Vista SP1 / XP SP3 RC Service Packs Available

StrangleHold said:
Have you installed SP3 yet to check it out, I noticed its 110mbs bigger than SP2.
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I don't have XP so I can't try it out, although I'm going to slipstream it into my XP SP 2 install CD and see if that works, because I don't have XP drivers for the RAID array.

110MB seems right, since SP3 includes all the fixes included in SP2, plus all the ones that came out since then.

One question. Isn't RC a beta getting ready for a release?
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Yes, it's a release candidate. It's not the final version, although it most likely will be.


EDIT: What I'm not sure about though, is that Vista SP1 for the 32-Bit OS is only 436MB, but the 64 bit version is 733MB...
 
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Yeap including the updates and fixes since SP2 at a 110mbs doesnt leave much. I heard to start with SP3 was suppost to have the side bar better firewall and some other stuff that got pulled. I think it funny that microsoft got itself in a situation where there competing with itself XP vs. Vista
 
StrangleHold said:
Yeap including the updates and fixes since SP2 at a 110mbs doesnt leave much. I heard to start with SP3 was suppost to have the side bar better firewall and some other stuff that got pulled. I think it funny that microsoft got itself in a situation where there competing with itself XP vs. Vista
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it is pretty funny. Now I'm installing Vista SP1 x64 now, so I'll post back if theres any game increase or performance increase.
 
Well, here are a few benchmarks. The first one is before, and the second one is after.

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I'm not sure about anyone else who has tried this, but I've had a few issues after installing the SP. The only one i've noticed so far is that a lot of processes are failing and causing errors, which also causes issues with networking.
 
[-0MEGA-];847281 said:
I'm not sure about anyone else who has tried this, but I've had a few issues after installing the SP. The only one i've noticed so far is that a lot of processes are failing and causing errors, which also causes issues with networking.
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That scares me. I'm going to wait until the final release comes out, I really don't want issues. I really do like how performance has increased though, it makes me feel better about Vista being worth getting.
 
MatrixEVO said:
That scares me. I'm going to wait until the final release comes out, I really don't want issues. I really do like how performance has increased though, it makes me feel better about Vista being worth getting.
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Ya, although I'm not getting those error reports now and everything is working, so who knows. I would wait for the full release, although you can uninstall this if you want.
 
I installed the RC and it's working fine. I haven't gotten any errors yet. One thing I've noticed is that Vista is using my four cores more consistently than before. I haven't tried any other performance comparisons yet.
 
ukulele_ninja said:
Is this for Vista Ultimate 32-bit as well?
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Yes, the 32 bit version are for all 32 bit versions of Vista, and the same goes for the 64 bit version.

ckfordy69 said:
Is that Windows XP SP3 RC the final version of the service pack or is there going to be a final one next year.
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This isn't the final release, since it's just a release candidate. However you should expect the final service pack to be pretty much the same.
 
Since I've read all your comments now, I am thinking wheather to install SP3 or not...
Please, just give me an advice.
Yes, or no, pro-s and con-s.
 
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