*** VISTA SP1 (now with proper Microsoft.com download links!!!) ***

[this_is_gav]

It does warn you it could take around an hour.

 

[NathanE]

I installed it a few weeks back now and it took about 30 mins. Not that uncommon for a service pack install TBH. Bare in mind this SP includes a new kernel and at least one of the multiple reboots is when the new kernel gets installed...

 

[Rackerz]

Mine took around an hour, was a fresh install though so it had more to do .

 

[Bod]

Mine took around 30 minutes on a fresh install of Vista x64.

 

[manic111]

Sounds like there are a fair few problems with it-is it worth upgrading at the moment or not? Will these issues be ironed out?

 

[HAz]

Now my pc wont go into standby mode ;/ screen goes off but the rest of the system stays running??????????
Also it takes ages to boot up now ;/

prob uninstall this tbh, I had no problems before sp1 now I have 2.

 

[box]

Sounds like there are a fair few problems with it-is it worth upgrading at the moment or not? Will these issues be ironed out?

Bear in mind that for every post you see on here with a problem, there are likely to be another 50 people who have istalled without issue whatsoever.

 

[asim18]

Im confused

HERE It says "Microsoft strongly recommends using Windows Update to download and install Windows Vista SP1 on single PCs"

But when i go to windows update, nothing's there!

Is MS bull****ting me?

 

[hp7909]

But when i go to windows update, nothing's there!

If you don’t see it in windows update then read this http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948343 .

 

[Final8y]

Total time to download & installed & reboot 20mis.
I was expecting it to take longer.
4xRAID-0 & 8GB, AMD6400 @ 3520 may of helped.

 

[asim18]

Cause 7

You used the third-party program vLite to configure the system, and you may have removed required system components that have to be available for Windows Vista SP1 to be installed.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

 

[gareth170]

as anybody got slow bootup after installing sp1? after installing sp1 on a clean windows installation i notice the bootup time takes longer. also when i first turn my system in the morning it doesn't boot fully in to windows, it gets a blue screen then restarts then it goes in to windows.. i never had this problem with sp1 rc2....

yes im doing that now... but my point is when the system been off over night then turned it on in the morning that when it happened... with the sp1 rc2 this didn't happen...

UPDATE:

it as happened again this morning on first bootup.. once it restarts itself it boots in to windows ok but very slow..... i tryed turning the system off including the power and when i turned it back on, it did the same thing..

so i'm thinking redoing vista and leave sp1 off then see if it happens again...

 

[PermaChanged]

Mines now showing in windows update

 

[PermaChanged]

FYI SP1 through windows update is only 69.4mb

 

[nightmare99]

FYI SP1 through windows update is only 69.4mb

I'm pretty sure its dependant on what updates you already have installed, if you have most updates already you are only installing the new functionality and its a smaller download yes.

 

[Moonpie2]

Yeah, mine was 120mb through windows update !!!

 

[starmanwarz]

Im on Vista business 64 and it still hasn't showed up in WU!!

 

[gareth170]

Im on Vista business 64 and it still hasn't showed up in WU!!

click check for updates a few times then it should show up....

 

[insane200]

How do i uninstall all the random language packs i installed for no reason so I can install Sp1?

anyone ? mine wont install because i have more than it will allow

 

[PAULRYAN52]

anyone ? mine wont install because i have more than it will allow

hi i am doin this now all i did was go to control panel (non classic view) click change display language then install/remove languages, thats how im doin it