Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Released
Posted by DjmUK on 18 March 2008 - 20:46 · 136 comments & 52766 views
Download: Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista [434.5 MB] Download: Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista 64bit [726.5 MB]
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#1 Posted by leesmithg on 18 Mar 2008 - 20:51
- 64 bit users need this version. (725 MB)
News source: microsoft.com for 64bit
Download: Download it now! (64bit)
Thanks to flexbeta and especially, thexfile
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#1.2 Posted by BluDrgn on 19 Mar 2008 - 01:57
- When you say that x64 users need this one what is different to the one that is available on Microsoft Update??
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#1.3 Posted by Tikitiki on 19 Mar 2008 - 02:29
- (BluDrgn said @ #1.2)When you say that x64 users need this one what is different to the one that is available on Microsoft Update??
If your using Microsoft Update then it will automatically handle everything for you. His comment was only for those who want to download the standalone package
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#2 Posted by Moonwolf on 18 Mar 2008 - 20:55
- I know the download of service pack 1 of vista is free..but how much it cost to upgrade your system again to run service pack 1 now?
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#2.1 Posted by caesar on 18 Mar 2008 - 20:57
- I wonder what the hell dose this Service Pack files have in them, a different OS or something?
Damn.. look at that file size... 
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#2.2 Posted by .Logan on 18 Mar 2008 - 21:00
- (caesar said @ #2.1)I wonder what the hell dose this Service Pack files have in them, a different OS or something? Damn.. look at that file size...
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#2.3 Posted by Lant on 18 Mar 2008 - 21:03
- (caesar said @ #2.1)Damn.. look at that file size...
Well this package does contain the sp1 for 5 different lanuages, so expect it to be big. -
#2.4 Posted by +TCLN Ryster on 18 Mar 2008 - 23:42
- (caesar said @ #2.1)I wonder what the hell dose this Service Pack files have in them, a different OS or something? Damn.. look at that file size...
You're not far from the truth. In addition to all the languages and updates for all the version, Vista SP1 includes and entirely new kernel that brings it into line with Windows Server 2008. -
#2.5 Posted by scaramonga on 18 Mar 2008 - 23:48
- (caesar said @ #2.1)I wonder what the hell dose this Service Pack files have in them, a different OS or something? Damn.. look at that file size...
Just the usual.....more bloat!
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#2.6 Posted by
neufuse on 19 Mar 2008 - 00:26
- (scaramonga said @ #2.5)(caesar said @ #2.1)I wonder what the hell dose this Service Pack files have in them, a different OS or something? Damn.. look at that file size...
Just the usual.....more bloat!
Just the usual people replying when they have no clue what they are talking about The actual service pack is 70MB for 32bit and 90MB for 64bit... these are combination packs with multiple languages in them.... if you guys are so concerned about the size get it from windows update... its much smaller and doesnt update driver packs or anything else that isn't vital to the system -
#2.7 Posted by Esvandiary on 19 Mar 2008 - 01:04
- (Moonwolf said @ #2)I know the download of service pack 1 of vista is free..but how much it cost to upgrade your system again to run service pack 1 now?
... You do know that SP1 includes a smaller kernel, right?
Hell, I don't even like Vista and I'm still feeling I have to defend it against rubbish like this.
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#3 Posted by TRC on 18 Mar 2008 - 21:02
- Now will they finally let us have XP SP3, please? I'd like to get it before I have to be put in a nursing home, which is really sad since I was still young when SP2 came out.
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#3.1 Posted by X'tyfe on 18 Mar 2008 - 21:16
- (TRC said @ #3)Now will they finally let us have XP SP3, please? I'd like to get it before I have to be put in a nursing home, which is really sad since I was still young when SP2 came out.
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#3.2 Posted by +RuudJacobs.NET on 19 Mar 2008 - 08:36
- indeed, since my 2 current machines both run XP, I really wanna have that SP3!!
