Jimmy89

Mar 18 2008, 11:50 PM

Today, I fired up my laptop to check the email, usual morning stuff and got the Windows Update reminder in the taskbar. No worries, I’ll just update this and be on my way. Small couple of kB Windows Defender update - easy! A few moments later it was done, the successful update balloon popped up. Moments later, another update appeared, strange… I opened Windows Update and it reported that this one update had a size of a few MB up to a few hundred! Could it be… Well it was, Windows Vista SP1 is ready for all.

As I write this, I am currently downloading it to my Vista Test Machine, so after it downloads, we’ll see what happens. I’m not expecting it to make a dramatic change to the speed and performance of the PC, but who knows, its Microsoft after all! My download is only 66.9MB thankfully!

According to this site, vista sp1 has been available for manual download since yesterday. Also, not all languages are available yet.

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English, French, Spanish, German, and Japanese are available now, with the additional 31 language versions due in mid-April.

Some people may not be able to download sp1 if they had a defective driver installed. All this is explained in the article.

 

 

 

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wutske

Mar 22 2008, 07:46 AM

I haven't tested it myself because I first want to try it on a virtual Vista installation (I also do not have choice because the Vista installation on my laptop is Dutch and SP1 isn't available for that language yet). I've already heared some rumours about the boot-loop not being fixed and a seious rise in memory usage. Time will probably tell us whether this is true or not

http://www.madshrimps.be/vbulletin/f22/vis...me-users-42912/

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xboxrulz

Apr 11 2008, 02:04 AM

QUOTE(Brian01001 @ Apr 2 2008, 01:36 PM)

I hate the Service pack so far. Ive tried multipul times and still cant get this one to work. I install it and the sound drivers still mess up. Does anyone know if there is a solution to this or how to fix it? The beta worked fine for me but i cant figure out whats wrong with this one.

Did you force install the service pack or was it through Windows Update. If it wasn't in Windows Update, there might be a reason why it wasn't; it's because your system might still not have the requirements to run Service Pack 1 properly (namely that sound issue).

My system running SP1:


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rockershive

Apr 11 2008, 01:23 AM

QUOTE(FeedBacker @ Apr 10 2008, 07:38 AM)

How to Increase the time of Shut Down Popup Window in Windows vista version

Windows Vista Sp1 Released.
Hi,
I bought a new laptop and when I click shutdown button the popup window is not waiting for any response, it is disappearing within few seconds(1-2) so I feeling difficulty to shut down through keyboard can any one help me on this issue

-question by Yaswanth

maybe your new laptop is of blazing speed, good for you..hehe Did you mean that you cannot shut it down properly after clicking the shutdown button?

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iGuest

Apr 10 2008, 07:38 AM

How to Increase the time of Shut Down Popup Window in Windows vista version
Windows Vista Sp1 Released.

Hi,
I bought a new laptop and when I click shutdown button the popup window is not waiting for any response, it is disappearing within few seconds(1-2) so I feeling difficulty to shut down through keyboard can any one help me on this issue

-question by Yaswanth

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Brian01001

Apr 2 2008, 05:36 PM

I hate the Service pack so far. Ive tried multipul times and still cant get this one to work. I install it and the sound drivers still mess up. Does anyone know if there is a solution to this or how to fix it? The beta worked fine for me but i cant figure out whats wrong with this one.

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Quatrux

Apr 2 2008, 10:59 AM

Some of my friends said, that they reinstalled Vista and included SP1 for Vista and said that it is much better, as I said I didn't try it, but what now? Lets wait for SP2 for Windows Vista

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