Vista - Vista Service Packs?

How do you feel about Vista Service Packs?

service packs are good but only if they don't fix something that wasn't broken

Service Packs for any operating system are good for saving internet bandwidth by accumulating all previous updates into a single package.

Service Pack is really great. Now, when I copy some file against hard disk, transfer is about 100-130 mb/s. Before this speed was about 10-20 mb/s... Second important thing is that Vista with SP1 is really stable. For example I am using gadu-gadu communicator. Without SP in system this program destabilized explorer.exe process and I had to restart it. Now is everything OK.

I am glad you asked!

My computer was running fine with Vista Business without SP1. I waited until
Windows Update presented it for download and I installed it. The computer
became unstable and would not shut down. A series of hard shut downs of
course presented problems with corrupt files. I would boot to safe mode and
set up a check disk. Sometimes even safe mode would not load.

I first chatted with Windows tech online. He took over the computer but
could not resolve the problem. A call to Microsoft tech produced at least 3
sessions lasting about 2 hours each with callbacks on their part over 3 days.
They were courteous, and wanted to help, and very thorough. I also spent
many, many hours searching online for solutions.

Finally, the recommendation was to reformat from the partition. I did that
and did not install the "crapware". I installed all windows and Lenovo
updates and no other programs. When SP1 presented itself via Windows Update,
I installed it....

I then tried to install Microsoft office 2007. The computer would not read
the disk. I successfully installed it on my old XP machine to be sure it
wasn't the CD.

The computer behaved as it did the first time I installed SP1, so this time
I called Lenovo tech and was told to start again from the partition and not
install SP1. I have done that, and it works fine.

After MANY hours of trying, I have a mainstream computer that will not run
the most widespread OS in the world. If I were a novice I would have thrown
it out the window days ago.

....well, you asked...

Lenovo Thinkpad R61
T8300 duo processor
2 gb ram
Hitachi 100 gb, 7200 rpm hard drive
4gb readyboost
Windows Vista Business
SP 1 not installed