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#3.3 Posted by buletov on 19 Mar 2008 - 08:49
- Why wait for the SP3 when you can already use the latest RyanVM Update Pack?
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#3.4 Posted by tiagosilva29 on 19 Mar 2008 - 09:16
- It's a shame that thete won't be any x86-64 SP3...
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#3.5 Posted by Skyfrog on 19 Mar 2008 - 11:37
- (buletov said @ #3.3)Why wait for the SP3 when you can already use the latest RyanVM Update Pack?
http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/updatepack-sp2.html
The update packs don't add the new features SP3 has unfortunately, plus I'd rather slipstream the official service pack.
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#3.6 Posted by ViperAFK on 19 Mar 2008 - 13:04
- (Skyfrog said @ #3.5)(buletov said @ #3.3)Why wait for the SP3 when you can already use the latest RyanVM Update Pack?
http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/updatepack-sp2.html
The update packs don't add the new features SP3 has unfortunately, plus I'd rather slipstream the official service pack.
No service pack for XP64? Seems like they really hate that OS for some reason.
That's because x64 is an epic failure.
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#4 Posted by +Beastage on 18 Mar 2008 - 21:04
- any change in build number since the february SP1?
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#4.1 Posted by TRC on 18 Mar 2008 - 21:06
- No, it went RTM in February. That means they don't touch it any more, they just withheld it until they could try and track down all the problematic drivers and block them or try to get the manufacturers to get off their lazy rears and fix them.
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#4.2 Posted by Jonathan Yaniv on 18 Mar 2008 - 21:08
- (TRC said @ #4.1)No, it went RTM in February. That means they don't touch it any more, they just withheld it until they could try and track down all the problematic drivers and block them or try to get the manufacturers to get off their lazy rears and fix them.
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#4.3 Posted by TRC on 18 Mar 2008 - 21:12
- I don't think it was ever put up to begin with, they just let MSDN subscribers have it or something like that. Anyway it leaked soon afterwards and you could download it from other places. From what I understand Windows Update will still not let you have it if you have any of the affected hardware and no updated drivers have been released to fix the problems.
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#4.4 Posted by +Beastage on 18 Mar 2008 - 21:29
- (TRC said @ #4.1)No, it went RTM in February. That means they don't touch it any more, they just withheld it until they could try and track down all the problematic drivers and block them or try to get the manufacturers to get off their lazy rears and fix them.
I'm reading SP1 notes, they were just updated there are some files with the build 6.0.6001.22107 , new updates might be not in the SP1 I installed (build 6001.18000)
WU says nothing for me
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#5 Posted by Jonathan Yaniv on 18 Mar 2008 - 21:06
- Yay SP1
*Waits for it to appear on WU*
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#6 Posted by Jonathan Yaniv on 18 Mar 2008 - 21:07
- ** And waits
And waits
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#6.1 Posted by +TCLN Ryster on 18 Mar 2008 - 23:43
- Child
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#7 Posted by tsupersonic on 18 Mar 2008 - 21:12
- It's been on my Windows Updates since 12pm (EST)... It's up and running on my computer
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#9 Posted by Chrono951 on 18 Mar 2008 - 21:19
- Not all people can see it on Windows Update immediately. If your computer is one that is affected by any of the problem drivers or a few other problems, SP1 will not appear on WU at this time.
Check here for some problems and possible solutions, including a list of the drivers that prevent you from seeing the update. -
#9.1 Posted by +GreyWolfSC on 19 Mar 2008 - 01:31
- (Chrono951 said @ #9)Not all people can see it on Windows Update immediately. If your computer is one that is affected by any of the problem drivers or a few other problems, SP1 will not appear on WU at this time.
Check here for some problems and possible solutions, including a list of the drivers that prevent you from seeing the update.
What a shock that Creative is on that short list.
