theresiststance2003 Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 Installed the x86 versions on my lappy, and all is well. Hopefully this will improve battery life in Vista, as with Ubuntu I get about 3 hours per charge. Under Vista I've only been getting 2.25 hours max. Maybe this will help. =) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588897070 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinair Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 failed and what else does it say? Are you downloading the x86 or the x64 version but applying it to the wrong type of machine? That's the problem. It only says failed. I have some knowledge of computers, so I wouldn't make the mistake of downloading the wrong version. I'm trying to install the x86 version on my x86 machine. I've made a screenshot and translated the text. That's all it says. This dialog dissapears automatically and a somewhat identical one appears saying that the update was not installed. No explanation whatsoever. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588897168 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted October 4, 2007 Global Moderator Share Posted October 4, 2007 i installed all 3 updates, restarted, now my PC won't even POST... i looked in the motherboard manual, and it says: memory detect testtesting onboard memory size. The D-LED will hang if memory medule is damaged or not installed properly. wtf.. how can my ram be bad after it worked fine for 2 years? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588897187 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ana04 Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 All 4 patches installed fine and so far no problems.. :) AMD 64 X2 4200+ Asus A8N SLI Deluxe 2047MB 32Bit Nvidia 8600 GT Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588897215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted October 4, 2007 Global Moderator Share Posted October 4, 2007 (edited) Just an update on my situation. After the updates installed, the screen went black after I heard my PC rebooting. I watched in amazement as my screen stayed black with nothing to display for a few minutes. I disassembled my PC (removed HDD, cables, and the video card, and all 4 sticks of ram). I left it unplugged for a few minutes, hooked it up to another monitor, and it booted (with 1 stick of ram and 1 video card). I proceeded to place everything back in one at a time, and booted accordingly, then with everything back in, it booted up fine.... weird huh. Note: This update was hell, and I see no performance improvements for start up, but I do notice a massive increase in TIME to boot.. Yes, it actually takes longer to boot now. Edited October 4, 2007 by lylesback2 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588897365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorned1 Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 These updates sound dodgy. I'll try them when they come onto Windows Update Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588897380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
S7R1K3R Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 Everything installed fine on my lappy in one shot. I just exited daemon tools prior just in case and all is well now. Boot time is a little faster but I have yet to check on battery life. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588897403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranasrule Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 can i get a direct link to the x86 updates? no way iam installing the WGA plugin :angry: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588897967 Share on other sites More sharing options...
null_ Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 can i get a direct link to the x86 updates? no way iam installing the WGA plugin :angry: Might as well just get it done and over with, I mean Windows Genuine Advantage is built right into Windows Vista so you've got nothing to lose. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588897971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknownsoldierX Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 That's the problem. It only says failed. I have some knowledge of computers, so I wouldn't make the mistake of downloading the wrong version. I'm trying to install the x86 version on my x86 machine.I've made a screenshot and translated the text. That's all it says. This dialog dissapears automatically and a somewhat identical one appears saying that the update was not installed. No explanation whatsoever. Start -> Run, then paste this in. %windir%\Windowsupdate.log Find the entry for the failed update and there will be an error code. You can find it easy by doing a search for "Error". It will be in the format "Error #x########" for example "Error 0x80190194". Report back with the error code. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588898407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudEngineer Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 i installed all 3 updates, restarted, now my PC won't even POST... i looked in the motherboard manual, and it says:wtf.. how can my ram be bad after it worked fine for 2 years? if it didn't post, it's not an operating system related problem Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588898694 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthalzen Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 I did a battery test on the Macbook Pro, seems to use battery even faster now :wacko: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588898696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmaehr Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 My Vista with Gigabyte P35-DS4 and Intel ICH9R chipset doesn?t boot anymore after the update, it hangs at crcdisk. After replacing all .sys-files in the drivers directory with the originals it works again. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588898767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smigit Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Well I have no benchmarks ect but from my limited observation after one or two boots it felt to me that the time to go from the login to a useable desktop with everything loaded had improved pretty significently but at the same time it also felt a bit slower to get to the login screen from power on. I can't really say but and thats just my gut feeling. For all I know nothing has changed. I know they installed fine however. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588899046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranasrule Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 great updates....no problems here Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588899058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daimaah Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Hmm, those with problems: do you happen to have VirtualBox installed? I've already ruled out Daemon Tools (uninstalled, tried to patch, didn't work), and VBox seems to be the only thing that could have an effect, if it's any 3rd party program and not the drivers. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588899530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaViD_BRaNDoN Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Hmm, those with problems: do you happen to have VirtualBox installed? I've already ruled out Daemon Tools (uninstalled, tried to patch, didn't work), and VBox seems to be the only thing that could have an effect, if it's any 3rd party program and not the drivers. I haven't tried those patches yet but I do have VirtualBox installed as I'm still undecided if I should give it a go yet... