Windows to get SP1 or not to get SP1. that is the question

if it better to install sp1 or not to install sp1? i alredy patched the problem with the help and souport thing. i dont see any reasion to install sp1 becuase i have awalys noticed a performance hit after installing it. what has been your experiences with sp1

 

Gaaah, I hate the bloody thing. my computer seems a lot slower upon installing (boot times are the most noticeable)

 

if i remember correctly when you install the updates for 2000/xp it installs some security update which for some reason :-\

 

I seem to remember something like that as well, funnily enough!!
......must resist urge not to reinstall xp
what is this I hear about combining the install cd with sp1? is that a more stable solution?

 

i think that was a prob with 1 update and firewall software

i do believe that it has been patched now and shudnt affect the performance like it used to.

 

i had it on the computer in my sig before last time i formated and i had a huge speed hit. no firewall at all. hmm why do i keep talking about my lack of securitys including a anti-virus the fact that i never ran windows update? anyway i noticed lower framerats and at least 30 more seconds in my boot time. BTW what are your peeps boot times? i havent tested my self in a while but after installing desktopx and many other things i noticed its going longer. anyway belive it or not i was able to get my old P3-600mhz 256 ram computer to boot in 29.88 seconds. last time i checked my computer in my sig booted in 12.21 seconds

 

how can you time how long it takes to boot?


yes, using the integrated sp1 is better than installing the updates on a none sp1 xp IMO

 

after post is complete, mine boots in around 8 seconds!

 

yea im trying to tweak it to get a faster boot time but im only down to 20 seconds. its beena while sence i formated so i got a lot of craplets on my computer. my fastist time was 12 seconds for my 2.8ghz machine. G5 the fastest personal computer my ass.