So who's HAPPY with Vista SP1?!

[General Crespin]

Like the title says... I finished downloading SP1 64-bit about two hours ago. At first it wouldn't install because it said my language wasn't right... it took me about five minutes to figure about that it was because I had the Hebrew and Russian language packs installed. So I uninstalled those and then it went fine.

Took about 45 minutes to install, rebooted in... no problems. :)

Opening programs and folders seems snappier, not by much, but definitely noticeable. As others say, copying says it starts immediately, doesn't take the time to figure out how long it will take.

I've only tried a few games tonight, Rise of Legends loads a lot faster to the main menu, starting a game is faster too. TF2 gets to the menu faster. I'm not trying any more because it's 0200 and I have other stuff I gotta get done in a few hours. :p EDIT: UT3 is loading faster too.

Also, I use VistaGlazz to keep transparency all the time (e.g. in the task bar), and while that didn't work in SP1 RC1, I'm very happy that it's working no problems, no intervention on my part, with this final install of SP1.

So, overall, so far, so good. No regrets!

[K10]

loaded vista 64 sp1 and so far no problems. office 2007 loads a bit faster now. i still can't get everest to load at startup.

[Sycraft]

I'm happy. Haven't noticed any improvements, but then I haven't really gone looking. Certainly hasn't caused any problems that I can see.

[Cleankutazn]

I'm happy :) my firewire harddrive transfer speed went from 25MB/sec to 35MB/sec. My usb harddrive stayed the same at 20MB/sec :(

[ebeattie]

Installed 32 bit SP1 on home premium. Gaming on COD4 is great now. Had some performance issues and FPS issues even with my beloved 8800GTX, but everything felt 200% better over all after install. Everything is smooth now, just like its supposed to be. I think Vista with SP1 is FINALLY a great gaming platform. Just MHO.

[RockSolid]

I just install the sp1 and I'm happy with it, I think my hardware will love it more than me:)

I just now hope they can release more hotfixes for the games to run higher FPS

Can't wait for SP2 :)

[133]

Installed yesterday, no problems at all.

[xxEIEIOxx]

As a TechNet subscriber, I have been running it for about a month. Over that month, I have noticed that the machine is more responsive, and Internet Explorer crashes less. Files copies are definitely better.

[Scream And Fly]

and Internet Explorer crashes less.

The fact that IE crashes at all should be an issue. I don't think I've ever had Firefox crash in my life. I can't remember IE crashing in XP for a long time either.

[xxEIEIOxx]

The fact that IE crashes at all should be an issue. I don't think I've ever had Firefox crash in my life. I can't remember IE crashing in XP for a long time either.

Yes, true. If I launch it from the RSS sidebar gadget, it crashes if it wasn't already open. If it was, it just opens a new tab. I have seen this on multiple machines. Doesn't always happen, but I was hoping for a fix. I use Firefox as well, and it does not crash.

[Ru7hl355]

it loads faster for me, but my FPS has dropped in CoD4 and the pings are always 999(not really just displays that) and my aquamark score has dropped 35k:eek:

[Sparkyy]

The only thing I ever noticed FireFox doing that pissed me off was after I opened say 20 tabs or something then closed them back so I only had 6 tabs open. It was still using like 400mb of page file under XP SP2, only closing it to reopened fixed that but now with Vista and forced to use IE7 I have been using both FF and IE about the same.

[DeaconFrost]

As a TechNet subscriber, I have been running it for about a month. Over that month, I have noticed that the machine is more responsive, and Internet Explorer crashes less. Files copies are definitely better.
I didn't have any IE crashes that I can remember, but the rest mirrors my experiences as well. Three computers overall running it for about a month each.

[pxc]

I installed it this morning. It took about 35 minutes on an E2200 system and didn't destroy anything, change activation status or eat neighborhood children. I'll call it a success. ;)

[ozziegn]

dumb question but where can I D/L SP1 on Microsoft's site? I just looked at their D/L section but couldn't find it.

I'm asking because I'm currently on my Mac but I want to D/L so I can put it on the PC tonight when I get home. anyone have a direct link?

[pxc]

dumb question but where can I D/L SP1 on Microsoft's site? I just looked at their D/L section but couldn't find it.http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1285836 has links to 32-bit and x64 versions.

[DeaconFrost]

MajorGeeks.com has links to both versions, and might be seeing less traffic on their mirrors than Microsoft right now.

[General Crespin]

There are also torrents floating around.

[TheCreator]

Installed it successfully last night on my laptop and desktop ultimate x64 and home premium x86 No problems yet, haven't used them much though.

[Miscommunication]

I'm having to reinstall Windows, the current installation may be a little botched (albiet very stable) since I had boot issues when I reinstalled a month ago/backed up my data. Needless to say it failed through 3 attempts. A reinstall is definately in order, I was upset over it. But I figured since the current install didn't go so smoothly a month ago, I might as well try to get it on a fresh error-free install. Then I'll really complain if it doesn't install then...:p

[LateraLex]

Worked for me, no problems. I haven't noticed any differences, file copy might be a bit faster, but I'm not sure if I'm imaging that or not.

[Ravynmagi]

My satisfaction vs dissatisfaction with Vista SP1 is at a draw at the moment...

The issue I was having with Vista taking a while to calculate time when transfering files from my XP computer to my Vista computer has gone away and my transfer speeds increased from 6MB/s to 60MB/s.

However oddly, my transfer speeds from Vista to XP (the opposite direction) which was very good before SP1, seems to have slowed down from 60MB/s to 25MB/s.

My Zoom Player crashes with Invalid Floating Point Operation errors now. I have to disable the VMR video overlay to get around that, but that kinda sucks too. However not a big deal, I can use VLC (it just doesn't handle subtitles in MKV files as well as Zoom does).

Simple deleting, copying, pasting, and cutting, of files still seems slower (not as snappy as XP).

It hasn't done any major harm at least for me.

