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Intersting.  I am anxious to see how the install goes, # of reboots and such.  I will run and install this on my home PC and see how it goes.  

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no problems here, although i got it last month when they released it on the OEM website....

i've been deploying it on new systems ever since, but haven't seen any of the driver issues that Microsoft had warned about.  of course, on new machines that i sell, an SP1 image gets deployed first, before out-of-box drivers.  after everything is said and done, the master computer image gets captured and duplicated onto new machines of the same series without manual interruption too.  the final duplication process takes all of about 5 minutes to do over network with PXE boot and WDS.

434 MB !!!!!!! Holly sh*** !

Who was bashing OSX recently for necessitting 300MB of updates for 10.5.2 (PPC) and 140MB (X86) ??

LOL

Just saw the word on WinSupersite that Vista SP1 is available to the world. Of course, it's not showing up...

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So who's now willing to test and see if the UEFI support (along with GPT disk support) will allow Windows Vista x64 to be installed natively on a Mac (i.e. sans Boot Camp)?

(it's not likely compatible with the Mac's old version of EFI, but I'm willing to read about somebody's attempts anyway)

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Hmmm... perhaps also a step-by-step upgrade guide for pre-release users is in order? :)

MICROSOFT FINALLY TAKES VISTA OUT OF BETA:)  Wow 434 meg, did they replace everything?

Personally I would rather catch a bad case of herpes than run Vista again.

I've installed SP1 about a half dozen times so far and have only had a single problem.  I have two regular desktop PCs, several virtual machines and a Vista Media Center PC, all of which upgraded to SP1 without problems.  In addition, the S3 Sleep problems I'd been having on my Media Center PC appear to have been fixed by SP1.

The one problem I had was on a Vista laptop with NTFS file system corruption.  When the SP1 install couldn't overwrite a DLL file on a bad part of the disk, it stopped and continuously flashed the file name on a black screen.  I ran CHKDSK to fix the file system corruption, then System Restore to get the laptop back to its pre-SP1 state and finally was able to install SP1 successfully.  The lesson here is that if you have any question at all about file system integrity, run CHKDSK before installing SP1.  

"MICROSOFT FINALLY TAKES VISTA OUT OF BETA:)  Wow 434 meg, did they replace everything?"

^ LOL yep that was the title ! I remember now !

Not too many complaints thus far; I've just found that Windows Media Encoder is dreadfully slow since installing SP1, that is the program not the actual encoding process. It takes forever for the program to draw itself. Oh well.

Okay, another pretty significant issue: I wiped out everything before installing SP1 and found that when I went to install MS apps (e.g. Windows Live Mail, Zune, and even Windows Update) the firewall would block them. Turning the firewall off fixed the problem, I just found it a bit odd that all my MS programs were having this problem.

@daveinla and Lindy:

People say Leopard=Tiger SP1, so how large is your Apple's equivalent "SP"? Oh, they even charge for that "SP", impressive.

@daveinla: Leopard has been out for how long now?  Since October?  And 300Mb of updates (more if you include iLife updates, where application that come with Vista are not separate updates).  Vista has been RTM since November 06 and only 434Mb?  Silly to compare.

The only thing I've noticed bad since SP1 is when saving stuff to my desktop it sometimes doesn't show up until I refresh... anyone else?  Maybe it's just a coincidence and something else killed it around the same time??

@heran

"People say Leopard=Tiger SP1"

Actually, it's more like Leopard=Jaguar SP3 (Cheetah and Puma don't count since those are the original OS X Beta's as anybody that used them will agree), but as far as Intel-based versions go, you are correct.  ;)

....7 years later and there's still no new operating system coming out of Cupertino....

"The one problem I had was on a Vista laptop with NTFS file system corruption.  When the SP1 install couldn't overwrite a DLL file on a bad part of the disk, it stopped and continuously flashed the file name on a black screen."

File system corruption just doesn't happen out of the blue.  You should run a better disk scanner than CHKDSK.  Try SpinRite on Level 5.  If it takes more than 4 hours for a typical disk (anywhere from 80GB-500GB IDE/SATA in a modern system of no more than 5 years old), then the drive is slow, and probably should be replaced.  Keep an eye on the SMART Status screen too - numbers other than 0 in the lower half of the screen indicate a pending issue with the drive (red bars at the top indicate outright imminent failure of some sectors).  CHKDSK will only minimally check a disk sector whereas SpinRite can properly move data off it, or in some cases, even identify good sectors that CHKDSK previously marked incorrectly as bad.

"The lesson here is that if you have any question at all about file system integrity, run CHKDSK before installing SP1."

I would correct that to say if you have any question about file system integrity - run SpinRite to confirm it.  SP1 doesn't change anything to do with the file system, but any task involving storing files on previously bad sections of the disk will manifest itself as various system problems.  If you ever run CHKDSK and there are any bad sectors at all, replace the drive immediately.

Windows Vista SP1, now with working file copy. Congratulations Redmond!

Okay, the issue with WM Encoder wasn't Vista it was the AC3 filter from the Combined Community Codec. Horrible codec.

"....7 years later and there's still no new operating system coming out of Cupertino...."

Because why fix what's not broken? It's not Apple's fault that Microsoft has to release a new OS to replace the turd of the previous generation. Maybe if Microsoft would tell customers to I dunno, *** off with the BC and start over they wouldn't be in the mess they've been in the past 15 years.

At first I was surprised by the 400+MB download, but since I had most of the hotfixes already... the Windows AutoUpdate system was smart enough to only download the 66.9 MB that I didn't have... sweet.  Note: I did not test previous sp1 betas or RCs.

By the way, you said in the podcast that the search is gone and you can get it back.  If you hit the windows key, type in the search box then click "Search Everywhere" you get a window with an Advanced Button that does the search just like the previous search button did.  So it's still there and just as easy to use.

I had Realtek audio problems in Vista before sp1, looks they're fixed.

Sorry, I had a typo. The above message should read "By the way, you said in the podcast that the search is gone and you cannot get it back."

SP 1 has been installed on both my notebook and desktop. It took me about 55 minutes on both machines. Once I rebooted, I was up and running. So far, Vista SP1 has been running like a starship running at Warp Speed. Very responsive and most of the minor nuisances of the classic Vista are history. I say minor because I'm a patient person. But it is very nice to have very speedy file copies these days lasting in mere single digit seconds. Its also nice to be running faster than XP. Now all these Vista Haters can put away the Hateorade, and start drinking the Vista kool aid.

SP1 will finally get the business community to jump on the Vista bandwagon as they start to abandon XP. I say, Good Riddence. XP had its very good moments, but the summer of Blaster Worm and SoBig Worm was a headache. Thats a summer I'll never get back, patching Dallas-ISD computers. Why? Because the idiots running Dallas-ISD felt it would cost millions to use standard anti-virus/malware containment, disinfect, and patch techniques to contain blaster. How long did it take Dallas-ISD to rid themselves of Blaster? 6 MONTHS! Try imaging a whole schools's worth of brand new Dell and HP machines with Blaster tying up your imaging servers.... Not happening. Stupid DISD.

But I am greatful to have a much more secure OS. According to Secunia, its still the most secure OS out there. Now Apple's OS-X is the security riddled OS on the market. Their having the important and critical updates more freqently than Vista.

As for SP1, anyone that remembers any version of Windows knows that usually after SP1, people quit hating the OS and adopt it. With XP it took up to SP2 to make everyone do it. I think it was SP 3 for Windows 2000. Anyways, I'm glad we are finally at this point. Good job Microsoft. Hopefully, you'll apply all the lessions of Vista to Windows Seven... Hopefully.

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