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588899598 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanChung Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Nope I did not have VirtualBox and it installs fine :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588899631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinair Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Start -> Run, then paste this in.%windir%\Windowsupdate.log Find the entry for the failed update and there will be an error code. You can find it easy by doing a search for "Error". It will be in the format "Error #x########" for example "Error 0x80190194". Report back with the error code. PTError: 0x80248014 This is the errorcode that is flooding the updatelog from 2007-09-09 till now. I never had problems updating, just updated indows Defender a minute ago, although the same error is recorded during the Defender update. (And of course also with the new performance updates for Vista) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588899675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknownsoldierX Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 PTError: 0x80248014This is the errorcode that is flooding the updatelog from 2007-09-09 till now. I never had problems updating, just updated indows Defender a minute ago, although the same error is recorded during the Defender update. (And of course also with the new performance updates for Vista) That is not a common error code, and from what I can find, there is no documentation from MS about it. I'm guessing one of these: 1. Badly pirated copy of Vista (no offense, I'm not accusing you) 2. WGA validation got screwed up, you need to validate again 3. The Windows Update data store got corrupted First, visit http://www.microsoft.com/genuine and click Validate Windows. Try the updates again. If that doesn't work, then try this: Open an elevated command prompt. (Go to Start -> Programs -> Accessories, right-click on Command Prompt, and choose "Run as administrator".) In the command prompt window, run the following two commands: net stop wuauserv rmdir /s C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore Don't close the command prompt window yet. Rename the C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log file to some other name. (This isn't actually necessary, but will make it much easier to distinguish if WU is working properly after the fix) Run the Registry Editor. (Go to Start -> Run, type "regedit" and press Enter.) ***Be careful, you can screw up your system if you make a mistake here*** In the Registry Editor tree, find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate. Right-click on WindowsUpdate in the tree and choose Delete. Back in the command prompt window, run this command: net start wuauserv You can now close the command prompt window and the Registry Editor window. Now run the Windows Update control panel. You'll be prompted to opt back into Microsoft Update and to reset your automatic-updates settings. The first "Checking for updates..." cycle will take longer than usual, since the data store needs to be rebuilt. Any previously-hidden updates (such as language packs) will be shown again and will need to be re-hidden. If the problem was indeed a corrupted datastore, then you should find that updates are now successfully detected. If not, then you should at least be no worse off than you were. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588900145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowdown Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 I installed the 3 updates and things seemed to go well at first. Didn't really notice and speed difference or anything like that but I have now noticed I'm starting to have problems with Internet Explorer at times if it is trying to run a media player window or media type thing on a webpage. Example, going to MSN Videos or like a Myspace page with a video or music file on it. I am thinking that there was something with that update that was for Media player 11. Is there any way to install a update like that or is the only way to revert back is to do a system restore? At first I thought it had something to do with Adobe Flash because I thought it was crashing on those pages but I used tools from Adobe to uninstall everything Flash and reinstall it with no luck. I also reset Internet Explorers settings, from what I've heard it pretty much reverts it back to manufacturer's settings. Any ideas? Windows Vista x64, Internet Explorer 7 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588900677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 So, are these betas, or are they realeased, just not on windows update yet? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588900721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZonoBurk Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 That is not a common error code, and from what I can find, there is no documentation from MS about it.I'm guessing one of these: 1. Badly pirated copy of Vista (no offense, I'm not accusing you) 2. WGA validation got screwed up, you need to validate again 3. The Windows Update data store got corrupted First, visit http://www.microsoft.com/genuine and click Validate Windows. Try the updates again. If that doesn't work, then try this: Open an elevated command prompt. (Go to Start -> Programs -> Accessories, right-click on Command Prompt, and choose "Run as administrator".) In the command prompt window, run the following two commands: net stop wuauserv rmdir /s C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore Don't close the command prompt window yet. Rename the C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log file to some other name. (This isn't actually necessary, but will make it much easier to distinguish if WU is working properly after the fix) Run the Registry Editor. (Go to Start -> Run, type "regedit" and press Enter.) ***Be careful, you can screw up your system if you make a mistake here*** In the Registry Editor tree, find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate. Right-click on WindowsUpdate in the tree and choose Delete. Back in the command prompt window, run this command: net start wuauserv You can now close the command prompt window and the Registry Editor window. Now run the Windows Update control panel. You'll be prompted to opt back into Microsoft Update and to reset your automatic-updates settings. The first "Checking for updates..." cycle will take longer than usual, since the data store needs to be rebuilt. Any previously-hidden updates (such as language packs) will be shown again and will need to be re-hidden. If the problem was indeed a corrupted datastore, then you should find that updates are now successfully detected. If not, then you should at least be no worse off than you were. Thanks I tried that for my problem, and it didn't seem to work. (Legit Windows, just freshly formated) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588901756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis W. Veteran Posted October 6, 2007 Veteran Share Posted October 6, 2007 Is anyone getting a DEP error when launching Counter-Strike 1.6 on Vista after installing these patches? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588901829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolution Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 Oddly enough I received a DEP error after IE crashed.... I don't think DEP is the problem... Vista is probably just passing the crashes onto DEP... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/591754-3-new-performance-and-reliability-updates-for-windows-vista/page/4/#findComment-588901848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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