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Photos: Installing Vista SP1 beta

By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ZDNet US
September 28, 2007
URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/software/soa/Photos-Installing-Vista-SP1-beta/0,139023769,339282434,00.htm


Earlier today I downloaded the standalone installer for Windows Vista SP1 build 6001.16659 and installed it on a few systems to see what it was like -- and I thought you might like to take a look at it.

Don't expect huge UI changes after installing SP1 -- the changes are small and subtle. In fact, if you're not familiar with Windows Vista, you might miss the SP1 changes. I've put together an image gallery showing some of the most significant changes.

Photos: Installing Vista SP1 beta

Here are some of the changes: Disk Defragmenter now allows you to pick volumes to defragment Search option removed from the Start menu

Other points worth noting:

  • The install process took about 40 minutes on my system
  • The system rebooted 4 times
  • So far, I've not come across any SP1 related issues

What I'm really interested in seeing is how performance and reliability is affected.

Stay tuned!

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Photos: Installing Vista SP1 beta

Installing Vista SP1.

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Photos: Installing Vista SP1 beta

Installing Vista SP1.

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Photos: Installing Vista SP1 beta

Installing Vista SP1.

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Photos: Installing Vista SP1 beta

Installing Vista SP1.

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Photos: Installing Vista SP1 beta

Installing Vista SP1.

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Photos: Installing Vista SP1 beta

Installing Vista SP1.

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Photos: Installing Vista SP1 beta

SP1 -- Installed successfully.

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Photos: Installing Vista SP1 beta

Where, oh where are those Windows Vista Ultimate Extras???

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Photos: Installing Vista SP1 beta

A handy tool for creating a recovery disc.

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Photos: Installing Vista SP1 beta

Disk Defragmenter allows user to select volumes to defragment.

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Photos: Installing Vista SP1 beta

The Search link on the right-hand side of the Start Menu is gone ...

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Photos: Installing Vista SP1 beta

Back to using an evaluation copy of Vista ... so soon.

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