolve an issue I've been having for months with Vista 64, and that is itermittant connection drops. My only option at this point and time is to reinstall WindowsXP and leave it at that. __________________ Intel D975XBX2 Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 8GB's of Mushkin HP2 6400 memory(DDR2 800) two Sapphire GDDR4 Radeon 3870 videocards HT Omega Claro(Cmedia 8788HD chip) 120GB&200GB&320GB Western Digital harddrives LG DVDROM & LG DVDBURNER HP Deskjet 920C Logitech X-540 speakers Viewsonic VG2030wm 20inch Widescreen LCD Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit with Service Pack 1 Who'se the fool that approved the design for this place. - The Dwarf, Sacred Underworld.
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02-08-2008, 03:11 PM	#18
3 of 7 You can run..... Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,677	Re: Vista Service Pack 1 BY connection drops are you refering to your wireless? I found Vista to be pretty buggy in that department as well, My wife's gateway laptop was constantly saying no connection was available yet it would download her mail and the internet was accessible. XP fixed it for now
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02-09-2008, 10:36 AM	#20
Slyder all wet Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: RI Posts: 218	Re: Vista Service Pack 1 I've been following this thread (and others) all week. Finally decided to give the hack posted here: How TO: Install Vista SP1 Final via Windows Update - Notebook Forums and Laptop Discussion a try. Was it the correct way? Not sure.... but it did work perfectly for me, and i have no driver issues. __________________ HP dv9035nr Specs: 1.66 core 2 duo , 160GB (80GB x2) 5400rpm, 2gb 667 ram, GeForce Go 7600 256 dedicated, 17 in screen
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02-09-2008, 10:56 AM	#21
3 of 7 You can run..... Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,677	Re: Vista Service Pack 1 Good find!
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02-09-2008, 11:12 AM	#22
Slyder all wet Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: RI Posts: 218	Re: Vista Service Pack 1 i felt it important to install the updates microsoft said would be required. my concern is what the registry hack will do concerning future updates. i just ran mu again and it states windows is up to date w/two optionals available. nothing seems to be amiss. time will tell..... with sp1, and firefox updating yesterday, my lappy definitely has more pep. i'm also noticing much less hdd activity __________________ HP dv9035nr Specs: 1.66 core 2 duo , 160GB (80GB x2) 5400rpm, 2gb 667 ram, GeForce Go 7600 256 dedicated, 17 in screen Last edited by Slyder; 02-09-2008 at 11:24 AM..
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02-09-2008, 11:41 AM	#23
3 of 7 You can run..... Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,677	Re: Vista Service Pack 1 I'm noticing a large improvement performance wise myself... No benchmarks, so it's just anecdotal on my part. I still have XP pro on this machine and that gives me a little bit of a comparison.... Let's just say the difference between the two is a lot less noticeable now.
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02-09-2008, 03:08 PM	#25
ATINUT Just Plain Crazy! Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 3,277	Re: Vista Service Pack 1 It's too late now, I reinstalled Windows XP. __________________ Intel D975XBX2 Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 8GB's of Mushkin HP2 6400 memory(DDR2 800) two Sapphire GDDR4 Radeon 3870 videocards HT Omega Claro(Cmedia 8788HD chip) 120GB&200GB&320GB Western Digital harddrives LG DVDROM & LG DVDBURNER HP Deskjet 920C Logitech X-540 speakers Viewsonic VG2030wm 20inch Widescreen LCD Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit with Service Pack 1 Who'se the fool that approved the design for this place. - The Dwarf, Sacred Underworld.
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02-10-2008, 12:00 PM	#26
ATINUT Just Plain Crazy! Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 3,277	Re: Vista Service Pack 1 I'm going to replace the Belkin router with a Linksys. Never had no trouble with Linksys, and then I'll probably reinstall Vista 64 at that time, along with the Service Pack. __________________ Intel D975XBX2 Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 8GB's of Mushkin HP2 6400 memory(DDR2 800) two Sapphire GDDR4 Radeon 3870 videocards HT Omega Claro(Cmedia 8788HD chip) 120GB&200GB&320GB Western Digital harddrives LG DVDROM & LG DVDBURNER HP Deskjet 920C Logitech X-540 speakers Viewsonic VG2030wm 20inch Widescreen LCD Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit with Service Pack 1 Who'se the fool that approved the design for this place. - The Dwarf, Sacred Underworld.
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02-10-2008, 02:20 PM	#27
chuckbam Personal Advocate Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Louisiana USA Posts: 2,530	Re: Vista Service Pack 1 I used the first one. x64 Windows Vista SP1 Standalone Installer (64-bit English) (download torrent) - TPB x86 Windows Vista SP1 Standalone Installer (32-bit English) (download torrent) - TPB Both x86 and x64 vista-sp1-rtm-20080818-1840-x64_x86 (download torrent) - TPB I downloaded an ISO that gave me the whole Vista Enterprise program with SP-1. I don't think you want an ISO. __________________ Intel Core i7 LGA1366 - 3.60 GHz (20x 180 BCLK) / 4 Cores/ 8 Threads/ 1.25v/ QPI 6.47 GTs Crucial 12GB, D9JNM ICs DDR3 - 1440 MHz, 8-8-8-20 1T, 1.58v, Tri-Channel ATI Radeon HD 4850 1GB DDR3 16x 2.0 - 700 MHz GPU, 1950 MHz DDR3 Intel X25-M 34nm 80GB SSD w/ TRIM, ICH10R/ Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit 4x MaXLine Pro 500, RAID 0, ICH10R/ Windows Vista Ultimate, 64-bit ....... System Runs 24/7....... system_01 Last edited by chuckbam; 02-10-2008 at 02:27 PM..
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02-10-2008, 02:35 PM	#28
SRTDodge05 Grab Life By The Balls Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 7,835	Re: Vista Service Pack 1 I never had wireless problems with vista, most likely its the wireless card or router.
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02-10-2008, 03:37 PM	#29
SRTDodge05 Grab Life By The Balls Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 7,835	Vista SP1 does not solve many problems Vista SP1 does not solve many problems - The INQUIRER "However installation in PC World's tests, took 27 minutes and three reboots. Most of the time was taken up by Vista having a little think while it 'prepared the configuration'. Start-up and shut down times remained the same. It seems the nine per cent improvement in file copying times was the only real difference. It is unlikely that many people will notice a difference between SP1 and an unpatched system. It is also likely that companies that have held off from upgrading from XP will not bother as it hardly seems to be worth the time, money or heartache."
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