Vista service pack 2?

[gazzoid]

has anybody tried SP2,its now in the public domain and i was wondering if it works or full of holes,when i installed sp1 the updates & security updates came thick & fast,in total around 50-60 including 1 for sp2 which i dont have?

[jrk86]

I have not tried it because I now use the Windows 7 RC on my desktop. However I heard that the performance increases are hardly noticable and to not expect anything "Oh my God" wow. It is basically a collection of all the updates since SP1 and also a few other things like driver updates, native Blu-Ray support, and a few other things. Windows 7 RC is awesome! Just saying

[gazzoid]

thanks,with my vista being pre installed,when it came to check for updates,65 downloaded, security,hot fixes and the rest,i'm guessing but it's probably close to sp2 and some of my updates were for sp2?

[jrk86]

The service pack is basically all the updates from the previous service pack or from the release. I think the only noticeable gains in SP2 are the native Blu-Ray support and a couple other things. They have released it to the members of the MSDN and also it has been reviewed by online computer magazines and all are saying to not expect a "Oh my god wow" preformance increase. Vista is pretty much doomed, Microsoft is focusing on getting Windows 7 right, and since I started using it from the public beta and now RC I am liking it very much.

[gazzoid]

i,ve had a look at windows 7 and it looks pretty damn good,i don,t think its released till june 2010?i,ll just have to be patient and let microsoft get rid of the bugs for the the nxt year,hopefully its even more stable than previous windows xp,vista.sp2 only released end of april so i,ll leave it for now,thanks

[jrk86]

The RC just came out less than a month ago and is available for public download and use. Both 32 and 64-bit versions are available. I am using it on my computer and love it! "Reports" say Microsoft may ship as soon as October this year, however you know with reports and Microsoft, do not believe it until it is on computer machines or store shelves.

[nepolean77]

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Originally Posted by gazzoid

has anybody tried SP2,its now in the public domain and i was wondering if it works or full of holes,when i installed sp1 the updates & security updates came thick & fast,in total around 50-60 including 1 for sp2 which i dont have?

I have just moved from XP to Vista and finally have the service pack one updated and working could not bear to go through that again so will stay with SP1 for time been.

[Wallace]

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Originally Posted by nepolean77

I have just moved from XP to Vista and finally have the service pack one updated and working could not bear to go through that again so will stay with SP1 for time been.

Installed SP-2 yesterday. Not had any problems at all. Overall system/boot speed remains unchanged or at least any "improvements" are negligible.

[gazzoid]

i installed it myself and only change i say was for bluetooth

[jrk86]

Installed it on my laptop the day it was released and besides blue-tooth the performance gain is hard to see. However I did at least gain some hard disk space back which was a welcome surprise. But I mainly use my desktop with Windows 7.