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#10 Posted by -Hiroshi- on 18 Mar 2008 - 21:23
- Awesome update, system runs a lot better now! Less ram usage overall as well. Before I'd idle around 1.0GB of available ram, now I'm idling at 1.3GB.
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#10.1 Posted by tsupersonic on 18 Mar 2008 - 21:25
- You mean the other way around?
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#10.2 Posted by Moonwolf on 18 Mar 2008 - 21:34
- LOL....before he idle at 1.0GB after the service pack 1 he now idle at 1.3GB .....feedback What an AWESOME UPDATE...run a lot better now.
LOL
(-Hiroshi- said @ #10)Awesome update, system runs a lot better now! Less ram usage overall as well. Before I'd idle around 1.0GB of available ram, now I'm idling at 1.3GB. -
#10.3 Posted by TRC on 18 Mar 2008 - 21:37
- When Vista uses RAM that's actually a good thing, it's by design. What, do you want your expensive memory sitting there empty, doing nothing?
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#10.4 Posted by Typhon on 18 Mar 2008 - 21:54
- (TRC said @ #10.3)When Vista uses RAM that's actually a good thing, it's by design. What, do you want your expensive memory sitting there empty, doing nothing?
Free memory is wasted memory.
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#10.5 Posted by Tantawi on 18 Mar 2008 - 22:49
- (Typhon said @ #10.4)(TRC said @ #10.3)When Vista uses RAM that's actually a good thing, it's by design. What, do you want your expensive memory sitting there empty, doing nothing?
Free memory is wasted memory.
+1 I wish xp did that like pre load my most used programs.
It does, and it's named Windows Vista
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#10.6 Posted by James Riske on 18 Mar 2008 - 22:51
- (Moonwolf said @ #10.2)LOL....before he idle at 1.0GB after the service pack 1 he now idle at 1.3GB .....feedback What an AWESOME UPDATE...run a lot better now.
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#10.7 Posted by Kirkburn on 18 Mar 2008 - 23:55
- I'm confused ... did none of you actually read his comment?
"Before I'd idle around 1.0GB of available ram, now I'm idling at 1.3GB."
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#10.8 Posted by Tikitiki on 19 Mar 2008 - 03:04
- (Kirkburn said @ #10.7)I'm confused ... did none of you actually read his comment?
"Before I'd idle around 1.0GB of available ram, now I'm idling at 1.3GB."
Fools.
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#10.9 Posted by Jugalator on 19 Mar 2008 - 09:12
- (TRC said @ #10.3)When Vista uses RAM that's actually a good thing, it's by design. What, do you want your expensive memory sitting there empty, doing nothing?
Free memory is wasted memory.
That's oversimplifying it. This is only good if it's used for the right things, and can be released in time when it's needed.
Simply saying that "RAM usage is good" isn't at all necessarily right... For example if too many system services are actually allocating it for things you don't use your computer for. That will only hurt performance and you'd be better off to have it completely free for the time a resource demanding app would start needing it.
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#11 Posted by DjmUK on 18 Mar 2008 - 21:37
- I just noticed, this should be in the Software > Microsoft section. lol, I'll shut up now.
Since it RTM'd in February and as an MSDN subscriber, SP1 has been soooo stable in comparison to non-SP1. -
#11.1 Posted by James Riske on 18 Mar 2008 - 22:53
- (DjmUK said @ #11)I just noticed, this should be in the Software > Microsoft section. lol, I'll shut up now.
Since it RTM'd in February and as an MSDN subscriber, SP1 has been soooo stable in comparison to non-SP1.
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#11.2 Posted by Tikitiki on 19 Mar 2008 - 03:05
- (James Riske said @ #11.1)(DjmUK said @ #11)I just noticed, this should be in the Software > Microsoft section. lol, I'll shut up now.
Since it RTM'd in February and as an MSDN subscriber, SP1 has been soooo stable in comparison to non-SP1.
<gasp> Are you saying vista wasn't stable before the service pack? oh my....
