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    So I am going to download SP1 tonight...

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by crisptito, May 27, 2008.

  1. crisptito

    crisptito Notebook Geek

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    Should I expect any issues with my 1530? I am doing it through WU, not prompting it myself. I heard that the fingerprint reader drivers had to be updated first, but my SP1 showed up without doing that. Just wanting to make sure it is smooth and no surprises.
     
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    Everything went fine for me. My fingerprint reader never worked properly to begin with though so I can't tell you if SP1 had any negative impact on it.
     
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    everything went fine on my m1330... all drivers, etc. worked fine.
     
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  4. crisptito

    crisptito Notebook Geek

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    Good to know on SP1 installation. Going to do it tonight. Looks like a pretty big file.

    My fingerprint reader worked great when I first got it but right now only works for initial windows login. The pages I registered it for do not recognize my fingerprint for username/password info. Sometimes it gives a too short swipe error, but most of the time does not even recognize that a finger has been swiped.
     
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    Worked fine here.. I just see the file copying is faster and you can select specific drives to defrag....the standalone d/l is around 440mbs...you should keep a copy for reinstalls ...saves mucho time..cheers...
     
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    Well if your using Microsoft Update than you should already have most of the updates already installed. SP1 is mainly a combination of updates all rolled together.
     
    QuicKSwitcH, May 27, 2008
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    You`ll gonna enjoy Vista after this one :)
     
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    crisptito Notebook Geek

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    Thanks for the feedback folks. Any additional benefits noticed after SP1 installs? So far we got quicker file copy and defrag of specific drives.
     
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    Can we see some pre and post SP1 benchmarks after bloatware removal and optimizations? I should hope everyone is treating there M1530s to Tuneup Utilites 2008
     
    Lucanesti, May 27, 2008
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