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    Should I upgrade?

    Should I upgrade from Vista Home Premium to SP1?
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    Re: Should I upgrade?

    Do you mean from Vista Home Premium to SP1, or from another OS?
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    Re: Should I upgrade?

    I have vista home premium installed, and I have the SP1 Update on CD.. just wondered if I should update, or if they are some things I should know before i do

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    Re: Should I upgrade?

    Do a search - lots of threads on this - and yes, I think you should.
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    Re: Should I upgrade?

    Information about programs that are known to experience a loss of functionality when they run on a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based computer
    That is a list of programs which are known to have issues with SP1. Note that most of them have updates out that fix this already though.

    Unless there is a program on there that you use that does not have an update out, I know of no reason why you shouldnt apply SP1
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    Re: Should I upgrade?

    One more thing, if i upgrade, will my pc work with 4GB Ram? I cant put my other 2gb stick in as it wont boot at all :S

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    Re: Should I upgrade?

    No, as mentioned in your other thread, thats a hardware issue not a Vista one.
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    Re: Should I upgrade?

    Quote Originally Posted by Agent View Post
    No, as mentioned in your other thread, thats a hardware issue not a Vista one.
    Just looking into updating my BIOS, this might work might it?

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    Re: Should I upgrade?

    I am not physic
    You'll just have to try it and see.....thats the nature of trouble shooting
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    Re: Should I upgrade?

    Quote Originally Posted by Agent View Post
    I am not physic
    You'll just have to try it and see.....thats the nature of trouble shooting
    my Jack russell is psychic and she said that you'd be better getting a copy of XP and leaving the bios alone.

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    Re: Should I upgrade?

    i think you should i installed yesterday and although i havent done much other than surf the net, the computer just seems a lil more responsive, which is always nice

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    Re: Should I upgrade?

    Installing service packs is generally a good thing. I haven't read of anything untoward about the Vista SP1 pack...as yet

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    Re: Should I upgrade?

    An SP is just another windows update. Install that like you'd install any other.

    Also, my PC accepted 4GB RAM after a bios update.

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