[Soujiro]

I'm still having problems with network speed. It could be my drivers but I'm not going to point fingers yet.

[dx2]

happy for now....uTorrent is acting up...might be the router though :P

[LateraLex]

happy for now....uTorrent is acting up...might be the router though :P

Might be the router. uTorrent is the basically the only thing I've used aside from TF2 since installing SP1 last night and it was working for me...

[Brahmzy]

Vx64 SP1 is working great for me so far. Have to do a little testing - feels snappier.

[Wind]

Happy with it here, I had no problems installing it on 4 different machines here at the house with a variety of configurations and wildly varying components.

[Archer75]

I'm a happy camper

[Master Blaster]

SP1 is great for me. Snappier without a doubt. Thank you Server 2k8 kernel.

[crewzen]

It's not too bad, it just isnt playing nice with some of my programs and crashes.:rolleyes:

[docmal]

I have been using 64bit SP1 since it came out on MSDN about a month ago with no problems. Improvements were made in compatibility with my motherboard. Hybrid sleep now works properly as does hibernation. Also, all my USB devices work properly after wakeup as well.

This past weekend I did 3 installs of Vista 32 bit on 3 different machines. I used the integrated Vista SP1 install Package from MSDN and comming to a retailer near you. This installation was flawless. After install there is only 1 small critical update patch applied (besides a few driver updates).

So far my experience with SP1 has been very positive.

[haulis]

Running great here, no issues for me.

[doghucat]

I am happy with 3 installs of sp1 on Ultimate any body install on the Business edition with success.

[sderden]

Installed it on Vista Business 64bit and Vista Home 32bit all without issues......

[abudhu]

Might as well chime in.

The update took a long time on my computer in my sig. Not really sure why, as SP1 only took about 30 minutes to install on my P4 at work. Phase I and II just seemed to drag on.

When entering the OS, there was some noticable lag, though, I attribute this to the fact the bloody thing to so long to install to begin with. A reboot after and everything was fine.

The only thing I *notice* is the drive to drive / drive to network copying times. Everything else seems the same to me. Another update as usual in the end it seems. :)

[Viscero340]

Has anyone installed this on a dual boot system yet? Just curious if that would cause any problems with how it handles the auto reboot when it needs to.

[srbarcena]

ive noticed that my system is much faster...and somehow i gained 20 gigs of hdd space...guess it was all the update files from previous updates *shrugs*

[elfletcho]

I started the stand alone installer, it said "I will be restarting a few times, don't screw withe me" and I left if for about 2 hours came back and voila SP1 installed. Not bad for a MS install procedure.

[LabRat]

No issues on the install. No improvements, either. Vista seems just as slow as it was previously. Oh well.

[Term-X]

I haven't really noticed anything out of the ordinary. Might be a bit 'snappier' as some say but I have not yet put it through a barrage of tests either.

[ianken]

SP1 up and running on my MCE rig in the theater, and on my game box. No issues. Net seems snappier on file copies to and from Windows Home Server rig. Upgrade was painless if a bit reboot heavy. Too early to tell if it is more stable, but I never had any stability issues that were not self-inflicted.

Theater:
Asus P5B-E
E6600
2GB generic DDR2800
8600GTS
2x ATI 550 analog
2x Avermedia A180 ATSC
1x Segate 80GB
3x WD SE16 400GB stripe

Game:
Asus sStriker 2 Formula (yeah yeah)
QX6700@3.3
4GB ddr2-1066 @ 5:4:4:12
2x 8800GTS
2x WD Raptor 10K (OS, Apps)
2x WD SE16 500GB (video edit disk)

[willyspuddle]

Ditto, installed without issue. Slight improvement when transferring files to/from USB stick. Everything else seems the same.

Cheers!

[Bigbacon]

I have Vista enterprise 64bit and SP1 isn't even a download option.

Not a personal expereince but I mod at EA's forums for BF and it seems people are having some issues with these games after SP1. Few people reporting they needed to completely reinstall every driver AFTER installing SP1 in order to do a lot of things they were able to do before.

[Ur_Mom]

SP1 works great for me. No problems. Of course, I never had a problem with Vista, anyway.

[AsYLuM-DeMoN]

I actually have noticed faster net speeds, more fps in games, and better sound quality believe it or not.

Only thing that wasn't fixed is the whole device cannot start code 10 thing for and external storage device. :rolleyes:

I'm using Home Premium x64.

[obviouslytom]

Installed SP1 last night and saw a huge improvement in speed especially when I log in

[Albanu1800]

Funny thing is I downloaded SP1 for 32bit on my laptop last night and went to install it and it says that I already had it. Go figure.

No wonder I connected with my Belkin so fast to Firefox. I'm gonna use that copy on my Gateway and see what happens.

[Lazy_Moron]

Well installed it last night and so far SP1 knocked out my network drivers and had to reinstall those. Also it destroyed Outlook 07 and locks up when it loads so im in the process of reinstalling that. Not sure if anything else got messed up by it. Really havnt noticed speed improvements as well.

[mikeohara]

my system seems a lot snappier with SP1 in place as well. My games load a hell of a lot quicker as do the majority of my applications. I'd say good job Microsoft.

[Inf0]

Not even showing up for my Dell work PC with 965 chipset...

hrm. -.-

[Terry Olaes]

No issues on Vista Ult x64. File transfers are much faster between drives now and everything seems "snappier."

