____/ Robin T Cox on Thursday 20 March 2008 17:11 : \____
> <quote>
> The first Service Pack for Windows Vista appears to be creating more
> problems than it solves for a number of users.
>
> PC Pro reader Douglas Tresias emailed us this morning, claiming the
> Service Pack had rendered his PC inoperable. "Started installing at
> 7.15am this morning on a HP with Vista Home Basic less than six months
> old," he wrote. "SP1 failed to install. Machine started to reset back to
> previous state. Computer still not usable three hours later."
>
> The Official Windows Vista blog also contains several tales of woe among
> the many congratulating Microsoft for a fine job.
>
> "I have installed Vista SP1 today, now I have no sound and my DVD drive
> doesn't work," reports one user.
>
> "I installed Vista SP1 after seeing it on Windows Update last night. In
> retrospect, not my finest decision," writes another unhappy customer.
> "What a disaster! It exiled all of my Nvidia drivers to the Bermuda
> Triangle... they're simply all gone. OK, no big deal, go to the Nvidia
> site, download the latest drivers, install and nada. Zip, zilch, nothing
> changes... the install fails... every time."
>
> Others claim that SP1 - which is meant to improve system performance - is
> actually having the reverse effect. "Isn't a Service Pack suppose to fix
> issues?" another user comments on the Windows blog. "[I] went from using
> 650MB of RAM idle to 1 gig... I'll be be switching back."
> </quote>
> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/179871/vista-sp1-horror-stories-start-to-
> appear.html
> http://tinyurl.com/2wmbsg
>
> In PC Pro's opinion:
>
> <quote>
> There's no significant change in application performance either. On our
> desktop machine, the application benchmark result was in fact slower,
> with a score of 1.39 overall compared to 1.42 before installation. That's
> a slowdown of only around 2% though, which is close to the bounds of
> experimental error.
>
> It's still the case, however, that if you want the fastest application
> performance you should stick to XP - previous tests indicate that Vista
> is 8% slower.
> </quote>
> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/171567/
Wait until they find out about compatibility. SP1 runs even fewer application
than RTM.
Microsoft Says Vista SP1 Blocks Third Party Apps
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| Microsoft has confirmed that some third party applications are either blocked
| or lose functionality on machines that have Vista service pack 1 installed,
| including products from Trend Micro, Zonelabs, BitDefender, and Novell.
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http://www.crn.com/software/206801221
Microsoft publishes list of compatibility problems with Vista Service Pack 1
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| Microsoft has published a list of programs that may "experience a loss of
| functionality", if they run at all, once Service Pack 1 has been installed on
| Windows Vista.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/103815/from/rss09
Vista SP1 won't sacrifice security for compatibility
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| Vista SP1 will include a significant number of "proactive" security changes,
| DeVaan said. These do not represent fixes for specific vulnerabilities,
| instead they represent Microsoft's efforts to head off potential threats.
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http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14224&Itemid=1054
On performance:
Vista SP1 a Performance Dud
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| After extensive testing of both RTM and SP1-patched versions of Windows
| Vista, it seems clear that the hoped-for performance fixes that Microsoft has
| been hinting at never materialized. Vista + SP1 is no faster than Vista from
| the RTM image.
|
| Bottom Line: If you've been disappointed with the performance of Windows
| Vista to date, get used to it. SP1 is simply not the panacea that many
| predicted. In the end, it's Vista's architecture - not a lack of tuning or
| bug fixes - that makes it perform so poorly on systems that
| were "barn-burners" under Windows XP.
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http://exo-blog.blogspot.com/2007/11/vista-sp1-performance-dud.html
Other older reviews:
A Second Shot: Windows Vista SP1
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| As far as the Vista user experience is concerned, users shouldn't expect any
| significant changes with SP1.
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http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=3233
Hands off Vista Service Pack
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| It's annoying that despite the Service Pack, Vista still doesn't correctly
| handle backup archives which were generated with its predecessor Windows XP.
| Neither is there a noticeable improvement to notebook battery life. When
| tested, one notebook only worked half as long as with Windows XP. Eight
| further notebooks didn't run differently either in the c't test. There even
| were some entirely new issues, for example with virus scanners. Norton
| Antivirus produces error messages, and Bitdefender Antivirus can't be
| installed any more at al
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/103646/from/rss09
Vista's Upgrade: Not Worth the Wait
,----[ Quote ]
| Although Microsoft has reported solid sales of Vista, a lot of copies went to
| corporations that tried the program for a few weeks, then downgraded to XP.
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http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_05/b4069000450184.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Beta
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| Windows lives and dies by its service packs. I can't recall the last initial
| release of any Windows product that didn't have at least some problems.
|
| [...]
|
| Still, given that Vista is essentially a rewrite of XP meant to enhance
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| security (and, of course, media features), I'm not surprised to see Microsoft
| take this route for the service pack.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2192546,00.asp
Bear in mind that Microsoft will now start saying that Vista SPx, where
x=current+1 "will fix everything". They try to freeze the market by announcing
that Windows 7 is being worked on as well.
Of interest:
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| From nathanm Mon Oct 01 11:42:05 1990
| To: billg; bradsi;
| Subject: SPARC, MIPS & Compaq
| DateL Tue Oct 02, 22:57:14 1990
|
| [...]
|
| The purpose of announcing early like this is to freeze the market at the
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| OEM and ISV level. In this respect it is JUST like the original Windows
| announcement ..
|
| One might worry that this will help Sun because we will just have
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| vaporware, that people will stop buying 486 machines, that we will have
| ^^^^^^^^^
| endorsed RISC but not delivered .. So, Scott, do you really think you
| can fight that avalanche?
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http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/010807/PLEX_0411_A.pdf
Imaginary Innovations
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| Microsoft, Intel and Motorola were especially vocal in promoting
| alliances with media brands that, a year later, have fizzled or
| haven't come to fruition at all.
|
| Last year, Microsoft pumped up the crowds about its URGE music
| service, which it created in conjunction with Viacom's MTV. But
| while MTV is just now beginning to promote the service, Microsoft
| seems to have moved on in favor of the Zune Marketplace and the
| potential of satellite TV on Media Center PCs and Xbox 360s.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/01/04/vaporware-ces-gadgets-tech-media-cx_rr_0105vaporware.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/y8fdkr
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