Vista - Vista SP2 is out

I can understand your frustration. However if / when you get your wish you'll find you want even more speed. I do. The human condition is we are rarely satisfied -always "more", - be it faster BB, money whatever.

I totally agree JMH , the more we have the more we want...

PC World magazine is saying that a lot of users are reporting ``10`s of gigs of freed up hard drive space`` after installing SP2.

I think this is because the install is deleting all the restore points up to the point of installation of itself.

Be careful when installing SP2. Make sure all your hardware is working before installing this pack as you will not be able to restore to any points previous to installing it.

Snarks

Hi SnarkyTwit,
Reckon that's half right & half wrong from my perspective.
One computer hard drive is 'leaner' post SP2, & all SR points prior to SP2 were removed.
The other computer also has a leaner hard drive but all SR points prior to SP2 remained.
Why is it so?[ rhetorical question only.]

So, are ya saying we need computers that can function at Ludicrous Speed ? [ movie reference]

I have just installed SP 2, and, all restore points present before instalation are still available.

how does this help me?

Hmmmm...let me see

Vist 64 bit SP 2 installed fine. Only took about 20 minutes to dl and install.

Booting i slightly slower from 3.333 green bars to 4.5. It also takes about 5 seconds longer to get to the Vista logo and about a further 5 seconds till I get to the desktop where I find it's slower to go through the start up programs and network connection. all up roughly 20 seconds slower before I can open a program.

I'm finding applications taking slightly longer to load. I'm seeing the blue revolving doughnut a little bit more,e.g. when starting up IE8.

Once applications start up though, they do seem a tad more snappier.

It's not bothering me much but any tweaking suggestions would be welcome.

thanks

I found Firefox takes a bit longer to load. I don't use IE anymore and haven't for several years. I use a post processing software for digital pictures called Capture NX2 and it takes a couple seconds or so longer to save an image than before but it's still light years better than my old XP machine.

I doubt there's any tweaking to help, however.

Quote - Clevo -"It's not bothering me much but any tweaking suggestions would be welcome." Quote.

Windows Vista Home Premium x64 + SP1
ASUS P5K MB
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz
4GB RAM (DDR2)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Realtek HD onboard sound


Hello Clevo,
Don't forget to "tweak" SP1 to SP2.