[mufcfan]

I've installed x64 SP1 today aswell. I haven't tried everything but booting is much slower from power on to loading up everything. It still displays the desktop in a very short time yet it still takes a lot of time for the appz to load. The slowest is the sidebar. My startup programs are these: Razer Krait app, ASUS AI Gear 3, Sidebar (3 RSS, 2 AccuWeather.com gadget), Volomouse (small app for changing volume with mouse, nothing fancy), Logitech Profiler for my Rumblepad 2 (always plugged in), Realtek HD audio manager, Daemon Tools.
Config: ASUS P5K Pro, C2D E4500, 2x2GB Kingmax DDRII 800MHz CL5, Galaxy OC 8600GTS 512MB, Audigy 2 ZS, Seagate ST380011A, ST3160811AS, LG 4522B Combo, Chieftec 450W.
Until then Vista worked fine, but this slow loading at startup is annoying a bit. I'm gonna try Unreal and such with fraps too see if my fps changed or not. I'm thinking about unplugging my rumblepad or removing sidebar from startup.
Vista is much better compared to XP x64 in my experience and for a new computer it's nearly perfect.

[JethroXP]

No issues here with the x64 version on Vista Ultimate. I suppose I was a bit underwhelmed at how little visibly changed. But then again for most people that's probably a good thing :p

[AMD_RULES]

Once it get it to fully install without any errors, I'll be "happy" with it... :)

[ChronoReverse]

Had it installed a while back and mostly good.

Zoomplayer in EVR crashes but MPC in EVR doesn't so I chalk that up to an application flaw.

[moshpit]

I have Vista enterprise 64bit and SP1 isn't even a download option.

Not a personal expereince but I mod at EA's forums for BF and it seems people are having some issues with these games after SP1. Few people reporting they needed to completely reinstall every driver AFTER installing SP1 in order to do a lot of things they were able to do before.

Vista x64 SP1 installed here and all BF games (BF2 and 2142) work great after installing the SP. See sig for rig specs.

[rgratto2]

SP1 64 made TF2 (the only game I'm really playing right now) run a lot smoother. Probably installed some of the hotfixes that I missed or something. But I think the vista drivers for my sound card are incompatible. Otherwise, file copies are noticeably improved as others mentioned. Its a toss up right now...

loaded vista 64 sp1 and so far no problems. office 2007 loads a bit faster now. i still can't get everest to load at startup.

Did you make a task for it? That works for me with programs that windows wont load at startup.

[mattsaccount]

I installed it back when MS released it accidentally to a few people via Windows update and haven't had any trouble.

I put it on my parents' computer, but was not happy to find that there is an incompatibility between Vista and Remote Administrator 3.1. Now I can't take control of their computer to help them with problems until the software is updated. Obviously not MS's fault, but it's worth noting that SP1 may introduce some incompatibilities.

[MrE]

Installed it last night. No real problems so far. I knew it was a huge update when it installed in 3 parts/steps. Took approx. 35 minutes to complete. I'll have to live with it for the next week to make sure there isn't any adverse issues, but so far its good.

[JOESKURTU]

I loaded SP1 last night.

The loading went pretty smooth but I think that there are still some issues, and not everything made the cut.

So far I am NOT seeing the fixes I was looking forward to.

I got a brand new Flash Survivor that Vista does not see data on. Xp sees this device fine. Sometimes Vista tells me it needs a driver and other times it completely ignores it. I am starting to become angry about this! Nothing I have read online has helped me to sort this out either.

After SP1:

1) Still does not see data on Flash Survivor USB memory stick. Device manager sees it, but no data appears. I have formatted this drive to FAT 32 (using xp) and still no luck. The disk management sees the drive but gives an error if I try to assign it a new letter or format it. Error says unexpected.. Please refresh... please restart... blah blah and nothing will change this.

2) Defragmenter has some what been improved, as now you can at least select which drive you want to Defrag. There is still no status or estimated completion time or amount of fragments, etc. I may have to go with 3rd party software on this one.

Open office software seems to ... crash now. Conspiracy? Admittedly, this only happened once and I have not tried it since. Hard rebooted and it did some kind of disk check upon successful reboot (2nd try).

If anyone knows how to get vista to see data on USB flash drives please speak up.

[wayout2day]

I have been loading SP1 on my two desktops with Home Premium. NP so far. But my portable PC has Business version on it and Update isn't finding the SP1 update... Is this common ?

[aliaskary77]

When trying to install 32bit SP1, I am getting "An internal error occurred while installing the service pack" outlined here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947366

Running file checker as outlined does show some corrupted files, but the log file is too huge to make any sense of it.

I do have 2 x 2gb sticks on it. Do you think taking one of them out temporarily will help?

[Willsonman]

My issue seems to be odd. I tried the SP1 Beta and cannot upgrade to the full pack now. Trying to figure out when I did it to try a restore point. I'd like to not hose the system but it is a microsoft product.

[Cabn12]

I've had the service pack since it was an RC and had no problems. SP1 for Vista has worked great no issues for me, in fact it fixed my scanner issue on my Kodak 5300. I also want to say that I've been irritated for a long time at all the negative reviews from so called "experts" trashing Vista. I've been using it since RC1 and yes it had problems even on initial release, file transfer issues comes to mind and thats really it. The other issues were the fault of the hardware vendors not Microsoft. Even with the few issues it has it still beats XP... and I like XP a lot and even don't mind 2000 now ME thats a different story.

[faugusztin]

I updated my Vista Home Premium 64-bit (desktop PC) and Vista Busines 32-bit (notebook) without any problems. And the notebook even had one of those problematic drivers, but i updated to newer driver few days ago.

[techie81]

Working great here, installed with no issues. Vista Business 64-bit

[antok86]

seems like it still cant remember icon and view settings

[srbarcena]

I loaded SP1 last night.

The loading went pretty smooth but I think that there are still some issues, and not everything made the cut.

So far I am NOT seeing the fixes I was looking forward to.

I got a brand new Flash Survivor that Vista does not see data on. Xp sees this device fine. Sometimes Vista tells me it needs a driver and other times it completely ignores it. I am starting to become angry about this! Nothing I have read online has helped me to sort this out either.

After SP1:

1) Still does not see data on Flash Survivor USB memory stick. Device manager sees it, but no data appears. I have formatted this drive to FAT 32 (using xp) and still no luck. The disk management sees the drive but gives an error if I try to assign it a new letter or format it. Error says unexpected.. Please refresh... please restart... blah blah and nothing will change this.

