Vista - Windows Vista Service Pack 1

do i need to get this? what does it do, and why do i want it? update is nagging me.

Hello eknirb,

Yes; you need it! Go ahead and let it install.
But whatever you do let it finish, unmolested.
It may take close to an hour.


Later Ted

what are the benefits? what does it bring to the table?

Hi eknirb,

Service Pack 1 for Vista includes over 3000 Security Updates and Bug Fixes, Its highly recommened you install the update. (Its less updates than XP )

Windows Vista SP1 also has the fixes the problem for the sudden internet Drop on wireless networks..

Cheers !!

I installed SP1 and could no longer boot my pc, couldn't get to safe, restore, etc. Took me 2 wks to get it to restore...but (if I recall correctly...I fiddled endlessly trying to fix things) but only after I disabled legacy in BIOS.

hmmmm.
thanks, that's all I need to know.
pass on SP1.

You will find that after you update with SP1, you cannot use your flash player anymore

eknirb, You will not be able to get virus updates or security updates if you dont update sometime soon, you should try SP1 first before deciding not to install it.

Read others story's and results installing SP1 here: http://www.vistax64.com/windows-upda...-feedback.html

sharkattak, SP1 didn't cause your computer to fail. I guarantee you.

feejeenson, Flash player does work with SP1.

Dmex, appreciate your feedback. However, this is a brand new HP pc. Vista has given me problems from the get-go. It failed immediately...immediately upon installation of SP1. Now that I finally have it restored to pre-SP1, I'm still having the same problems I've had since I bought the pc 3 months ago. Graphics get totally skewed. Stock day-trading programs virtually unusable. Bottoms of charts suddenly appear concurrently at the TOP of the screen. Text and charts get broken up and pieces of one part of the screen appear at another location on the screen. Lists and boxes become suddenly opaque or transparent; e.g. try to pull up start menu but the items are not on the menu. Just using the pc this am for 4 hours, I've had to boot...without exageration...about 15 times. I HATE vista. Hate it!