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Vista SP2 - Service Pack 2 - 32bit & 64bit

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    #32
    [Deleted User]
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    Sherifu wrote: »
    Noticed that too. Seems to be more black screen time before login now?

    Not a big complaint. Just something I noticed. Thought it might be my imagination.

    Could either be that the prefetching has to be retrained (which happens automatically over time) or disk fragmentation, which has been a regular issue with service pack installs. Almost any time I installed SP2 was via a DVD with the SP integrated so haven't really noticed anything unusual.


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    #33
    Sherifu
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    Karsini wrote: »
    Could either be that the prefetching has to be retrained (which happens automatically over time) or disk fragmentation, which has been a regular issue with service pack installs. Almost any time I installed SP2 was via a DVD with the SP integrated so haven't really noticed anything unusual.
    I suspected it might need some more settling in time alright. Cheers.


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    #34
    EKRIUQ
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    Can this be installed even if SP1 isn't installed? my desktop just won't accept SP1 after countless tries


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    #35
    Sherifu
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    EKRIUQ wrote: »
    Can this be installed even if SP1 isn't installed? my desktop just won't accept SP1 after countless tries
    Needs SP1.


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    #36
    thebaz
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    I installed SP 2 onto my Vista Home Basic , it seams to slow machine up a lot after installation - all programs are running slower than before - I have Norton AV running as well -

    anyone else notice overall performance issues ?


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    #37
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    thebaz wrote: »
    I installed SP 2 onto my Vista Home Basic , it seams to slow machine up a lot after installation - all programs are running slower than before - I have Norton AV running as well -

    anyone else notice overall performance issues ?

    As I said above, after a service pack is installed on Vista the prefetching data is reset (because new files are installed). This takes a few days but once this is done then things should mostly be back to normal. Norton is known to be a pretty heavy AV, I've heard conflicting views about 2009 but certainly the older versions are a serious resource hog.


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    #38
    thebaz
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    Karsini wrote: »
    As I said above, after a service pack is installed on Vista the prefetching data is reset (because new files are installed). This takes a few days but once this is done then things should mostly be back to normal. Norton is known to be a pretty heavy AV, I've heard conflicting views about 2009 but certainly the older versions are a serious resource hog.

    Thanks for that , I'll leave it a few days, and hopefully speed improves , i also use photoshop , which is slow, but slower than normal today after SP install


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    #39
    Sherifu
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    Windows Vista SP2: Readers Report Big Increases in Free Disk Space
    Windows Vista Service Pack 2 went final earlier this week, with numerous fixes and tweaks to improve performance, bolster security, and squash bugs. But some PC World readers are seeing another welcome change to SP2: a lot more free disk space.

    In comments posted in our forums, several readers reported large increases in free hard disk space after installing Vista SP2. Mind you, I'm not talking about a gigabyte here or there; one reader claimed that installing Vista SP2 freed up a massive 40 GB chunk of disk space. Another reader said, "Wow! I didn't notice that til now. I went from about 88GB free to 122GB free. That's a significant change 'under the hood,' isn't it?" And yet another reader gained back 130 GB of hard disk space. Wow.

    At least a couple users told me that their free space grew significantly after installing SP2, without them doing anything else. Vista SP2 includes a command-line cleanup tool (compcln.exe) you can run to remove older system files and restore points, thus freeing up hard disk space.

    My assumption is that the Vista SP2 installer automatically runs compcln.exe, but we have yet to receive an official explanation from Microsoft. Once we do, though, I'll pass it along. Obviously your milage may vary depending on your system, but I think it's safe to say that most everyone will welcome more free disk space.

    If you're running Vista SP2, we'd love to hear from you. Tell us your SP2 experiences—good and bad—by posting a comment below, or if you're on Twitter, follow us @pcworld and shoot us a tweet.


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    #40
    mick.fr
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    Sherifu wrote: »
    Windows Vista SP2: Readers Report Big Increases in Free Disk Space

    I gained 2 GB :D

    Problably because I have had indexing turned off for a while now.


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    #41
    BigEejit
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    I'm not going to install for a few weeks, just in case :pac:


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