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Vista SP1

27-04-2008 2:26pm

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Anyone installed it?

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#2 27-04-2008 2:31pm

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Yep.

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#3 27-04-2008 2:38pm

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Sherifu wrote: »

Yep.

is it working OK for you? I am a bit wary some say it causes trouble

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#4 27-04-2008 2:39pm

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No complaints here

If you search the windows forum you should find a good few threads on it

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#5 27-04-2008 2:47pm

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masterwriter wrote: »

is it working OK for you? I am a bit wary some say it causes trouble

The beta caused me problems alright and i've read od problems unless your drivers are up to date. About to install the full version shortly.

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#6 27-04-2008 6:12pm

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Installed it yesterday, copying and pasting no longer takes an enternity, and performance is a bit better

It screwed up my msn and other apps though

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#7 27-04-2008 8:04pm

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Installed it from a clean install an hour ago. So far it's sexual.

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#8 27-04-2008 9:20pm

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Anyone know when its going to show up on windows update?

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#9 27-04-2008 10:41pm

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shockwave wrote: »

Anyone know when its going to show up on windows update?

It came up on mine about a month ago, although I know it hasn't shown up for a lot of people. Microsoft have an article on it that might help explain: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948343

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#10 27-04-2008 10:51pm

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shockwave wrote: »

Anyone know when its going to show up on windows update?

It showed up for me after I solved the problem at http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055282585

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#11 27-04-2008 11:03pm

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Its been working fine for me well over a month now (64 bit). Network file transfer speeds have improved a lot over the RTM version.

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#12 28-04-2008 2:37pm

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Shows in Windows Update for me too.

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"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."

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#13 28-04-2008 5:42pm

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Workin A1 here too, Vista 64bit.

https://www.instagram.com/iammetaldave/

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#14 28-04-2008 6:08pm

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Has anyone noticed any major differences? Or any at all?

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#15 28-04-2008 6:12pm

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1 more for all things good with SP1 on Vista 64

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#16 29-04-2008 7:13pm

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It recovers from Sleep a lot faster. The load time between entering your password and having the pc fully booted is reduced. They're the 2 major things I notice most

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#17 29-04-2008 7:42pm

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dulpit wrote: »

Has anyone noticed any major differences? Or any at all?

Not noticed anything yet. I was fairly happy before SP1 though.

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#18 30-04-2008 10:43am

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It now utilises 4GB RAM if installed, pre SP1, it could only use and show 3GB

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#19 30-04-2008 11:31am

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Ru wrote: »

It now utilises 4GB RAM if installed, pre SP1, it could only use and show 3GB

SP1 does not utilise any more RAM than before, it just reports what is installed in the machine, it still has the same 3/3.5GB limit.

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#20 30-04-2008 3:38pm

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astrofool wrote: »

SP1 does not utilise any more RAM than before, it just reports what is installed in the machine, it still has the same 3/3.5GB limit.

CHEEKY GITS!!!!!!!!!

I just checked BIOS and it states 3GB installed!

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#21 30-04-2008 8:32pm

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Ru wrote: »

CHEEKY GITS!!!!!!!!!

not really
back in the days of DOS this was normal
you couldn't use all of the 1MB of RAM in your machine , because other stuff was using it.
There were tricks to remap memory like the High Memory Area and it is was done on Windows server too

microsoft would rather sell 64bit OS's than keep 32 bit OS's alive

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#22 30-04-2008 11:30pm

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Ru wrote: »

CHEEKY GITS!!!!!!!!!

I just checked BIOS and it states 3GB installed!

Ths bios also states the actual amount of memory you have. You cannot have more memory reported in Windows than in the bios (although there was the memory hole setting for OS/2 that played havoc with installed RAM reporting, but lets not go these).

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I wonder if this change would also affect PCs and laptops with shared video memory? That is, would it show 1GB of RAM rather than 992MB for example?

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#24 01-05-2008 1:05am

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Sherifu wrote: »

Not noticed anything yet. I was fairly happy before SP1 though.

Oh me too, it works brilliant, but i just haven't noticed any difference between Vista pre and post SP1..

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#25 01-05-2008 4:16am

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Still can't install it. It is now showing on Windows Update but it keeps saying "Can't install update. Reverting changes"

Grrrrrrrr....

Think it might have something to do with my trying to install the standalone version when it wasn't ready. I think it borked my MBR, also it is saying that some of my system files are corrupt. Going to have to do a back up and reinstall, then re-update everything including drivers.

Grrrrrrrr again....

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#26 01-05-2008 4:21am

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While I think of it....

Is there any QUICK way of backing up just the system settings? I don't need files backed up as I periodically do that anyway. I would just like a way to do a fresh install then load back up the settings so I don't have to re-tweak and reset the OS back to the way I had it.

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#27 02-05-2008 1:13am

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Soundman wrote: »

While I think of it....

Is there any QUICK way of backing up just the system settings? I don't need files backed up as I periodically do that anyway. I would just like a way to do a fresh install then load back up the settings so I don't have to re-tweak and reset the OS back to the way I had it.

Anyone any suggestions?

I found a program called BackRex Expert Backup, but I am not sure if it is going to do what I need it to.

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#28 04-05-2008 12:32am

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I installed SP1 a few weeks back. I have an Nvidia Nforce sata controller on my board. SP1 installed a dodgy driver version resulting in constant blue screens due to the driver crashing. I fixed it by manually installing a different version. See here:

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=63287&st=0

I'm also still having the odd nvidia graphics driver crash when playing games. This doesn't kill the system outright but I get a black screen for a few seconds until the driver recovers\restarts.

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I hate NVIDIA's SATA drivers for Vista. They detect the disks as SCSI disks and don't allow access to the SMART data. Seems they're actually RAID drivers. If RAID isn't in use I always change them to the generic IDE controller instead.

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#30 04-05-2008 12:37pm

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Use 64 bit if you want to utilize all the RAM in your Computer.

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#31 04-05-2008 1:52pm

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Karsini wrote: »

I hate NVIDIA's SATA drivers for Vista. They detect the disks as SCSI disks and don't allow access to the SMART data. Seems they're actually RAID drivers. If RAID isn't in use I always change them to the generic IDE controller instead.

Are you sure they're not configured as RAID in the bios?

I have a few nVidia boards with Vista, and all show up correctly, along with SMART data. Which chipset? (nVidia make crap IDE devices anyway, and has lead me to stay away from them at all costs of late).

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