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    Vista SP1 and XPS m1530

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by corujo712, Mar 19, 2008.

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    corujo712 Notebook Evangelist

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    Has anyone put on Vista SP1 and found that it seems abit slower than usual?

    Although i got a litte improvement in 3dmark06 (4480 -> 4512), i have noticed that while idleing, more physical memory was being used (600-700mb to 700 to 1200mb) and the cpu was under more stress (0-15% to 0-40%).

    It feels slower than before i put on SP1
     
    corujo712, Mar 19, 2008
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  2. chelet

    chelet Notebook Deity

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    Maybe it's doing some background defragging.
     
    chelet, Mar 19, 2008
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    majortom1981 Notebook Consultant

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    Sp1 erases the cache and I think the index(i am def about the cache). give it a week or so .

    Basically sp1 sort of makes vista like it was first installed.
     
    majortom1981, Mar 19, 2008
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    Mine seems faster and now my Hard Drive is showing I have an extra 20gb free after the sp1 update went from 80gb free to just over 100 gb free after update, sweet.
     
    dmana1, Apr 5, 2008
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  5. RedBaronK

    RedBaronK Notebook Consultant

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    where are you guys getting sp1 from? my windows auto update has not detected it yet....
     
    RedBaronK, Apr 6, 2008
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  6. booji

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    There may be a driver issue which is preventing you from seeing SP1. If you have the fingerprint reader, it might be caused by that. A new driver is available. Google Ipek drivers, and that should get you to the right location.
     
    booji, Apr 6, 2008
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    That's supposed to be upek and not ipek -

    http://www.upek.com/support/downloads/drivers/windows.asp
     
    1eyebandit, Apr 6, 2008
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    wait a minute.... your telling me that a simple and small thing like the finger print reader is preventing me from seeing SP1 update?

    did SP1 officially come out or is this beta? if it came out when was this??? i updated the fingerprint reader from dells website but i still dont see SP1
     
    RedBaronK, Apr 8, 2008
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  9. neilmcl

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    Yes SP1 has officially been released. SP1 won't appear on Windows Update if you have any incompatible drivers, the fingerprint reader being one of them. you have to download and install the latest from the manufacturers website )link shown above), not Dells.
     
    neilmcl, Apr 9, 2008
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  10. silvergator

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    actually I read SP1 wasn't automatically updating for anybody until the middle of the month...im gonna wait
     
    silvergator, Apr 9, 2008
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