2) Defragmenter has some what been improved, as now you can at least select which drive you want to Defrag. There is still no status or estimated completion time or amount of fragments, etc. I may have to go with 3rd party software on this one.

Open office software seems to ... crash now. Conspiracy? Admittedly, this only happened once and I have not tried it since. Hard rebooted and it did some kind of disk check upon successful reboot (2nd try).

If anyone knows how to get vista to see data on USB flash drives please speak up.

ive had this problem a few times
go to C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\
find the usbstor(insert random numbers here) folder and copy the inf and pnf files to the C:\Windows\inf folder
do the same for the volume(again random numbers) folder and it should work
just make sure you get the ones out of the folder that is the latest

[srbarcena]

I actually have noticed faster net speeds, more fps in games, and better sound quality believe it or not.

Only thing that wasn't fixed is the whole device cannot start code 10 thing for and external storage device. :rolleyes:

I'm using Home Premium x64.

see my above post and it should help

[Modred189]

2) Defragmenter has some what been improved, as now you can at least select which drive you want to Defrag. There is still no status or estimated completion time or amount of fragments, etc. I may have to go with 3rd party software on this one.

Open office software seems to ... crash now. Conspiracy? Admittedly, this only happened once and I have not tried it since. Hard rebooted and it did some kind of disk check upon successful reboot (2nd try).

If anyone knows how to get vista to see data on USB flash drives please speak up.

Why are you telling Vista to defrag? There no need to. Superfetch and the new drive tech is ALWAYS defraging and optimizing file locations. There's no need to schedule a defrag.

My issue seems to be odd. I tried the SP1 Beta and cannot upgrade to the full pack now. Trying to figure out when I did it to try a restore point. I'd like to not hose the system but it is a microsoft product.
You have to uninstall the RC1 from the programs list before the real one will install.


As for me, I installed SP1 on my X64 Ultimate desktop and my home premium x32 laptop. No issues so far. The laptop seems to boot faster by a bit. Not huge difference. The desktop seems a little snappier, though that might be some kind of placebo effect.
COD4 is getting ~10 fps more.


Tonight i will throw it on my HTPC (in my sig). See what happens. So far so good!

[TheNomad]

those running beta's or rc's need to uninstall them first before installing the Final SP1.

Very smooth install on the machines here with no problems at all. Systems all feel slightly more repsonsive than the RC versions. Battery life on the notebooks is noticably better than before. One little bonus is that the Microsoft (Pharos) USB GPS now has a built in driver that actually works now rather than nothing installable or found pre-SP1. Works fine with Google Earth Pro now rather than purely MS Streets.

Compared to other SP1 updates from previous OS's, this one has been a joy rather than a burden.

[brian975]

Installed it at work last week. I had been waiting for it but then realized that I had access to it via the OEM site.
Installed with no problems at all.
I use it for work, not gaming, but I've noticed no problems at all. I haven't noticed any improvements either (other than file copies seem a little faster). Not surprising really considering that most of the changes are back-end stuff.

[gordon151]

The fact that IE crashes at all should be an issue. I don't think I've ever had Firefox crash in my life. I can't remember IE crashing in XP for a long time either.

At least its not me, I too can't remember IE in XP crashing much at all nor Firefox crashing in either Vista or XP. IE7 64-bit crashes so much I dont even use the thing anymore. Just stick to Firefox.

[maddude0025]

I'm happy with it. It was clean install though, put in a new HD, installed vista, then SP1, and everything is running great.

[KPark]

Got vista 64 sp1 installed on my pc yesterday. Haven't really noticed anything different but it didn't cause any additional problems so I'm happy.

[NickS]

Np here. Vista Home Prem x64

[jhtevans]

Messed up my 'upgrade' installation (used my Ultimate Edition Upgrade disc to clean install, then install again over itself - I'm sure many of you know what work-around I'm referring to)...

My copy was no longer able to be validated with my 'upgrade' version key.....

Lamesauce.

Hopefully this isn't the case with the regular release of SP1. In the mean time, I uninstalled the SP and have been fine ever since.

[SCrlt_pimpernel]

no probs here either

[Mansize_tissue]

SP1 totally messed up my system, well my sound card at least. My microphone no longer worked, and the only thing the sound card outputted was a loud, distorted noise. I ended up uninstalling it and everything's back to normal.

[JOESKURTU]

ive had this problem a few times
go to C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\
find the usbstor(insert random numbers here) folder and copy the inf and pnf files to the C:\Windows\inf folder
do the same for the volume(again random numbers) folder and it should work
just make sure you get the ones out of the folder that is the latest

Ok thanks, I will try this. Do you know why this is happening in the first place?

[JOESKURTU]

Why are you telling Vista to defrag? There no need to. Superfetch and the new drive tech is ALWAYS defraging and optimizing file locations. There's no need to schedule a defrag.

Why did they include it at all then?

Maybe it is just because I can (old habbit). I dunno, it seems to slightly improve loading times on some games.

[grayfx]

Has anyone noted if MS fixed some of the wireless issues with SP1? Namely, the inability for Vista to pull an IP address with DHCP on some routers. I've tried the registry hacks, disabling IPv6 and while this has worked for some adapters I have dealt with, many others still have issues. Needless to say, if you work in the field it is a nightmare. I just hope that they have addressed this issue in some way or are at least working on it.

[LordVampyre]

Well, Ive found some good and some bad. The good is speed is much better. I also can now run games where before they would install but not run. The bad, the sound in quake 4 stutters horridly. Oblivian runs fairly but is a bit jerky HOWEVER, its out of the box only the first patch and no unofficial patches. So pretty raw.
Biggest bad is Quake 4 the dialogue repeats itself, stutters and is just bad. I know its probably all the programs running in the background. But, Im not knowledgeable enough about vista on how/where and which ones to turn off. Sure Ill figure it out sooner or later.