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#11.3 Posted by James Riske on 19 Mar 2008 - 21:20
- (Tikitiki said @ #11.2)(James Riske said @ #11.1)(DjmUK said @ #11)I just noticed, this should be in the Software > Microsoft section. lol, I'll shut up now.
Since it RTM'd in February and as an MSDN subscriber, SP1 has been soooo stable in comparison to non-SP1.
<gasp> Are you saying vista wasn't stable before the service pack? oh my....
<gasp> Oh my... drama queen alert!
M$ fanboy alert!
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#12 Posted by ste on 18 Mar 2008 - 21:51
- shouldnt this be stickied in the funky red colour?
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#12.1 Posted by Jonathan Yaniv on 18 Mar 2008 - 22:10
- (ste said @ #12)shouldnt this be stickied in the funky red colour?
ste
Yeah, ditty to that
Sticky it red!
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#13 Posted by Glen on 18 Mar 2008 - 22:10
- Installing it now. 66MB on Windows Update, so it's not nearly as bad as the full service pack download.
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#14 Posted by SirEvan on 18 Mar 2008 - 22:24
- sp1 for x64 version seriously has sped up my system It is much zippier, network transfers are much faster, overall huge improvements. Im not really complaining about before....but damn!
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#15 Posted by HoriZon-UK on 18 Mar 2008 - 22:26
- Not showing for me in the UK on WU?
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#16 Posted by ksalter on 18 Mar 2008 - 22:35
- I installed it on my x64, and despite what you may read on other sites like slashdot, my computer didn't spontaneously implode/explode and everything is dandy!
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#17 Posted by Osiris on 18 Mar 2008 - 22:57
- Can anyone confirm the WU file size, someone said 66MB for x64, surely that cannot be correct?
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#17.1 Posted by Avi on 18 Mar 2008 - 23:24
- (Osiris said @ #17)Does the SP1 update include all previous updates?
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#17.2 Posted by +TCLN Ryster on 18 Mar 2008 - 23:47
- (Osiris said @ #17)Can anyone confirm the WU file size, someone said 66MB for x64, surely that cannot be correct?
Why wouldn't it be correct? Remember the full download (sometimes called network administrator download) contains updates for all languages, all skus and all features and contains full file updates.
Windows update only downloads the portions of the update that apply to your specific setup. Also Windows Update is far better suited for patch distribution and can make the file sizes smaller using something I think was called Delta patching where it only downloads the changes made to a file and not the whole file itself. -
#17.3 Posted by Glen on 19 Mar 2008 - 00:15
- (Osiris said @ #17)Can anyone confirm the WU file size, someone said 66MB for x64, surely that cannot be correct?
Does the SP1 update include all previous updates?
Actually, that was me but it's not for the X64 update and I probably should have clarified. The actual size was 66.9 MB for the X86 SP1 update on WU, but I had all my patches up to date before SP1 was posted, so it may differ if you don't have all the updates installed to date.
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#18 Posted by TRC on 18 Mar 2008 - 22:58
- Will we be able to order SP1 integrated discs from this page; I would imagine we will be but haven't found any word on when.
http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/content.aspx?ctId=404 -
#18.1 Posted by paulhaskew on 18 Mar 2008 - 23:06
- (TRC said @ #1
Will we be able to order SP1 integrated discs from this page; I would imagine we will be but haven't found any word on when.
http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/content.aspx?ctId=404
You will be able to soon...
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#19 Posted by Nimec on 18 Mar 2008 - 22:58
- Heh, applied the update then played Wow for a bit. Upon exiting I was greeted with a nice BSOD. Never experienced a BSOD on this PC prior to today.
Hrm..
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
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#19.1 Posted by +/ -Razorfold on 18 Mar 2008 - 23:12
- (Nimec said @ #19)Heh, applied the update then played Wow for a bit. Upon exiting I was greeted with a nice BSOD. Never experienced a BSOD on this PC prior to today.
