February 7th, 2008
Vista SP1 - Day 1
On Monday the 4th of February Microsoft announced that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 had been released to manufacturing. Although the code has been finalized, Windows Vista users won’t start to get their hands for a few weeks. I’ve been fortunate to be sent the SP1 installer files, along with a complete copy of Vista with SP1 integrated into it. It’s time to fire up a test system and see what happens.
Check out the complete SP1 installation gallery here.
Given the fact that my ZDNet blogging colleague George Ou had some pretty negative experiences with installing SP1 (one machine seems to have eaten a dirt sandwich, which another is ill after having taken a few bites) I demonstrated great restraint in not throwing caution to the wind and installing the update straight onto my main work system. Instead I chose a test system that’s reserved for these kinds of things.
For those interested in such things, here’s the spec of the system:
- Pentium 950D processor (3.4GHz)
- 4GB of RAM
- 250GB Maxtor hard drive
- 32-bit Windows Vista Ultimate
This system scores a 4.5 on the Windows Experience Index (the top end of the scale is 5.9). The Windows Vista installation on this system is relatively fresh and the system is very reliable when in use at present. The system in up-to-date on all patches.
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