Vista SP2 Beta leaked in the wild

[Fred Derf Veteran]

Not working for me, Pleace the CODE into a bat file and ran it!.

Nor should it. The actual instructions posted in this thread are more complicated than that.

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

To remove the watermark copy the downloaded file to C:\Windows\System32\en-US

If you are not in the US then use the appropriate language.

http://rapidshare.com/files/15671094...2.dll.mui.html

This does work.

[Hidr0]

downloading...

running Vista ultimate

the bat file trick worked just fine!... thx

@gary: Whats that file is used for?

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

downloading...

runnig Vista ultimate

the bat file trick worked just fine!... thx

@gary: Whats that file used for?

It will remove the watermark from your desktop that will appear the next time you restart your PC. It says Vista Build 6002 for evaluation only. That file will remove that. Yes and this will work for everyone if the instructions .

[morgs]

Haha, I knew someone would bring that up. some months I install it, some months I dont... I couldnt tell you why. I decided not to this month and found that hiding the update worked for installing SP2.

I have mixed first impressions though.

Boot up seems to be a bit faster as well as starting applications. however I have a full gigabit LAN with a NAS and have seen the transfer speeds from the NAS drop down to about 2.5MB/sec way down from what i was getting before.

...I'm an idiot. I have a dual band router and was connected to my G stream as opposed to my N when testing. I actually notice about 500kb/sec - 1mb/sec speed increase in network transfer.

[coresx]

Any chance SP2 fixes the annoying workstation service hang on start up people including myself have experienced with Vista ?

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

Any chance SP2 fixes the annoying workstation service hang on start up people including myself have experienced with Vista ?

I have had that service turned off for two years.

[excalpius]

The SP2 update has worked well on Vista 32, added a DUN for bluetooth support to my Blackberry Curve and has definitely improved RAM/HD management.

But on Vista 64 ultimate the update is reaching stage 3/3 and 100% (after CRAWLING for hours from 79% to 100%) before announcing the service pack update has failed and is now reverting. Has anyone else seen this?

The only thing unusual about this system (besides 64 bit) is that I have two display adapters, an 8800GT and an 8600GT, running the 180.43 beta drivers from nvidia. Otherwise, I can't see what would be giving the SP a headache. :)

Oh the motherboard is a 680i LT SLI.

[Ci7]

The SP2 update has worked well on Vista 32, added a DUN for bluetooth support to my Blackberry Curve and has definitely improved RAM/HD management.

But on Vista 64 ultimate the update is reaching stage 3/3 and 100% (after CRAWLING for hours from 79% to 100%) before announcing the service pack update has failed and is now reverting. Has anyone else seen this?

The only thing unusual about this system (besides 64 bit) is that I have two display adapters, an 8800GT and an 8600GT, running the 180.43 beta drivers from nvidia. Otherwise, I can't see what would be giving the SP a headache. :)

Oh the motherboard is a 680i LT SLI.

a driver issue probely

i sugest for you to wait till the beta 1 ,if you cant wait to try ;)

[coresx]

I have had that service turned off for two years.

I see. When looking for a solution it seemed to be a service people didn't want to turn off so I didn't think about disabling it. Just looked on Black Viper and it seems I would have no need for it. Currently no issues after disabling and the delay has gone.

Thanks for the post that put me over the edge.

[excalpius]

a driver issue probely

Yeah, I think that's what Stage 3 of 3 addresses. I'm pretty sure it is video related at that stage but without a listing of what updates in what order, it's hard to guess. :)

[PatrynXX]

Only thing annoying I've had with SP2 (following that so called code hack posted in October) is the Reliability graph shut off as of that date. So it's frozen round the middle of October. Did that before when I got an early release of SP 1 last year.

[TDQuiksilver]

I have had that service turned off for two years.

Any specifics on what this service is for... in detail? Black Viper doesn't tell us too much. Would like to turn this off if it'll help.

[gor]

I have a question regarding the SP2, and SPs in general. If (most) SPs are nothing more than previously released updates and a few bonus perks (like native bluetooth support on Vista SP2), than a Vista user that has been installing all updates post SP1 should not see much of a difference, right? Since he already has installed most of what the SP is about. Right? And shouldn't there be a problem with a SP trying to install already installed updates on a system? I know these questions are of general nature, but they always bugged me...

[alpha_omega]

If (most) SPs are nothing more than previously released updates and a few bonus perks (like native bluetooth support on Vista SP2), than a Vista user that has been installing all updates post SP1 should not see much of a difference, right? Since he already has installed most of what the SP is about. Right?

Nope, there's a sh*tload of hotfixes that hasn't been released on WU. They all - well, most of 'em - get into the SP. Only a small subset of fixes (security and compatibility-concerned ones) lands on WU.

[Ci7]

I have a question regarding the SP2, and SPs in general. If (most) SPs are nothing more than previously released updates and a few bonus perks (like native bluetooth support on Vista SP2), than a Vista user that has been installing all updates post SP1 should not see much of a difference, right? Since he already has installed most of what the SP is about. Right? And shouldn't there be a problem with a SP trying to install already installed updates on a system? I know these questions are of general nature, but they always bugged me...

few thing came to my mind

first the hotfixes (released and non released ofc ) in SP are throughly tested with each other >>>>>> more stable and less stuffs broken by updates

secondly it is much easier to install one update package rather then 100+ different update >>>> better management

lastly a service pack could deliver requested change for windows (like the changes done to desktop search on SP1 for vista / or imporved security in SP2/SP3 for XP ) or even enhancement for windows performance

need i say more