Vista SP1 vs. SP2

**fatbastard** · Posted: Sun, 31 May 2009 06:42:36 Post Subject:

No the wife was getting cranky I was spending time trying to get the printer working again and reinstalling SolidWorks so I gave up for now. Looks like SW is still an issue even with a fresh install and upgrade to SP3.0. It even seems like I am booting slower now after the latest SW, not sure why since it isn't running on boot and RAM usage really didn't change but who knows.

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I installed SP2 and ran it for a few days then went back to SP1, had notice a lot of issues with boot up and hangs. Will wait for a while before updating again.

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**fatbastard** · Posted: Sun, 31 May 2009 11:30:42 Post Subject:

Went for a ride this morning and was talking to my buddy that works for a software company....his buddy at another sw company recently updated and has had tons of issues and he is a developer so he knows how to get around stuff. I think I am just going to roll back to SP1 and wait a while to see if they have some fixes for this stuff. I just hope when I go back nothing else gets screwy.

As for the SW on Vista....I was running it for a while before I reinstalled the OS with minimal issues, the only problem I had was with a large assembly and that could have been the limits of the machine.

**fatbastard** · Posted: Sun, 31 May 2009 11:59:25 Post Subject:

Please help! Does anyone know where you can find a longer list of system restore points? Since I screwed around so much after installing SP2 the furthest back restore point windows shows is for SP2

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Sun, 31 May 2009 13:15:02 Post Subject:

OOof. If it isn't listed, you probably don't have it!

**fatbastard** · Posted: Sun, 31 May 2009 13:49:47 Post Subject:

that is what I am afraid of...it shows all the install points for the Lexmark software and stuff and SP2 but that is as far back as it goes. I know it made a restore point before installing but I guess it only keeps the last ten or so.

**fatbastard** · Posted: Sun, 31 May 2009 15:42:26 Post Subject:

Well I found a way to remove SP2: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948537

The speaker crackle and pop is greatly reduced but not gone. SW still seems to be an issue but I will talk to the support people tomorrow. But one new thing happened since I removed SP2....one of the gadgets I had installed in the sidebar no longer loads...if I add it two appear. Very strange. Part of me is thinking about reinstalling the OS and starting all over again because these little quirks will drive me nuts.