Vista Service Packs?

How do you feel about Vista Service Packs?

  • service packs are great

    Votes: 7 58.3%
  • service packs are fair

    Votes: 2 16.7%
  • service packs are neither good nor bad

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • service packs are poor

    Votes: 1 8.3%
  • service packs are terrible

    Votes: 1 8.3%
  • i have no experience with vista service packs yet

    Votes: 1 8.3%
  • i have no experience with vista service packs and never will

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    12
service packs are good but only if they don't fix something that wasn't broken
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Me :P
    CPU
    Core 2 Quad Q6600
    Motherboard
    Abit IN9 32X MAX
    Memory
    8 GB OCZ PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI-Ready Edition (4X2GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMP! GeForce GTX 260² 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 (650MHz/2100MHz
    Sound Card
    Realtek 7.1 CH HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" Fujitsu siemens TFT + 32" LG HD LCD TV
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 + 1360x768
    Hard Drives
    150GB Raptor HDD
    500GB Caviar HDD
    PSU
    Thermaltake W0133RB 1200W PSU
    Case
    Antec 900
    Cooling
    Stock + Antec 900 case fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15 (full layout)
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Revolution
Service Packs for any operating system are good for saving internet bandwidth by accumulating all previous updates into a single package.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    AMD Phenom 9600 Quad
    Motherboard
    ASUS MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi
    Memory
    2 x A-Data 2GB DDR2-800
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2400PRO
    Monitor(s) Displays
    SAHARA 21"
    Screen Resolution
    1600x1200
    Hard Drives
    2 x 80GB Seagate (I)
    2 x 120GB Seagate (I/S)
    2 x 200GB Seagate (I/S)
    2 x 250GB Seagate (I/S)
    PSU
    800W
    Case
    Thermaltake Tai-Chi
    Cooling
    Tai-Chi Water Cooler
    Keyboard
    Genius
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    384kbps
    Other Info
    Currently dual booting between Vista x64 Ultimate Windows 7 BETA x64
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.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Turion 64 X2 1700 MHz
    Memory
    4096 MB (2x2048 DDR2)
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GeForce 7000M
I am glad you asked!

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]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...

[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica] 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
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