SP1 really sucks. Big time

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This has done in two of my computers now.

I just got the latest update form MS and it took a long time. When it finally re booted it BSOD and kept BSOD and now it in a loop of restarting and BSOD.

Vista 64 Ultimate was working pretty good until now. Now nothing but BSOD.
This was an auto update with MS. Pretty crapy of a SP1. This should realy impress companies since I am on a $7,000.00 work station that is only 1 year old. Not a good sign. Time for companies to run not walk away from this Vista crap. At last count it has restarted 26 times now. Without a good reboot. Can not even get safe mode to work. It just keeps cycling.

Three days of work down the tubes. What a really reliable Operating System!!!!!!
:mad::mad::(:(

Even tried to go back to last good time. Still will not go into windows Vista.... BAd BaD BAD baD
 
Try as I might, I cannot see a question anywhere in that post.

So, are you just complaining, or looking for help?
 
SP1 works fine for me. It has been for several weeks now.

BTW: Whining because you didn't have the foresight to save your work and back it up just makes you look like a jackass.

Another thing I'd have to comment on is the fact that your machine was running auto updates in a business enviroment in the first place. That's just stupid. You need to have patch testing proceedures in place and furthermore you really should use an internal WSUS server and deploy your tested updates that way. Not doing so in a company enviroment is just rediculous. If you are in charge of IT over there you should be ashamed of yourself. If you aren't then you should go and tell the IT people that they need to quit now because more than likely they are doing virtually everything wrong.
 
TechieSooner said:
Try as I might, I cannot see a question anywhere in that post.

So, are you just complaining, or looking for help?
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Looks like a complaint to me. And since it was just released today, would it have auto updated for anyone yet? Even if they were pushing it that way, wouldn't this have happened tomorrow, not today?
 
xxEIEIOxx said:
Looks like a complaint to me. And since it was just released today, would it have auto updated for anyone yet? Even if they were pushing it that way, wouldn't this have happened tomorrow, not today?
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Right. It shouldn't be available as an auto-update today.
 
I did it today, works fine system is speedier then ever :)

And you lost your data? to goddamn bad.
Make your backups in future and think before accepting major system updates.
 
don't blame Vista, blame Bill Gates :)
 
I just updated and had some strange bugs.

If I only knew about Ubuntu and Parallels before installing Vista Ultimate :(

And the bugs from before have not gone away. Those bugs are so obscure I have trouble googling an answer for them.

It is truly pathetic you need to "backup your system" before running an OS patch in 2008 for the so called industry standard OS.
 
cv643d said:
It is truly pathetic you need to "backup your system" before running an OS patch in 2008 for the so called industry standard OS.
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First off SP1 is more than a patch. It is a collection of new updates and it contains several existing updates. Service packs have been known to cause issues in some rare cases. Before doing anything major to a system (like istalling a service pack!) you should always make sure your critical data is backed up FIRST.

Typically regular patches aren't a big deal and I generally install them without worrying too much but I wouldn't be so careless or naieve when installing a service pack.
 
I didnt get bsod but i got update failed to install error 3 times now. So I guess I wont be using sp1 anytime soon.
 
Dan_D said:
First off SP1 is more than a patch. It is a collection of new updates and it contains several existing updates. Service packs have been known to cause issues in some rare cases. Before doing anything major to a system (like istalling a service pack!) you should always make sure your critical data is backed up FIRST.

Typically regular patches aren't a big deal and I generally install them without worrying too much but I wouldn't be so careless or naieve when installing a service pack.
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Agreed! A Service Pack is a major OS update. Your system should be backed up, and you should disable/uninstall any AV or other running software that would interfere with the update. I have updated 5 machines with SP1, and have had no issues. Not that others won't by any means, but you must be prepared for the possibility.
 
*knock on wood* I have yet to encounter any problems with any service packs that come out, and I am going back to Windows 2000 because I don't think Win98SE had service packs? I don't remember, but any case I think some just jump on the band wagon to be first or be on the cutting edge. Well remember that the cutting edge is just that, it will kick your ass on occasion!
I just installed Vista SP1 while I was at work and only hoped my pc came back up from the 3 reboots required to install it. All is fine in the world and actually speedier.
If you were using this as a production computer then I agree with these posters, sucks for you that you didn't back up. Backups are done not because you should HAVE to use them again but are there for the unforeseen event that MIGHT happen.
Reformat, go back to XP for a few years and try again.
 
