SP1 slowed things up... Plz help!!!!!!!!

I installed SP1 last night thru windows update with much expectation of faster boot times and all that I read about it, but it all happened opposite. Here is the comparison:

I tried copying 2.46GB and 4.21GB files before and after SP1, on same drive and across a partition. On an average, it takes about 30% more time now after SP1 is installed compared to before SP1.

Coming to startup/shutdown, Pre-SP1 windows used to shut down in about 14 seconds, now it takes 20+ seconds to do that. One time, it even took 38 seconds (oh crap).......... Startup used to be average 1 min 20 seconds, now after SP1, its 2 min 5 seconds. It used to take about 45 seconds before logon screen will show up, now it takes 55 seconds. From the logon screen, up until desktop was ready to use with all programs loaded and sidebar visible, used to take about 30 seconds, now it takes 1 min 10 seconds. On the whole, about 1 min more to startup and ready-to-go.

Restart time was about 1 min 30 seconds before SP1, now its about 2 min 30 seconds. Here too another 1 min. added to the restart times.

3dMark06 scores were same before and after.

With all of this, I am pretty ready to uninstall SP1, but I also know that there are far more people who have better results with SP1 than ones who experienced degraded performance. So in my case, should I try deleting some stuff somewhere, reinstall SP1, or uninstall it completely. I like vista, but after having a much snappier performance earlier, I cant bear with this slow vista experience. Please help..................

 

Did you install SP1 over an existing installation or over a fresh reformat?

Ex: Reformatted and then installed SP1 then drivers.

or

Ex: Installed drivers and then installed SP1. (this seems to cause the most issues)

 

i think that the service pack did nothing in the performance range either. but i would defrag just because service pack is a big file
than it installs and backups and speads all over you hdd.

btw i found that xp sp1 was alot better in performance than sp2 but alot of programs wont run without sp2 now

its maybe the same with vista

 

I think i did neither of these. I just ran it through Windows Update, and it restarted once to complete the installation, and that was all.

 

try to do a fresh installation of your os then make the windows update, ignore first all the optional update just the important update. takes time for all the update to complete though. then keep updating until windows update to sp1( there are some pre requisite updates needed before your windows can update to sp1 ) .works well for me, i'm using vista business 64 bit on my hp compaq 8510p

 

SP1 works alot better on a clean install. If you can find an integrated install disc then it would be perfect.

Installing SP1 on a bogged up system can cause issues.

SP1 on a clean install works very well for me. Even better than Vista with no service pack

 

Hey flipfire are there any links on the internet for Vista with SP1 integrated into it? Might just as well download and give it a try!