Vista Sucker pack 1?
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I just spoilt a working installation of Vista by installing SP1. Now my CPU and GPU fans spin up and down randomly. And when this happens, all applications run slower than a snail. And task manager does not point to anything. The CPU is running well below the treshhold and I'm not running any graphics intensive applications. One other rant with Vista is that almost every process in windows wants to access the internet. I keep getting too many messages from my firewall. Maybe I should've skipped SP1... :^)
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I just spoilt a working installation of Vista by installing SP1. Now my CPU and GPU fans spin up and down randomly. And when this happens, all applications run slower than a snail. And task manager does not point to anything. The CPU is running well below the treshhold and I'm not running any graphics intensive applications. One other rant with Vista is that almost every process in windows wants to access the internet. I keep getting too many messages from my firewall. Maybe I should've skipped SP1... :^)
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I skipped it, then one day when I woke up, my wife had been on the labtop (vista) and let the OS install updates. I was like oh sh.. The main reason for my fear was the memory of XP SP1's first week when computers became unusable. Ever after, I don't download updates until they are at least a few months old. I like to make sure the ignorant masses have finished testing the product before I take the chance with my machine. Pualee
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I just spoilt a working installation of Vista by installing SP1. Now my CPU and GPU fans spin up and down randomly. And when this happens, all applications run slower than a snail. And task manager does not point to anything. The CPU is running well below the treshhold and I'm not running any graphics intensive applications. One other rant with Vista is that almost every process in windows wants to access the internet. I keep getting too many messages from my firewall. Maybe I should've skipped SP1... :^)
SG Cause is effect concealed. Effect is cause revealed.
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I skipped it, then one day when I woke up, my wife had been on the labtop (vista) and let the OS install updates. I was like oh sh.. The main reason for my fear was the memory of XP SP1's first week when computers became unusable. Ever after, I don't download updates until they are at least a few months old. I like to make sure the ignorant masses have finished testing the product before I take the chance with my machine. Pualee
Pualee wrote:
my fear was the memory of XP SP1's first week when computers became unusable
Happened with me after SP2. Machine was unbootable. Had to rebuild from scratch.:mad:
Pualee wrote:
Ever after, I don't download updates until they are at least a few months old.
I waited several months before installing SP2 but still got burnt. However, my strategy is to wait a while for things like service packs. Also I waited about a year before letting in IE7. But I let regular updates run, although I like to view the updates list before OKing.
Kevin
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I just spoilt a working installation of Vista by installing SP1. Now my CPU and GPU fans spin up and down randomly. And when this happens, all applications run slower than a snail. And task manager does not point to anything. The CPU is running well below the treshhold and I'm not running any graphics intensive applications. One other rant with Vista is that almost every process in windows wants to access the internet. I keep getting too many messages from my firewall. Maybe I should've skipped SP1... :^)
SG Cause is effect concealed. Effect is cause revealed.
SimulationofSai wrote:
One other rant with Vista is that almost every process in windows wants to access the internet. I keep getting too many messages from my firewall.
Red flag. Check that your firewall software is actually compatible with Windows Vista. Also, a very large number of outgoing connection requests from software you're not expecting to connect to the net is a good indicator of viral or spyware activity. I'm very very careful what I install on my systems now. Any piece of software you add to your system is a potential security vulnerability vector, and few companies or open-source groups are taking security really, really seriously. Flash, QuickTime, RealPlayer, Java and Adobe Reader are installed on most people's systems and people don't keep them updated properly, so they're becoming big vectors for mainstream attacks. Windows Update only updates Windows. Microsoft Update only updates Microsoft products. Everything else you have to check yourself or enable a massive number of different update services.
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Nope, it was through Windows Update. I made sure that all my drivers are compatible. Yeah, installation was smooth for me too, although I dont find any noticeable difference in system performance. I face a problem only with my heatsink fans and when coming out of standby. But, today so far, no prolems.
SG Cause is effect concealed. Effect is cause revealed.
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SimulationofSai wrote:
One other rant with Vista is that almost every process in windows wants to access the internet. I keep getting too many messages from my firewall.
Red flag. Check that your firewall software is actually compatible with Windows Vista. Also, a very large number of outgoing connection requests from software you're not expecting to connect to the net is a good indicator of viral or spyware activity. I'm very very careful what I install on my systems now. Any piece of software you add to your system is a potential security vulnerability vector, and few companies or open-source groups are taking security really, really seriously. Flash, QuickTime, RealPlayer, Java and Adobe Reader are installed on most people's systems and people don't keep them updated properly, so they're becoming big vectors for mainstream attacks. Windows Update only updates Windows. Microsoft Update only updates Microsoft products. Everything else you have to check yourself or enable a massive number of different update services.
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Yup, I downloaded the latest release of my firewall after installing Vista. I'm pretty sure that my system is not infected. It's the odd things like the Windows Search Indexer, Windows Media Player, svchost and core system processes that keep looking out for the internet. I'm anyway scanning the system with the AV just to be sure...:~
SG Cause is effect concealed. Effect is cause revealed.
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Yup, I downloaded the latest release of my firewall after installing Vista. I'm pretty sure that my system is not infected. It's the odd things like the Windows Search Indexer, Windows Media Player, svchost and core system processes that keep looking out for the internet. I'm anyway scanning the system with the AV just to be sure...:~
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Disable the indexing service and you will notice a HUGE performance increase. Also, one of the blogs I read about SP1 said it will slow down your machine initially while it ?re-organizes? things to be more effecient. It is supposed to run faster in the long run. Disable indexing and you will notice an improvement for sure.