Hrm..
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Do you have the exact error code? Could just be a bad driver, or something went wrong. Can't really say unless we have the error code =) -
#19.2 Posted by +TCLN Ryster on 18 Mar 2008 - 23:49
- And did you submit an error report?, Microsoft has gotten alot better at telling you where the problem lies in the new error reporting system in Vista. I had a number of BSODs back in the early days of Vista, and the error reports submitted told me in no uncertain terms the problem was with the nVidia Graphics drivers.
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#19.3 Posted by +GreyWolfSC on 19 Mar 2008 - 01:20
- (Nimec said @ #19)Heh, applied the update then played Wow for a bit. Upon exiting I was greeted with a nice BSOD. Never experienced a BSOD on this PC prior to today.
Hrm..
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
If you use a Symantec antivirus product it can cause blue screens with WoW.
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#21 Posted by darklordofthesith on 18 Mar 2008 - 23:09
- it dosent load on my notebook. it starts but dosent work. took the 32 bit version on the page
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#21.1 Posted by Avi on 18 Mar 2008 - 23:22
- Well, then try Windows Update... Maybe your download was corrupted or something.
Also, "it starts but doesn't work" doesn't really tell us anything. Specify exactly what happens.
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#21.2 Posted by bathisland on 19 Mar 2008 - 11:11
- The same thing is happening to me on my Toshiba laptop. Downloaded the 32 bit version, click it, it ask for permission and then nothing....nadda......no error message....nothing.
WTF
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#22 Posted by sy64 on 18 Mar 2008 - 23:35
- What do you reckon the chances of MS releasing an integrated oem disk? I've already got a serial number, just an integrated disk is all I'm after but I'm not an MS subscriber and I'm not too trusting of torrents.
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#22.1 Posted by PGHammer on 18 Mar 2008 - 23:55
- OEM DVDs integrated with SP1 will be available later this month.
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#22.2 Posted by Litespeed on 19 Mar 2008 - 02:17
- We all got integrated DVDs yesterday at Launchwave 2008 - Windows Vista Ultimate w/ SP1.
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#23 Posted by darklordofthesith on 18 Mar 2008 - 23:42
- It asks me for permission to run and i allow it but after that, it does nothing. also tried to install it without firewall or internet, no luck. i also used windows update and it said my pc was up to date. i used the link on top of the post to download from.
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#23.1 Posted by bathisland on 19 Mar 2008 - 11:12
- +1
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#24 Posted by Citrusleak on 18 Mar 2008 - 23:45
- about time!
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#25 Posted by Titoist on 19 Mar 2008 - 00:14
- 49mb for SP1... Is it just me or is anyone else getting this?
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#25.1 Posted by Tikitiki on 19 Mar 2008 - 03:09
- Yep... thats right. Windows Update can streamline patches. Most people are used to the full download where on older versions of windows it would download the whole file (correct me if I'm wrong) and replace it. Vista just downloads what you need changed and applies that, which makes the download size MUCH smaller.
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#25.2 Posted by Titoist on 19 Mar 2008 - 05:02
- (Tikitiki said @ #25.1)Yep... thats right. Windows Update can streamline patches. Most people are used to the full download where on older versions of windows it would download the whole file (correct me if I'm wrong) and replace it. Vista just downloads what you need changed and applies that, which makes the download size MUCH smaller.
Yes I know that, its just that everyone is getting around 66mb but mine is too low to be true.. so was just wondering.
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#26 Posted by XDViPeR on 19 Mar 2008 - 00:52
- I'm downloading it right now, 66MB for me, and it's downloading real slow. I guess a lot of hungry Vista users out there are updating their systems as well. Lets see what SP1 does for me. THanks for the news. !
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#27 Posted by +Markus-J on 19 Mar 2008 - 00:54
- Updated without any worries, yet to see any benefits/disadvantages from it though...
