Vista Service Pack 1 Is Out

superglaze writes "What's to say? After much prevaricating and slipping out then pulling back, the first service pack for Windows Vista has actually been released. It's available for download now via Microsoft's sites, with an auto-update rollout scheduled for next month, and it should hit Amazon's virtual shelves on Wednesday."

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So how long do I wait?

[More_Cowbell]

Seriously, I have it downloaded already but I don't want to install until a prudent amount of time has passed. I am one of those that would prefer to let the brave early adopters report any serious flaws. Given that this is one of the more anticipated updates, will the time I need to wait be reduced as many rush to install?

A day? A week? Two?

Keeping in mind my only reason to install is annoyance with current Vista performance; I have no critical reason to update.

Re:So how long do I wait?

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, just like with that prerequisite patch for Vista SP1, which - hold on, I need to reboot, Vista just installed an update.

OK, like that prerequisite patch for Vista SP1 that - hold on, Vista found a new update and is installing it.

Anyway, like that prerequisite patch for Vista SP1 that - wait, it needs to reboot again.

Right, like that prerequisite patch for Vista SP1 that - hold on, Vista found a new update and is installing it.

As I was saying, like that prerequisite patch for Vista SP1 that - wait, it needs to reboot yet again.

So anyways, like that prerequisite patch for Vista SP1 that - hold on, Vista found a new update and is installing it. Wait, I think that's the same patch as last time.

Where was I? Oh, right, like that - dammit, it's forcing a reboot again. Hold on.

So remember that prerequisite patch for Vista SP1 that caused - DAMMIT, NO, I DON'T WANT TO TRY TO INSTALL IT AGAIN!! ...

Right, that Vista SP1 prerequisite patch that caused endless rebooting for the lucky ones and killed Vista for the unlucky ones?

Re:So how long do I wait?

[yourfnmom]

Wait... makes my computer crash? Now that's where I draw the line.

adoption rate

[AdamReyher]

I'm more interested to see how this affects the adoption rate ... or doesn't. It's been said businesses have been waiting for SP1 to make the move. The question is: was that all just talk or is it going to actually happen?

Re:Poor Vista.

[The Angry Mick]

sounds like an awful lover.

Awful or no, somebody will most certainly be getting screwed.

Bugs by Category

[headkase]

Vista Service Pack 1 rolls up 551 bug fixes which are broken down by category in that link. Many of these fixes were not available before even through more advanced sites such as MSDN or TechNet. So, now that SP1 is out the trend to watch for is if it actually spures adoption or just passes by unnoticed. I for one welcome..., err, did buy Vista because SP1 was imminent for it as my primary purchasing reason. SP1 incrementally improves Vista and through the simple realities of OEM distribution like it or not within a few years Vista will probably be at least 40%+ market share.

Re:I have successfully installed Service Pack 1.

[ashridah]

I personally like the disinformation about SP1 being pulled or delayed that was blatantly incorrect (it was stated that it would be mid-march when it was announced at the start of Feb, and shock, it's now mid-march, and it's been released)

But still, not like the facts matter to The Register or Slashdot anymore... if they ever did.

Re:Auto upbreak.

[Weaselmancer]

Things seem 'faster', copying files,

To hell with 'seem' - post benchmarks.

Re:I've been using it for a few weeks

[ddrichardson]

requiring 2GB+ to run well

No matter how many times I see this it blows me away. This isn't an anti Microsoft bash - this is a serious efficiency issue - we have gone from a suggested 8Mb for WFWG 3.11 (1992/93 UK) to 2Gb in a generation. That's a massive jump considering that most users are still muddling about with a web browser and a word processor. I know that processor speeds etc have also increased exponentially but I can't help this nagging feeling that it's down to lazy coding.

We want XP-Service Pack 3

[John Jamieson]

Most people would care a lot more about XP-SP3.
Lets hope that with this Vista SP out, MS will release XP-SP3.

Re:Auto upbreak.

[MobileTatsu-NJG]

Things seem 'faster', copying files, something that use to take weeks now takes as long as it should. ...
Re:Auto upbreak. (Score:-1, Informative) .. Somebody with first hand experience posts something that goes against public (but not first-hand) opinion gets modded down. Let's motivate those with personal experience to get passionate with their comments!

Nice use of mod points, gentlemen, that's how Microsoft 'shills' are born.

Re:Another coat of shellac

[Shados]

Mostly because more and more, computers are being treated like appliances... So anything basic that it cannot do straight out of the box, or by installing only ONE package, is something "missing" from a user's point of view.

Re:Auto upbreak.

[JebusIsLord]

I had the exact same experience. Posting under my own account, because frankly I don't give a flying fuck what the dogmatically Anti-MS moderators (priests) think.

Re:is vista that bad?

[ChaoticCoyote]

No, it is not "that bad."

Could it be better? Yes.

Should it have been tested longer before release? Yes.

Is it as bad as people say on boards like this one? No.

I just bought a brand-new HP dv6768se laptop from Best Buy, upgraded the Vista Home to Vista Ultimate, and am sincerely happy with the system. My HP 8020n has been running flawlessly for many months. Both systems were built for Vista, came with Vista, and have run nothing else.

Oh, Vista has its problems -- the annoying slowness of file copies and deletes being chief among them. But I can sit down and make a bitch-list for my Gentoo and Ubuntu systems as well; my friends with Macs have their own pet peeves with OS X. I love my Linux systems; I love my Vista machines. As with everything in life, nothing is perfect, and whether or not you like something or someone is largely based on your desire to be annoyed.

Re:Auto upbreak.

[vux984]

Man, you make Vista sound really great. I'm gonna run out and buy a copy!

He probably just has a lousy printer driver. I've never had spoolsv crash. (Oh and spoolsv crashing probably doesn't affect his system, it probably just restarts itself but posts a message saying it happened.) (I have seen a couple other services fail and restart themselves.)

Meanwhile, just the other day I saw this post:

Ubuntu 7.10 won't start up 'kernel panic' ...been running Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" for about a week. I got this message on startup yesterday.

[ 17.894410] RAM DISK: ran out of compressed data
[ 17.894466] invalid compressed format (err=1)
[ 17.895094] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown block(0,0) ...I can't load my computer, I'm currently running off a LiveCD...

I guess I should quip: "Man Linux sounds really great. I'm gonna run out and install it."

Vista doesn't deserve the abuse people heap on it. Or, if it does, an equal helping should be heaped onto Linux's and OSX because in my experience, all 3 oses are pretty good, but none are very close to perfect.

Don't get me wrong....

[pandrijeczko]

...if Vista SP1 brings it closer to the expectations of its users then I'm very happy for them.

But why do I still get the feeling that very few people ***CHOSE*** to upgrade to it but just accepted it because it came on their new PC and they couldn't do anything about it because XP had been artificially phased out by Microsoft?

In my view, those are not good indications that Vista is, in any way, a successful product.