So, so far not fantastic, but pretty good. Just will take some time to get sorted out.

[srbarcena]

Ok thanks, I will try this. Do you know why this is happening in the first place?

i have no idea *shrugs* it should find it when you let vista find the driver if not justpoint to the c:\Windows\inf folder andit should be good from there

on a side note...did anyone else get back a bunch of hdd space?

[Makaveli@BETA]

ive noticed that my system is much faster...and somehow i gained 20 gigs of hdd space...guess it was all the update files from previous updates *shrugs*

You migth have gained 20GB cause of all the silly shadowcopies for restore points.

I know if I leave that unattended for a few days it eats up GB's of HD space. I have to clean up the shadow copies on a regular to gain space. I can either disable restore points all together or I found a hack somewhere to limit the amount of HD space the shadowcopies can use. I limited it to 900mb on a previous vista install and it worked well.

[hmz]

Can anyone confirm the final version of SP1..?

[nilepez]

The fact that IE crashes at all should be an issue. I don't think I've ever had Firefox crash in my life. I can't remember IE crashing in XP for a long time either.

Then you're lucky. I've seen Firefox Crash many times. It may not just suddenly disapear, but it will stop loading pages....exiting it and restarting fixes it sometimes, but more often than not, if this happens, you'll have to go into task manager and kill it, because it's actually still running.

I still use Firefox almost exclusively, but It definitely can crash. Of course it's possible that one of the 3 or 4 addons I use cause the crash.

[Rozal0]

I hope that you are all aware that if you kept windows up to date with the lastest updates (via windows update) that there is nothing new in SP1. This is why I think it is funny for the people who 'wait' for SP1.
All it is, is this: Microsoft said "hey, lets put all the previous windows updates into 1 compilation" and then they Call it Service pack one. So for someone like me who has windows update automatically update, I technically already have SP1.

[Makaveli@BETA]

Why are you telling Vista to defrag? There no need to. Superfetch and the new drive tech is ALWAYS defraging and optimizing file locations. There's no need to schedule a defrag.

I have the scheduled Defrag in Vista disabled. I use perfect disk which I find a hell of alot better.

[Makaveli@BETA]

Has anyone installed this on a dual boot system yet? Just curious if that would cause any problems with how it handles the auto reboot when it needs to.

I'm Dual booting XP and Vista each on its own Hard drive. You won't have any issues you should be getting the boot loader coming up and just select vista and the install should continue as normal.

[Makaveli@BETA]

No issues on the install. No improvements, either. Vista seems just as slow as it was previously. Oh well.


Specs on your rig?

[Melons]

It has been interesting reading all these posts because for those of us who always wait till after the first Service Pack from MS for their latest OS this is generaly the best time to make the switch from the last OS.

Why?

Well, most of the major kinks like stability and security in the new OS tend to be ironed out, and also hardware drivers tend to have matured sufficiently enough to be reliable.

Cheers.

[ReubenRosa]

did a full reinstall of my system then installed Service pack 1 and only had a few updates to install afterward that were Ultimate Extras. Installed it on my Sony Viao laptop that runs Vista business and definitely it took longer to install but afterward the system definitely is running snappier.

[ddg4005]

I installed SP1 about an hour ago and so far everything's good. System is a bit faster and more responsive. Looks like Service Pack 1 ain't so bad after all.

[pxc]

My briggest gripe pre-SP1 is finally solved. Resuming from hibernation on my desktop is extremely fast now. :D

Time to upgrade my laptop next.

[Aluadan]

I hope that you are all aware that if you kept windows up to date with the lastest updates (via windows update) that there is nothing new in SP1. This is why I think it is funny for the people who 'wait' for SP1.
All it is, is this: Microsoft said "hey, lets put all the previous windows updates into 1 compilation" and then they Call it Service pack one. So for someone like me who has windows update automatically update, I technically already have SP1.

Hum, I think there are considerable more changes that come with SP1 then what you get from simply keeping the previous version up-to-date. First noticeable item for me as well as others have mentioned is file transfer speed is improved and finally they fixed the 'time remaining' that goes with it. Just from reading through the change log there is a lot more changes on top of that. Not sure why you would think they would simply slap all the previous updates together and do nothing else.

[pxc]

I hope that you are all aware that if you kept windows up to date with the lastest updates (via windows update) that there is nothing new in SP1. This is why I think it is funny for the people who 'wait' for SP1.There are updates in SP1 that were not available in prior updates or hot fixes.

But I generally agree that waiting doesn't buy you much. Many of the problems were fixed during the year and driver support caught up several months ago.

[syntx]

Biggest placebo ever.

[Starbuccaneers]

I noticed in Vista SP1 32bit 4GB installed RAM now actually shows 4GB instead of 3.x GB now, but does Vista 32bit SP1 actually use 4GB of ram or just displays the info correctly?

[Zoogle]

Perhaps I'm just being really dumb (wouldn't be a new development...) but I had always thought that Windows service packs were just collections of hotfixes, updates, and other stuff that they put out through Windows Update. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, which updates in particular are new additions?

In reference to why Windows would have made only compilations, I can only say that its easier for techs and IT people to install service packs instead of going through and downloading each update.

[ikjadoon]

Wow. Cut my load time by over 70 seconds. I love it.

~Ibrahim~

[gtg465x]

I hope that you are all aware that if you kept windows up to date with the lastest updates (via windows update) that there is nothing new in SP1. This is why I think it is funny for the people who 'wait' for SP1.
All it is, is this: Microsoft said "hey, lets put all the previous windows updates into 1 compilation" and then they Call it Service pack one. So for someone like me who has windows update automatically update, I technically already have SP1.

You couldn't be more wrong. My system is always up to date and within the first 5 minutes of using SP1 I've already noticed several differences.

[gtg465x]

Biggest placebo ever.

