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Old 05-02-2008   #1
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Vista Service Packs?

How do you feel about Vista Service Packs?

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Old 05-02-2008   #2
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Re: Vista Service Packs?

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

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Re: Vista Service Packs?

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

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Re: Vista Service Packs?

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.

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Re: Vista Service Packs?

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...

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T8300 duo processor
2 gb ram
Hitachi 100 gb, 7200 rpm hard drive
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SP 1 not installed

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