Install Vista sp1 or not?

FWIW...

 

Yesterday, Automatic Update showed SP1 as available. This morning, the same thing appeared. But an hour later, the update disappeared and, when run manually,  now shows nothing available!

 

This is an example of the Microsoft sort of nonsense that makes installing SP1 such a risky proposition. Was

SP1 suddenly withdrawn because of problems? Is Update messed up? I and others like me are not crazy to

wait and see what happens. Rule #1: Never ever be a first adopter!

 

 

 

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 Rule #1: Never ever be a first adopter!

 

 

 

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See this article to restore (almost) the search functionality of Pre SP1 Vista.

>>> Same here, VISTA is new, I jump in and figure I'll learn as I go. And I have learned a lot.

LOL! I used to be like that when I was younger. I spent almost 30 years working in high tech before I wised up (joking...).

 

Now, however, I don't buy computers to learn on, I use them to get my work done. If the computer goes nuts

I just don't have time to play with it and learn something new. As a student, I doubt you'd be kind to me as a professor if I wasn't prepared for your physics class due to a laptop failure of my own making.

 

If the promised XP SP3 ever arrives as promised, I'll play with that on my home computer. I can afford to lose that for a while.

 

 

Thanks to all who replied, I do not have a logitech webcam but will wait a few more days before taking the plunge, again, thanks for all the valuable info

Making regular backups makes me a lot more adventurous.  Worst case with acronis I can be back up in a few hours if something goes wrong  :)

Received Vista SP1 on a DVD [$5] from Newegg this afternoon, install the update in less than one hour and had no problems with the installation.

I did disable the AV utility prior to installing and imaged the primary hard drive with Acronis to another SATA hard drive, as a precaution.

Bev.


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>install the update in less than one hour and had no problems with the installation.

 

You people and your fast computers.  I swear it took like 3 hours on my D430 with its 4200rpm drive (though perhaps that is a slight exaggeration).

 

Still, glad it went well  :D

On my XPS 410 it took just under 1 hour.  3 Reboots.    I found a few problems I had got fixed with the SP1.  My shutdown does not hang anymore, my relibility monitor does not incorrectly show program installs any more.    I think the speed a bit better, overall no problems.     I downloaded the updates from MSDN about 5 weeks ago, prior to Microsoft releasing it to the public.   

Shesagordie:

 

Interesting. I installed SP1 on my D9100 using the 434GB file. It did not wipe out my earlier System Restore points. I have Vista/XP with dual boot. I don't think this should make a difference.

 

Dimension 9100, Dual-Boot Win XP SP2/ Vista Home Premium SP1, 3.0 GHz P4, 3 GB DDR2 533 MHz RAM, 160 GB SATA II Samsung (XP), 300 GB SATA II Seagate (Vista), 250 GB SimpleTech USB (WD Drive), Nvidia Go 6800 (425/825 MHz - XP, 400/800 MHz - Vista, Vista Driver - 169.25), Dell 1901 UltraSharp FP

Inspiron E1705, Win Vista Premium, T7200 Core 2 Duo (4MB, 2.0 GHz 667MHz), 2 GB DDR2 677 MHz RAM, 120 GB Samsung HD, Nvidia Go 7900 GS - 156.69 Driver, 17” Sharp UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-Screen WUXGA

 

 

The only thing I noticed, was the System Restore dates were wiped out, leaving just one date, created by the SP1 installation.

Bev.


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Depending on version, you should also use disk cleanup to delete shadow copies made during the installation (and old restore points).  some users claim this took up gigs up space following the installation.

Funny about the restore points.

My son had about 286gig available on his HD.  I installed SP1 and a couple days later looked and noticed his HD had 320gig available.  My first thought was SP1 erased some of the installed programs.  Never even thought, until I read on these forums, that it was the restore points being deleted.

 

Duh!   You'd think I would know better, but for a moment I was concerned.

 

 

Yep, I did use Disk cleanup and defrag after installing SP1.

Bev.


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