PAH, the disk usage thing makes perfect sense, cheers! Was getting worried my SP1 was infected with something horrid as I got it on DVD from a mate at work (can't be sure of it's origin).
The standby thing bugs me, but I can live with it.
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Originally posted by Gary_Jones View PostVista has worked fine since, but I am worried by a massive increase in disk access since it upgraded
I read that's common due to the update resetting the optimisation and indexing, so it has to do it all again.
Originally posted by Gary_Jones View PostAlso, if I remove or add USB devices while the computer is on "Windows standby" it powers on.
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I installed it on my Vista 64 machine (which had absolutely no problems before update).
Took 3 reboots and about an hour.
Vista has worked fine since, but I am worried by a massive increase in disk access since it upgraded (my hdd light is almost always on and Task manager shows about 4mb/s constant disk access, with VMWare off). Also, if I remove or add USB devices while the computer is on "Windows standby" it powers on.
Edit: rather than being negative, I should mention the gains :
My computer (x6800 Dual Core, 4gb memory, running 8 virtual machines) now hibernates in seconds and resumes in less than 45 seconds.
Copying many small files from one partition to another is now fixed and doesn't take 2 weeksLast edited by Gary_Jones; 10 April 2008, 13:02.
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It appears that the Vista SP1 has been withdrawn, since no longer listed as a potential update. What a bunch of ejits.
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Originally posted by Ardesco View PostOff the top of my head:
Control Panel
Regional Settings
I think it's the third tab where you get an option to install/uninstall language packs.
The Problem Reports and Solutions flags two ProblemEventNames of WindowsWcpAIFailure3 and CbsPackageServicingFailure. The detail of each one is complete unintelligible.
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Off the top of my head:
Control Panel
Regional Settings
I think it's the third tab where you get an option to install/uninstall language packs.
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Cannot see anything in "Programs and Features"
How do I determine if the language pack is installed?
If it is how doo I remove it?
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Worked fine for me once I had removed the language packs
It won't offer it up as an install if it believes you have unsupported drivers/components installed.
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All I get is
Service Pack did not install. Reverting changes.
I'm back to clean install with a modem driver removed (cause Vista complained about it) and it still will not install. What a complete pile of tulipe! Do the donkeys at MicroKnobHeads ever test anything?
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Installed on a Dell Dimension 9200.
Needed to uninstall the SigmaTel sound card drivers and use default vista drivers before the Windows Update site gave SP1 as a download option.
It's a known "feature"!
After that SP1 installed fine - haven't noticed any changes mind you
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Done both of my lappies (1 x 32 and 1 x 64).
Nothing broken anyway if thats what you mean.
Battery life has improved a little on both.
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Installed on my laptop (32bit) and on my desktop (64bit).. Took about an hour on each machine, after the download with 1 restart on each machine..
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