Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Standalone

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

If it turns out fine. I'll grab it for my daughters laptop.

Good luck and thanks for the heads up kiwi.....and better luck in Napier

Napier, what do you mean:hmm: Hmm someones probably thrashed us in some Sport

[Hellcat]

Worked fine here for Vista 64 bit Premium, was downloaded and installed in under half an hour. No substantial improvment in 3d marks something like 0.003% +

Have two more systems I built for others (one 32 bit and another 64 bit) to try out, hopefully they go as smooth as my rig.

[JSLTIGER]

Originally Posted by Monica Lewinsky

When they say it will take an hour to install, they are not kidding. Got the laptop upgrading to Vista SP-1 and it has been 1 hour and 20 minutes and still installing. There are three main phases, seems like phase 3 is a BIG time killer. It has been stuck at 0% complete for 15 minutes now. Gonna leave it alone and let it do its thing. The laptop I am upgrading is less then one year old and I consider it high end. Hmmm. If you do not have a machine less than a year old, it could take longer?

Seems patience is the MAIN thing to have. Later ...

Laptops in general take longer than desktops...mostly due to CPU throttling and slower HDDs and FSBs.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Wolfehunter

Sorry it took so long I backup 18gigs of files to DVDs just encase something didn't work... But it does work well. I don't see a preformance increase yet but ..... I don't know I don't see any difference yet.:hmm: Took me an hour to install it.

My oldino PC specs.
Intel Pentium HD 3.2GHz 800Mhz E
Intel D865PERLX Socket mPGA478 mainboard
2Gigs of OCZ titanium Dual channel ram. PC3200
500Gigs HD SATA
XFX NVidia GeForce7600GT 256m
X-Fi Elite Pro Sound card
Antec True 480 powersupply

I'm hoping it fixes that blasted video crash and recovery error.

Lets see how some games work on it. Brb with the report and some photos

Good feedback Wolfehunter

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Napier, what do you mean:hmm: Hmm someones probably thrashed us in some Sport

Test Match Cricket mate, tis 1-1 with the deciding test in Napier to decide who wins the series.
It's not often we win

[Monica Lewinsky]

STATUS REPORT UPDATE:

Vista Service Pack 1 took more than 2 hours to install on a laptop!#@! Things seem smoother, copying/pasting big files to another PC is faster, but I would not call it a huge improvement, better? Yes. Super Duper Fast? No. Things are very stable, no problems what so ever.

Only thing that has me laughing is Microsoft itself. I looked at the backup status on my Windows Home Server. My two non-Vista SP1 machines show the Operating System as Windows Vista Home Premium Edition. Looked at the backup of the laptop after the Service Pack 1 upgrade and it advises a new operating system called "Windows Server Longhorn Home Premium Edition". WTF?

Also, there is a column called "Description" for our 3 machines. It has always been blank since 10-22-07 the day that I installed the Windows Home Server. Now after the Vista SP1 upgrade, it says "Vista Home Premium" in the Desciption field. I guess the MS Vista Team and the MS Server Team don't talk to each other too often on what each other is doing.

[Wolfehunter]

Update. Ok I tested a few games.

2 of my favorite are

SH3 w/GWX 2.0
and
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. w/OL 1.32

In GWX 2.0 I found a small improvement leaving port. SMALL. Not soo choppy. Even in the bad weather the game seem to run much better than before.
Added mods ontop of GWX were as follows.

GWX Contact Colors
GWX Enhanced Damage Effects
Racerboy_VIIC_exhaust
We shall Never Surrender
GWX 16km Atmosphere
SH4 16k Atmosphere for GWX (+More Reflect, +Less Murky)
My skins for VIIC

Here some photos.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ter/Shots2.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ter/Shots1.jpg


In stalker a more graphic intensive game. I pushed my system till it CTD's but it didn't this time. If your not familiar with this game don't worry about it just enjoy the graphics.

My STALKER is seriously modifed. Using Patch 1.0006 US with OL 1.32 (Oblivion Lost) Normally the game would randomly show that blasted Graphic crash and recovery or nvlddmkm message. This time it doesn't show and no CTD's which surrprised me.

Added mods over OL are as follows,

Acoustic metal stalker minimod 1.1
cigarettes hightextures
Cola wars pack hightextures
food pack hightextures
Stalker Music Mod
Vodka Pack hightextures

Heres some simple photos,


http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...7-30_l01_e.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...9-39_l01_e.jpg

I've played many other games including Neverwinters Night 2 w/expansions, Witcher, Battle Field 2142 w/expansions and X3 Reunion w/expansions all heavily modified.

With Vista's past dogma I can understand why everybody wanted XP. At the moment VISTA plus SP1 I feel there is a change comming. All my games were far more stable and smoother aswell as CTD free. Out of ten I give VISTA SP 1 6.5 were I had VISTA alone at 3.5. It don't want to give VISTA too much credit because its still too early with its major patch fix.

I hope this help you guys make a good decision. I suggest you get the SP. Remember back up your important files!

Good hunting all!

WH

[kiwi_2005]

Good to know about the sp1

SH3/gwx with Vista should give you no problem apart from the installation issues i had but once up it ran great. SH4 no installation issues but werid glitches and MS trying to install its own nvidia drivers from the OS even though i had a working vista nvidia driver. Problem sorted out after the next nvidia update driver. But yeah other games ran weird at times.

Going to download sp1 update tonight

[JSLTIGER]

Over 24 hrs. here, no problems.

[Monica Lewinsky]

An update and checking in:

Installed SP-1 for Vista on gaming rig. Total upgrade time took around 45 minutes give or take a minute or two vs. my laptop at 2+ hours.

No problems what so ever.

Laptop on Vista SP1 with SH3 with GWX 2.0 - No Problems -Vista based - game runs just fine.

SH4 runs just fine on main gaming rig - Vista basedi wth Vista SP-1!

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Monica Lewinsky

An update and checking in:

Installed SP-1 for Vista on gaming rig. Total upgrade time took around 45 minutes give or take a minute or two vs. my laptop at 2+ hours.

No problems what so ever.

Laptop on Vista SP1 with SH3 with GWX 2.0 - No Problems -Vista based - game runs just fine.

SH4 runs just fine on main gaming rig - Vista basedi wth Vista SP-1!

Similarly.....SP1 installed without any problems/side effects.

daughter doesn't play SH3 or SH4

[Monica Lewinsky]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

daughter doesn't play SH3 or SH4

Now is a good time to get her hooked -while they are young.

Load them tubes of desire for either game.

[Wolfehunter]

Here are some things some users may need to see if it affects them after SP1 installation. Apparently some programs will stop working. Some hardware also will need to be reset.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7304830.stm

Good Hunting all.