It took 3 days to load all my software that is my work. There is no way to reboot and save the OS that I can see. If this wasn't an auto update I would have nothing to say but you should know better. But when the auto checks things and they are OK and it screws up, then someone isn't doing there work at MS Audrey!!
 
crewzen said:
If this wasn't an auto update I would have nothing to say but you should know better.
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What should people know better? Didn't several people state that it is not an auto-update? I can't say on my end, because I've been running SP1 on three systems with no issues, but my installs were all manual installs from a disc. I would be EXTREMELY surprised if SP1 was pushed out on anyone.
 
cv643d said:
It is truly pathetic you need to "backup your system" before running an OS patch in 2008 for the so called industry standard OS.
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um no. if you install anything major, you need to back things up. this goes for ANY OS. its ignorant and stupid to think otherwise. in my case? i don't care. i store my important stuff off computer and if shit happens then i'll just reload everything no questions asked if i can't fix it.
 
I'm on my 5th try to install it.

Uninstalled AVG
disabled windows firewall
Shut down all running taskbar programs near clock
running System file checker before last try. sfc /scannow (in admin mode in case your wondering)

I'm giving up after this and will do a complete OS wipe sometime in the distant future
 
Dan_D said:
Right. It shouldn't be available as an auto-update today.
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It isn't, I approved new updates on WSUS this afternoon, it's not on there. They just released IE7 as a critical update on WSUS, it's going to be awhile before Vista SP1 makes it there.
 
crewzen said:
It took 3 days to load all my software that is my work. There is no way to reboot and save the OS that I can see. If this wasn't an auto update I would have nothing to say but you should know better. But when the auto checks things and they are OK and it screws up, then someone isn't doing there work at MS Audrey!!
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I don't think any of us are buying to auto update story. If you're unhappy, go buy a mac. :D
 
in read that they are going to deploy it through windows update, how do i make sure it does not install by itself as vista automatically installs updates and restarts your machine every so often, without disabling automatic updates?

my system is a nice gaming rig and i have not had any problems with vista64, rock solid, very fast and i don't want any trouble from SP1
 
You won't have any. I've now installed it on 3 machines without a single glitch.
 
Well I am doing a new install and do all the updates first before any programs. So I can see if it is some of the programs I use. Which I have many very expensive ones. So in a few more hours I should know if it was the OS or the programs. Then I can narrow it down.

What fun. I change things too ofter to use a back up. Its easier just to do A new Install.
 
works fine for me. I've done it on 32bit and 64bit. I've done the beta versions of SP1 and the final version. No issues anywhere.
 
nope failed. Don't want to reinstall. the Conan beta is way too big to download it again.
 
Installed via Windows Update a few hours ago. No issue with the install and seems to be running fine. I ran 3DMark06 before and after, no significant change, but I don't know if improved 3D performance was one of the things SP1 was going to address.
 
I downloaded the stand-alone version and updated all five of my systems without a hitch. Everything is working fine for me.
 
Working perfectly for me as well. Installed on 6 systems today. It's not automatic either. WU will download it but you HAVE to accept some things to install it.
 
I wish I had more machines :( but my install went without a hitch.
Odd thing was that MSN Messenger looked like it was reinstalling again :confused: but then it opened up like normal so I don't know what that was about. Otherwise flawless so far.
 
Oh, the joys of using my friend's technet 64-bit SP1-integrated Vista Ultimate DVD to install it Sunday using a 32-bit key off a student upgrade version I got from the college bookstore for $10.

No problems so far, activated fine and everything, and Vista with SP1 is running much, much better than it did without when I tried it months and months ago.
 
I got an error when trying to install it the first time and then I just tried it again and it worked perfectly, went from the RC to the real thing without a hitch.
 
crewzen said:
What fun. I change things too ofter to use a back up. Its easier just to do A new Install.
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I'm missing something. Why is reinstalling the OS and "many very expensive" programs easier than letting a backup run overnight?
 
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