Vista SP1 vs. SP2

**fatbastard** · Posted: Sun, 31 May 2009 20:32:55 Post Subject:

Well to be honest I wanted to do an image but since I made an image of the machine before the reinstall of windows I didn't have enough storage space for another image.....keeping fingers crossed for that NAS BB is giving away.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Sun, 31 May 2009 21:27:01 Post Subject:

YEa, I got SP2 on 2 different systems right now and it's running great. One was the new laptop that's really a fresh build. The other is my 6 - 9 month old desktop.

No problems on anything yet.

zachig · Rated XXX Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 313

Digerati · Rated NC-17 Joined: 07 Apr 2008 Posts: 111

I installed SP2 yesterday, and I noticed a slight preformance increase - though it's probably because of the format. I did face some issues with the Vista update: it installed the updates, then could not finish the installation during bootup and restarted for 4-5 times, before giving up (i.e. it didn't install the updates). I then tried update by update and it worked for some reason. Hope they fix this.

**fatbastard** · Posted: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:03:17 Post Subject:

Damn it....I just got a series of pops then a windows pop up saying a host service had to be closed. I was hhoping I wouldn't have to blow this thing out but I don't know if I will ever fell good about unless I do a fresh install. This time I will get images on the way up...might just have to use some network space at work Smile

zachig · Rated XXX Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 313

Bojamijams · Rated PG Joined: 19 May 2009 Posts: 21

I'll give a bit of advice in re: service packs

NEVER EVER EVER EVER SWITCH TO THEM UNTIL AT LEAST TWO MONTHS HAVE PASSED.

Let others be the guinea pigs. There will always be huge issues that will need hot fixes and will cause your hair to fall out while you deal with new s#!7 that others haven't encountered yet and thus don't have any usefull tips for you yet.

Especially in the case of SP2, there is nothing there that 99% of users should need. Keep up with hotfixes through windows update, and thats all you need.

**fatbastard** · Posted: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:42:31 Post Subject:

Well an update for everyone...if you care. I reinstalled the OS and did all the updates up to SP2. Everything was running great. Then I installed SolidWorks SP2.1 and again things seemed great and stable. So last night I installed SW SP3 and now it has gone to crap. Sometimes I can open an assembly sometimes not, sometimes I can click on the open folder icon others not. It is definitley something in SW that is causing the windows pop up message retention but I am not hearing the popping/crackling as much as before. It is present more than in SW SP2.1 though. It is really strange since SW just becomes unresponsive but isn't tasking the CPU...often I am running 5% on the CPU at the lowest multiplier and when it is unresponsive I can still use every other program normally. Ugh...hoping our vendor can help me out on this.

zachig · Rated XXX Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 313