Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC1

**Jun aka Pekto** · December 31st, 2007 03:01 PM

It just showed up on my Windows Update. Unfortunately, I'm rendering my Starship Trooper DVD to an xVid file.

Anyone tried it yet?

**GlennSter** · December 31st, 2007 03:21 PM

i havent been alerted with it yet...weird. ill check it out from their website.

**Jun aka Pekto** · December 31st, 2007 08:48 PM

Mmm. Great. The "pause" when doing a copy is gone. Also, I seemed to have gained back 20gb* hard drive space. Last I looked, I was down to 70gb in my lappy. Now it's back to 90gb. I'll take it........

Those are 2 of the more obvious changes so far......

*My page file is permanent. Both Max and Min are set to 2048mb.

**Jun aka Pekto** · December 31st, 2007 09:10 PM

Disk Defrag now allows selection of which volumes to defrag. The interface is still crappy, though.

Also, I have no idea how the install proceeded or the length of time. I was asleep.

Shutdown is also quicker. No big deal to me.

**Jun aka Pekto** · December 31st, 2007 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by GlennSter

i havent been alerted with it yet...weird. ill check it out from their website.

Actually, the update icon has been sitting in the tray for several days now. I've been ignoring it because I thought it was another one of those pesky MS bug fixes. I finally decided to check what it is and lo and behold, it's the SP1 I've been expecting. It's still RC1. But it's welcome, anyway.

A word to the wise.......
The stand-alone version of SP1 will weigh in at 1gb. He He.. Ouch!

That pretty much ensures MS will be the butt of many jokes for years to come. 1gb? Yikes!

**GlennSter** · January 1st, 2008 12:47 AM

i researched about it and there are some issues regarding lost hdd....some lost files.

err ill wait for the sp1!

also, there are no icons in my tray..i even checked my updates in the control panel. probably because my vista is new and havent been registered yet? i still have 20 days to register... (original vista home premium)

**Jun aka Pekto** · January 1st, 2008 01:13 AM

Originally Posted by GlennSter

i researched about it and there are some issues regarding lost hdd....some lost files.

err ill wait for the sp1!

also, there are no icons in my tray..i even checked my updates in the control panel. probably because my vista is new and havent been registered yet? i still have 20 days to register... (original vista home premium)

I think the lost hdd/files issues were with the betas. Those versions weren't pushed out (via Windows Update) by MS the way this latest version, RC1, is. This one falls under Important Update.

In any case, this lappy is non-critical....strictly for entertainment. The general desktop seems snappier although it wasn't a problem to me before.

Add: I'm also using the 32bit Vista Home Premium on this lappy. I'll check to see if the SP1 RC1 update shows up on the Vista Basic of my wife's pc--->Nope. Not yet.

Comparing file/folder sizes with hdd used/available, there's still 10gb unaccounted for. It used to be +30gb. So, regaining 20gb back is a welcome relief.

**mikmik316** · January 2nd, 2008 02:33 AM

nope wala sa windows update ko pero sa mga matatapang eto para sa inyo...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

**Jun aka Pekto** · January 2nd, 2008 09:41 AM

Well..... It's almost the end of Day 2 with SP1 RC1. So far, I can't find anything to fault except not having it in Vista from the time it went retail. From what I can gather, I'll have to uninstall SP1 RC1 first before installing the finalized SP1. No sweat.