How so? Oh that's right, it's NOT a placebo. That's why you couldn't give any reasoning behind your remark.

[Sovereign]

I have Vista Business x86 patched to SP1 and Vista Ultimate x64 patched to SP1. Both seem fine so far, although I can't say that VistaGlazz does its job (as it does not in my case). However, the improvements (faster file copies, more system snappiness) are well worth the lost glass effect that will be restored eventually. Boot times are slightly better (especially on a laptop with a slow 5400RPM drive). Battery time is about the same from what I can tell. Everything else seems fine. The only gripe I have is: Why can't you make a Complete PC Backup onto CD-Rs? I know it would take a lot of disks but seriously it's not that difficult is it?

I don't see any reason why not to update to SP1. As usual, it makes the OS what it should have been from day 1: stable and usable.

[ASIA911]

Anyone here know if the SP1 fixes VIEW, SORT BY, GROUP BY or STACK BY details from going back to default setting???

[bpmurrGT]

Just checking in. I did my box with Vista Biz 64bit and had no issues. My girlfriends Dell Laptop with Vista Home Premium 32bit went fine too. Of course everyone is trying to hype up issues with Vista SP1 upgrades on all these sites I go to.

[antok86]

Anyone here know if the SP1 fixes VIEW, SORT BY, GROUP BY or STACK BY details from going back to default setting???

i dont think so...i think i saw mine mess up but cant remember if it was right before or right after sp1 install

[Stoneysilence]

No problems here. Enjoying SP1 on both my desktop and laptop.

[Makaveli@BETA]

You couldn't be more wrong. My system is always up to date and within the first 5 minutes of using SP1 I've already noticed several differences.

I agree from the reviews I saw SP1 was faster than RTM and RTM + Windows Updates.

[Major_A]

My biggest problem is SP1 comes up with an error on Vista Ultimate x64. I have tried to install it a few different ways but get the same outcome.

[aliaskary77]

When trying to install 32bit SP1, I am getting "An internal error occurred while installing the service pack" outlined here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947366

Running file checker as outlined does show some corrupted files, but the log file is too huge to make any sense of it.

I do have 2 x 2gb sticks on it. Do you think taking one of them out temporarily will help?

there were 9 updates i had not done when i was getting the errors. i let windows do the 9 updates this time and now the sp1 installer is doing its thing. hopefully everything goes ok.

[griffinhart]

I have now upgraded 4 machines in my house to SP1, The Service Pack went without issues on all 4 machines.

[brom42]

It DOUBLED my network speeds. Vista now transfers files over the network faster than XP. That was my only complaint with Vista, and now it is the fastest OS.

I upgraded several weeks ago when the 64-bit version was leaked to windows update.

[DeschutesCore]

Vista Ultimate 32-bit, SP1 installed just fine. Performance on CodeGear, 3Ds Max 2008, and several games load faster. Boot feels the same, but my desktop is more responsive. My Firewire drive and USB stick both respond and transfer faster. System Performance Index profile completed a little quicker this time, too.

Explorer views still don't stick worth a damn.

[Down8]

Been installed since the leaks after RTM - on my x64 laptop, and my x86 desktop. No problems to report, and copying files seems a tad faster.

Meh.

[jhtevans]

To clarify a bit, if you used the upgrade work-around to install your legitimate upgrade copy as a clean install (install without a key, then install again from within Vista with a key), SP1 will recognize this and deactivate your copy.

You will then have to call Microsoft and spend an hour on the phone with their tech support and try to convince them that you really did do an upgrade install...

I'm up and running again, but this is the sort of thing that makes me regret purchasing this software.

I guess if I ever reformat, I'll have to actually install xp first and then perform the upgrade rather than doing a nice clean install.

[devil22]

To clarify a bit, if you used the upgrade work-around to install your legitimate upgrade copy as a clean install (install without a key, then install again from within Vista with a key), SP1 will recognize this and deactivate your copy.

You will then have to call Microsoft and spend an hour on the phone with their tech support and try to convince them that you really did do an upgrade install...

I'm up and running again, but this is the sort of thing that makes me regret purchasing this software.

I guess if I ever reformat, I'll have to actually install xp first and then perform the upgrade rather than doing a nice clean install.

I installed using the upgrade trick to get a clean install, and I did not need to reactive nor call MS. If your copy needed reactivation, it may be an unrelated issue. And I really can't see how it would possibly know anyways, all evidence of the previous install would be gone..

[smut]

happy for now....uTorrent is acting up...might be the router though :P

I had problems with uTorrent after installing as well. The status icon went to red, I had to power cycle my wireless router to get it working again. I also had an issue with sound not working but I fixed that.

Today though my pc has started to act weird, very unstable. I can't be sure if its a coincidence or fault of SP1 at the moment until more troubleshooting is done.

[netholio]

I tried the microsoft help page (reboots/disk scand/file scans/memory scans..etc)
I only had a couple days and had a bad stick of ram in the mix as well. (the bad stick was installed post the initial installation, but got me some wicked BSODs)

Once the "re-roll" was done, all of the updates (including SP1) worked flawlessly.

[zmjone2992]

the only thing that bothers me is the seemingly random resets of folder view and sort settings. Other than that I am very pleased. Anybody know how to fix that?

[Evil]

Installed SP1 about a month ago been fine so far. Like the way Vista performs much better after SP1 especially the network speed.

[Elf_Boy]

Could the language packs take any longer to uninstall? I have a few of them and it may takes hours... I dont get why.

[netnole]

I downloaded the multi-language file from Technet and attempted to install it on my dual boot Asus P5B. It took about an hour and three reboots and in the end it reported that it did not install, with no reason given. The installer reversed itself and put all original files back in place. Must be a driver issue

[gaspah]

Hell yeah!! Vista SP1 x64 Ultimate is chok-full of °° []D [] []\/[] []D [] []\[] °° goodness!!

