Vista SP1 RC - Available.

rabbitinlights

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9DE6260E-4275-482D-9524-DE850C4DD91C&displaylang=en

Just updating mine now.

sebastianlieken

bout time! any good?

kaimera

sebastianlieken wrote: »

bout time! any good?

8 mins for a SP download and install?

Wishful thinking no?

kaizersoze

kaimera wrote: »

8 mins for a SP download and install?

Wishful thinking no?

Stage 1 is 209.8MB so 8 minutes would be a tad optomistic alright.:)

BanzaiBk

Oh nice, hope it irons a good few things out.

mike65

Microsoft does not recommend installing this software on primary or mission critical systems

Whatever that means. I'll wait to see what havok it causes.

Mike.

kaimera

mike65 wrote: »

Whatever that means. I'll wait to see what havok it causes.

Mike.

because it's only RC1...

ethernet

Lots of info here. The guy reckons it took an hour to install.

rabbitinlights

I think you mean this: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_sp1_rc1.asp

S.

kaizersoze

At least and hour. Probably more depending on your internet connection and computer speed.
Stage 1 - 209.8MB - Reboot
Stage 2 - 4MB - Reboot
Stage 3 - Can't remember size - Reboot
Stage 4 - 500+MB - (Actual service pack) Multiple reboots

I hope when it's officially released that it's available as an iso download or be able to order the DVD (like XPSP2). I'd hate to have to go through the above on multiple machines.

ethernet

rabbitinlights wrote: »

I think you mean this: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_sp1_rc1.asp

S.

You're right -- I had linked that page in another thread I replied to.

Grim.

have it running here no probs so far vista seems alot more responsive to me

Dingatron

Is it build Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001] v.668 and out of interest does it stick a Evaluation copy. Build 6001 on the bottom right of your desktop?

kaizersoze

Dingatron wrote: »

Is it build Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001] v.668 and out of interest does it stick a Evaluation copy. Build 6001 on the bottom right of your desktop?

Yes it is. No evaluation tag on the desktop.

Grim.

Dingatron wrote: »

Build 6001 on the bottom right of your desktop?

yeah does for me anyway

Dingatron

Grand picked it up a few days back just checking it was the latest release I have. Think the desktop evaluation tag goes away if you change your locale to US. It did on previous versions of the beta. No issues here so far anyway. I can't say I notice any major performance increase as yet although there doen't seem to be as much disk thrashing going on now.

rabbitinlights

Use this to remove the writing down the bottom right corner:

http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/10/remove-evaluation-copy-from-vista-sp1/

Ive noticed a much faster resume from sleep, and from a cold boot once I log in everything becomes resposive much faster. Also transfer speeds to my external F/W hard drive have jumped from 20mbps to 28mbps on average.

S.

kaizersoze

The standalone download is available aswell.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/bb969139.aspx

The evaluation tag doesn't show with a dreamscene desktop, thats why I didn't see it, but it shows with a normal background.

rabbitinlights

The tag didnt turn up till I done my second reboot, kinda wierd.

S.

dubmick

anyone got the user32.dll.mui for the Irish version of Vista?

rabbitinlights

The US one will work aslong as your using any English version.

dubmick

right you are, cheers.

Black Swan

Only a few megs, but it took forever to download and install for some reason.