Vista Service Pack 2

[IanHenry]

Hi everyone,
Vista service pack 2 is out, so lets see if that makes ant differance.

Ian

[Mathias]

Aw ok, who first?:mixedsmi:

[harleyman]

YUP...Been waiting for it to be offered to me too !

So far on this new box I have had NO issues at all..So lets see if SP2 brings some into the mix....LOL

[IanHenry]

I'm insatling it as I as I speak, so fingers crossed.

Ian

[Mathias]

Hmm, windows update doesn't tell me anything about SP2.
It just wants me to install IE 'phone home' 8.

[Dangerous Beans]

As Vista isnt my primary OS I'm game for a laugh.
Off to find and install it now, wish me luck.

[txnetcop]

Got it testing today and tomorrow as I have opportunity
Ted

[6297J]

Taking the plunge ..................................... :cost1:

[RyanJames170]

humm... after i get windows 7 lol kinda funny realy oh well im happy with windows 7. but im sure i will DL it for my other computers in the house though...
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[Mr.Mugel]

Have it, didn´t notice any differences yet, FS might be about 0.2 frames faster under heavy load, but that may have other reasons as well...

[IanHenry]

First impressions are good. FSX seems to be a little smoother with less stuttering, although on one occasion when I did get a stutter the sound seamed to stutter as well.
I haven’t found any derogatory effects so far.
One funny thing is that on my system I was never offered service pack 1 as a windows update, I had to download it and installed it manually but with service pack 2 it came via Windows update, strange that!
Regards,
Ian.
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[dhazelgrove]

Not been offered it yet.....

Dave

[grunau_baby]

Who jumps first?

Had enough trouble with Vista until I got it the way I want, how smooth does it install over SP1, any need to restore all settings???

Alex

[hey_moe]

Seems ok on my system so far...the only thing I saw was after it said to reboot for it to take effect eyes rebooted and when it restarted it caught my pooter on fire...other that it is ok.

[noddy]

Downloading now, so here's hoping!

[IanHenry]

No problems at all.

Ian

[Dangerous Beans]

No problems to report here.

[Kavehpd]

***Hides behind the desk, waiting for his Vista to go kaboom!***

[EMatheson]

Any change in RAM useage? How about CPU load?

[Henry]

Seems ok on my system so far...the only thing I saw was after it said to reboot for it to take effect eyes rebooted and when it restarted it caught my pooter on fire...other that it is ok.

well i got bread we can have toasted sarnies
not on my list for downloads
ill wait an see
H

[JIMJAM]

I just got a new system up and running. After a solid week and 1/2 of reinstalls later, I would rather cut in line at the 20 items or less at Walmart with 2 buggies loaded.
I will sit back and let you daredevils go at this one. Let us know.

[Kavehpd]

Nowhere at all as painful as I was expecting it to be. Took about 10 minutes or so. Everything is fine so far.

[StickMan]

Any change in RAM useage? How about CPU load?

If you tweaked your Vista SP1 then if you install SP2 you will need to redo MSCONFIG and Services.msc. Some of the CPU processes and Services that are un-needed to most that eats RAM or CPU threads come back after SP2 install. I was at 32 Process and after installing SP2 was back to mid 40s. So after install I had to re-labotomized Vista to get back to 32 processes and 850MB RAM v.s 44 Processes and 1.35GB RAM usage at start up.

To everyone being worried about installing SP2, Vista has been stable for awhile now given most daily use so no worries all is good here.

[6297J]

If you tweaked your Vista SP1 then if you install SP2 you will need to redo MSCONFIG and Services.msc. Some of the CPU processes and Services that are un-needed to most that eats RAM or CPU threads come back after SP2 install. I was at 32 Process and after installing SP2 was back to mid 40s. So after install I had to re-labotomized Vista to get back to 32 processes and 850MB RAM v.s 44 Processes and 1.35GB RAM usage at start up.

To everyone being worried about installing SP2, Vista has been stable for awhile now given most daily use so no worries all is good here.

Everything I disabled in MSConfig and Services is exactly as it was before SP2.
I would have disabled them even before SP1, if that makes a difference.

[StickMan]

Everything I disabled in MSConfig and Services is exactly as it was before SP2.
I would have disabled them even before SP1, if that makes a difference.

Well not all services came back, one or two did and some older processes related to sound came back. Also not everyone runs the same Windows OS as in Home, Ultimate etc (witch have different services), application/programs and services based on the LAN network/home media needs. This is why some peoples configuration remain the same while other may need to readjust things maybe. Regardless after updated both these places are worth a look to see what your running. I know I was running a lot more then I was before and needed to re config a few thing to bring back the way I had.