It runs like a dream!! even with only 4GiB

I'll never load XP again (well on this pc, not sure if Vista is suited for my Pentium 4 or Sempron)

Although... is it tooo much to ask for a higher-definition CHARMAP ???? i'm squinting like hell over here lookin for something to make a balloon C with...

[CardiacKid]

I noticed in Vista SP1 32bit 4GB installed RAM now actually shows 4GB instead of 3.x GB now, but does Vista 32bit SP1 actually use 4GB of ram or just displays the info correctly?

I just noticed that on my new Dell laptop. I hope it was just a SP1 issue that MS fixed. Saves me a phone call to DellHell.

[Altanar]

Other than having to download the 65ish MB with my dial-up connection, not a single issue installing and running it.

[gaspah]

double post

[gaspah]

Just one question to all you 32-bit Vista users.....

Why on earth are you installing 32-bit Vista??? I mean it's not like its a compatibility issue.. if a program you used on XP doesn't work on 64-bit Vista, it won't work on 32-bit Vista... then drivers, if you vendor has not provided 64-bit drivers for your old hardware, odds are they haven't provided 32-bit drivers either.. i just don't get it...

Could someone that knows the difference, please tell me if there are any benefits to a 32-bit OS, or any reason to use one (i cant see Vista running well enough on pre 64-bit hardware anyways)?? I'd like to be more informed.

[YeuEmMaiMai]

installed SP1 on 2 PCs my desktop running x64 and my laptop running x32 and both machines installed without issues.

[mindstormsguy]

No complaints with SP1 here! Why would there be? It does what it said it would.

Just one question to all you 32-bit Vista users.....

Why on earth are you installing 32-bit Vista??? I mean it's not like its a compatibility issue.. if a program you used on XP doesn't work on 64-bit Vista, it won't work on 32-bit Vista... then drivers, if you vendor has not provided 64-bit drivers for your old hardware, odds are they haven't provided 32-bit drivers either.. i just don't get it...

Could someone that knows the difference, please tell me if there are any benefits to a 32-bit OS, or any reason to use one (i cant see Vista running well enough on pre 64-bit hardware anyways)?? I'd like to be more informed.

Anyone who uses 32 bit does it solely for compatibility. There is still some hardware w/o proper 64 bit drivers, and there are a few (very few) apps that could have trouble running on 64. But as far as I'm concerned, anyone who doesn't fall into one of those two situations, and is still using 32 is being stupid.

[masteraleph]

I just noticed that on my new Dell laptop. I hope it was just a SP1 issue that MS fixed. Saves me a phone call to DellHell.

It just displays the info correctly. It will not use all 4GB of installed RAM.

[metallibloke]

Installed SP1 on Ultimate x32 yesterday. No problems so far. Did it through Windows Update so it only had to download about 70MB and then install. Took about 90mins, including download time (which seemed to be really slow, maybe just congestion if everyone was doing it at the same time).

Going to isntall it on a couple of Business x32 machines later, see how that goes.

[cefoskey]

Well other than borking my activation and making me spend a half hour on the phone with Microsoft, it seems to be working.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1286728

[AMD_RULES]

Got it to install. System seems to be running smoother and more stable. Very pleased. :)
Took about 20 mins to fully install/configure...

[JediFonger]

had it the day after they announced sp1. i have it on 3xVista64, 1xVista32. they all work fine... BUT i didn't notice any 'performance increases' @all. i never had any file transfer issues anyways without SP1. installing it was JUST BECAUSE it's sp1.

now i want to slipstream sp1 across my 32 and 64 binaries. how do i do that? i've read through some of the msfn forums and man it sounds COMPLICATED! much more so than xpp.

[Mithent]

It just displays the info correctly. It will not use all 4GB of installed RAM.

Yes; it's either a fix if you think that it should show the installed RAM, or it's now broken if you think it should show the usable RAM. The upshot of this is probably going to be a dramatic decrease in people saying "I can't see all my 4GB!" - not because anything's changed but because they're less likely to notice.

now i want to slipstream sp1 across my 32 and 64 binaries. how do i do that? i've read through some of the msfn forums and man it sounds COMPLICATED! much more so than xpp.

There is no supported way to slipstream SP1; any way of integrating it is third-party and unsupported.

[robman_rob]

hey, when i check my computer in control panel it doesn't indicate i have sp1 installed but i don't have any new updates when i click windows update, does that mean i have sp1 and it's just not showing?

[InfernalMachine]

Installed on Home Premium x64 - no issues at all.

[Exavior]

I ran the betas of SP1 and had no problems. Uninstalled that and upgraded to the final release and still have no problems.

Network transfers are faster than without SP1. machine is also more responsive. We are running it on two machines at work and have no problems on either. Another person is running it on their home machine without any issues.

If i is being pushed out by windows updates already then nobody has complained to me about any problems with their home machines not working.

[noc_81]

Vista Home Basic 32bit on my gf's e1705 (2ghz c2d, 2gb 667, 200gb 7.2k, 7900gs), and no hitches with the sp1 install (took about 10 min, from redistributable). It's not my box, but it does seem zippier when moving throughout the windows interface (no more ridiculous lagging with cascading menus), and games... no problems, but no benefits noticed. Should note that the installation was relatively pure, as I just reloaded it 2 weeks ago for a hdd upgrade.

[Exavior]

now i want to slipstream sp1 across my 32 and 64 binaries. how do i do that? i've read through some of the msfn forums and man it sounds COMPLICATED! much more so than xpp.

All the old windows installs were file based. For Vista and Server 2008 they are image based. Therefore you can't slipstream stuff into them like you did with xp as you wouldn't be changing some files on a disk but would be modifiying a computer image instead. This also changes how a lot of other stuff works such as repair installs and upgrade installs.

[General Crespin]

Could the language packs take any longer to uninstall? I have a few of them and it may takes hours... I dont get why.

?

When I uninstalled mine it didn't take longer than a few minutes. What're yours doing?

