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About LinkBacksRead more.It hasn't been an easy ride to deployment for Vista's first service pack, but Microsoft's long-awaited update is now available to all via its Windows Update service and boasts over 500 hotfixes.
Read more.It hasn't been an easy ride to deployment for Vista's first service pack, but Microsoft's long-awaited update is now available to all via its Windows Update service and boasts over 500 hotfixes.
Thoroughly recommend this money-saving update.
Cough!
Who'd have believed that a free updater would have the effect of quadrupling the RAM on your PC?
Cough!
My Clawhammer PC now has 8GB of RAM compared with 2GB before SP1.
Cough, cough!
Annoyingly, though, when I boot into a different partition running XP, Vista removes the extra 6GB of RAM that it installed - I suppose because the 32-bit version of XP can't handle all that memory.
RAM foibles apart, though, SP1 does seem to increase the general system speed considerably, including file copying across my local network.
Trouble is, I was so hacked off with Vista that I really didn't use it that much before SP1, so I'm not sure that I can properly appreciate any improvements (or spot any downsides, apart from false reporting of RAM).
Anyone else taken the plunge? If so, what are your thoughts?
Bob
Last edited by Bob Crabtree; 21-03-2008 at 12:54 AM. Reason: typos
I use 32 bit Vista. Downloaded the SP and my X-Fi sound card played up! Reinstalled the drivers and all ok. But on the plus side I have not yet noticed any improvment.
Does it fix the problem with the network stack that creates the random file copy speed over the network thing?
that's meant to be one of the improvements. have yet to test.Originally Posted by [GSV]Trig
Apparently in most cases, apparently.
The problem is they've gone and done a software developement no no, re-invent and over engineer the wheel, and people will be finding plenty more bugs with this little area (but often in more and more obscure cases).
So yes apparently for most situations, but i wouldn't trust it as the defacto standard on my company network just yet.
throw new ArgumentException (String, String, Exception)
Running fine on my pc.
Hmmm, so do I install it on my main rig yet, it just feels wrong me having a nice legal copy sat next to my machine for ages now but really dont want to loose network performance as I've got a fair amount of stuff network wise and slowdown is just a no no....
Only one way to find out..
Crosshair VIII Hero (WIFI), 3900x, 32GB DDR4, Many SSDs, EVGA FTW3 3090, Ethoo 719
Yeah I know, what are the percentage chances of it working properly with my spec tho...
I have a similar spec P35 board and I downloaded SP1 from the link think it was 500 ~700MB and did not get any problems but can't really see much of an improvement in speed, just a tiny bit in file copying and network speed.
Given your luck matey?
Well they've revised the algorithm so there's a good chance - let us know if it goes well.
Crosshair VIII Hero (WIFI), 3900x, 32GB DDR4, Many SSDs, EVGA FTW3 3090, Ethoo 719
Will give it a shot over the next few days then on your recommendation, if it doesnt work you might be wise to stop answering the door
How does the activation work on V64U anwyays, I'm thinking about a new hard drive in a few months so when I reinstall am I gonna have to piss about after I've installed my SAS card and try to use a SAS array as my boot drive?
I am a man without fear - i'll just set the missus on youWill give it a shot over the next few days then on your recommendation, if it doesnt work you might be wise to stop answering the door
Activation sucks - but you'll have to see what happens there. Worst case a phone call for reactivation (about 5mins of effort) in the main - else you'll have to speak to a micro-droid.
Sidenote: what on earth were MS thinking when they came up with "the wow starts now"? It's a horrrrrrrible bit of marketing.
Crosshair VIII Hero (WIFI), 3900x, 32GB DDR4, Many SSDs, EVGA FTW3 3090, Ethoo 719
Hmmmm, I'm tempted to rip the SAS card out of the old server and use that in my main rig, how does it look at your hardware when it comes to OEM/SA copies of Vista, if it looks at the drive its installed on then Ir screwed, if it looks as BIOS etc then I'll be fine as the board is staying its just the drive/boot controller thats changing...
MS love you - see https://support.microsoft.com/oas/de...4&gprid=500921
It's just for you!
Crosshair VIII Hero (WIFI), 3900x, 32GB DDR4, Many SSDs, EVGA FTW3 3090, Ethoo 719
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