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#28 Posted by Doli on 19 Mar 2008 - 01:01
- Ok my system is a bit speedy/responsive after the update. Big ups to Microsoft.
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#29 Posted by Lord Zog on 19 Mar 2008 - 01:17
- Titoist - Different sizes depending on your version of Vista and what it needs to D/L.. Mine was 56.1MB's for SP1.
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#30 Posted by Neo Razgriz on 19 Mar 2008 - 01:27
- That size for the 64-bit version is a bit chunky, isn't it?
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#30.1 Posted by Citrusleak on 19 Mar 2008 - 01:43
- Yeah, I made the mistake of downloading the 5 language one for 64 bit, and it's like 750MB. It's not too bad though, because since I was downloading it from Microsoft, it only took like 15 minutes.
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#30.2 Posted by Neo Razgriz on 19 Mar 2008 - 01:51
- (Citrusleak said @ #30.1)Yeah, I made the mistake of downloading the 5 language one for 64 bit, and it's like 750MB. It's not too bad though, because since I was downloading it from Microsoft, it only took like 15 minutes.
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#30.3 Posted by neufuse on 19 Mar 2008 - 02:01
- (Neo Razgriz said @ #30)That size for the 64-bit version is a bit chunky, isn't it?
under 100MB is chunky?
If you don't need 5 languages don't download the 5 language installer! The actual installer is small for a service pack... its smaller then most of the recent OSX updates!....
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#31 Posted by Wodin on 19 Mar 2008 - 02:31
- I'm downloading SP1 for 32 bit right now through Windows Update, and the download size is 193.9MB. Thats all I'm downloading is the service pack, nothing else.
Edit: Apparently that included SP1 for office 2007 too. Although I only had 1 update available its now showing that I downloaded and installed SP1 for office at the same time. This is just if anyone cares.
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#32 Posted by Gabe3 on 19 Mar 2008 - 02:38
- 700mb is not big. Common people we have 1tb drives now. quit your bitching
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#32.1 Posted by Hak Foo on 19 Mar 2008 - 02:57
- Certain things, I do find offensive when too large. Drivers primarily.
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#32.2 Posted by Tikitiki on 19 Mar 2008 - 03:12
- (Hak Foo said @ #32.1)Certain things, I do find offensive when too large. Drivers primarily.
What on earth does it need 40Mb to drive a video card, network board, or scanner?
I have to agree. I am probably right in saying all of Neowin (The actual "code" that runs it) is probably under 10 MBs
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#33 Posted by +cJr. on 19 Mar 2008 - 03:05
- I can't seem to notice a difference after this Service Pack update
It took about twice as long to load up, after I input my password once the update was installed.
Also Firefox took ages to start, even longer than it did without Service Pack 1.
I have yet to notice any improvements or positive effects though...
Am I missing something?
P.S. My download was through Windows Update for a 32-bit laptop and it was 69.04MB or something like that. Downloaded suprisingly quickly (Y). -
#33.1 Posted by Tikitiki on 19 Mar 2008 - 03:13
- My best guess is you have an old driver - try updating your drivers
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#33.2 Posted by nX07 on 19 Mar 2008 - 05:07
- When you install SP1 it wipes clear any user cache it has on you; like your frequent programs, operating habbits, etc. so it will seem slow for about a month or so until it learns your routine over again. Of course that may be even shorter/longer of a timespan depending on how much you use your PC.
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#33.3 Posted by jtherrien on 19 Mar 2008 - 06:05
- "so it will seem slow for about a month or so until it learns your routine over again"
A MONTH?? Try a day or two...
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#34 Posted by Xerxes on 19 Mar 2008 - 03:14
- It's great and all SP1 is finally out. However, I'm not installing it anytime soon. Bash me all you want, but I'm not stupid enough to install SP1 when it has known issues with software I've got installed on my PC (and the vendors of those programs haven't been bothered to update thier software yet) when my soft