[pxc]

I just upgraded a second system to SP1. So far 2 for 2 are working great.

[huskerpat]

32 bit HP on my htpc went fine.
x64 ultimate on my system was having a network connectivity problem after the upgrade. connection was continually dropping every couple of minutes. another reboot fixed it, so who knows...

[RedStarSQD]

I removed RC1 2 weeks ago because i thought SP1 had been released to public.

Major problems, that i had been having, did return:

Nvidia 8800 gts 320 mb video card went back to being stuck in a loop infrequently (causes blue screen)

World of Warcraft would "freeze" for up to 5 seconds (right after some drive spins up for some odd reason) after having being in use for several hours and i an instance. This problem would increase in severity if i did not restart WoW.

Windows explorer randomly shuts down and then restarts successfully.

All this is fixed in vista 64 SP1 :)))

[markcynt]

Has anyone installed this on a dual boot system yet? Just curious if that would cause any problems with how it handles the auto reboot when it needs to.

I have a triple boot (XP Pro, XP Pro, Vista Ultimate). I changed the default OS to Vista so that I could just let it run.

Mark:)

[BigDov]

I'm not sure if it's a hardware problem, or if it's Windows, but my computer doesn't wake up out of sleep mode. A minor nuisance. Other than that, no problems to report with x64 Ultimate and SP1.

[markcynt]

Installed Tuesday, install went very smooth. Don't know how long it took as I was using another computer while the install was running. It reset the reliability monitor and changed UAC prompt from consent to credentials but I don't use a password so no big deal. So far I have 2 10's in the reliability monitor. That's the 1st time since October. I've had many problems with Vista crashes and freezes. I also noticed startup and sleep seem much faster. I've also noticed over the last month or so Vista has become gradually more stable. Hopefully with SP1 I'll finally have a stable OS. I was averaging 4-5 reliability and never had a 10 so we'll see.

Mark :)

[Fharakin]

Not one problem, at all. I installed it on my laptop, and if anything, my battery life is a bit longer. I am almost besides myslef.

[webdev511]

I had to disable the ULi controller on my Abit AT8 32X. Once done SP1 installed without a problem.

[jacuzz1]

64 bit, no issues so far, seems a litte quicker

[coog]

Working good for me, home premium 32. 20 min to install on my dv8000. I have one sidebar gadget for outlook notes that's acting a little flaky, other than that memory consumption seems better and quite a few little annoyances disappeared.

[CrimandEvil]

After installing SP1 explorer started crashing when trying to move/copy a file. :(

[TheRapture]

Vista64 here, SP1 installed perfectly. Everything works, file transfers better, what's not to like? (At least on my end).

[DeathFromBelow]

Working fine for me on 5 different machines, 32 and 64-bit.

[Modred189]

As an update, I downloaded and installed it on my HTPC over night. Worked very well.

That's the third system I have put it on, and so far 0 issues. I really like the auto-restart, hands-off-ness. I would like to see more of this.

DID NOT affect folding@home. Sweet.

I have not really seen much of a change. My laptop seems a little snappier, but I'm not sure.
It may seem faster because I want it to be, but who knows.

[MasterOfNone]

No problems here either on my laptop. Only thing I noticed was that I had to log in to every site I'm a member of because the service pack apparently deleted my cookies. Not a big deal, and everything else seems to be just fine.

[PynkFloydd]

I ran 3dmark06 right before and right after. It boosted my score around 60 points. I renamed a group of files in my music folders and it seems to be working a LOT faster than before. Before, it seemed to take 5 minutes to rename a group of 20 songs into a new album. After, it seems to take 30 seconds to rename the same amount into a new album.

SP1 also fixed a driver issue I had with my printer spool although, this is my own fault because I was too lazy to reformat/reinstall Vista after I upgraded from the EVGA 680i to 780i motherboard.

...now if they could only get some more Ultimate Extras out to us!!

[Grentz]

Got done a little while ago, took around 40min to do the upgrade.

Have not really noticed anything different, but I was happy with my install before as well.

[Elf_Boy]

HELP

Its tommorow now. I am still uninstalling languages.

I was bored one day... I don't like seeing the little boxes on web pages in other languages... I installed a bunch of them..... AHHHHHHH :mad:

I am having to remove them one at a time.... if I try 2+ all the others besides the first fail... It takes 20+ minutes per language.... any sugestions (other then to never install a language again?)

Right now I also have vista 64 as my default boot, any easy ways to change that to vista 32 partition? Wasnt a concern for me until all this rebooting after each uninstall.

Thank you to all for any sugestions

[markcynt]

HELP

Its tommorow now. I am still uninstalling languages.

I was bored one day... I don't like seeing the little boxes on web pages in other languages... I installed a bunch of them..... AHHHHHHH :mad:

I am having to remove them one at a time.... if I try 2+ all the others besides the first fail... It takes 20+ minutes per language.... any sugestions (other then to never install a language again?)

Right now I also have vista 64 as my default boot, any easy ways to change that to vista 32 partition? Wasnt a concern for me until all this rebooting after each uninstall.

Thank you to all for any sugestions

Next time you see those in Windows Update hide them so you'll never have to look at them again.

[bigted]

i just upgraded to SP1, and I can now RDP into my ultimate machine again, so SP1 gets my thumbs up just for that.

[Rembrandt]

SP1 installed without any problem. I have not noticed any difference in smoothness or performance.

[9mmx19]

Installed fine for me. Everything still working. Went AFK so not sure how long it took. No real differences for me either. Now if only there was an easy way to slipstream SP1...

[Gabriel]

Is it showing up on windows updates for any of you guys, or do I have to download it from the microsoft site?

[faugusztin]

Is it showing up on windows updates for any of you guys, or do I have to download it from the microsoft site?

Windows Update in both cases (desktop and notebook). First some Defender update, then pressed "check for updates" and SP1 showed up.