On my server (a quad core Q6600, 4 gigs RAM, Vista Premium 64 bit) I noticed that SP1 was ready to be installed, so I happily obliged. I was pleasantly surprised because the word was that the Service Pack 1 wasn't going to be released until March. Apparently the install takes place in several stages, and on Stage 3 (after the computer had restarted), boom- I get a "Memory_Management" BSOD (Blue Screen of Death). After hitting the reset button, the computer booted into the Windows, but before all the startup programs had fully loaded, boom- another Blue Screen O' Death of a different variety. I did another reset, and same thing.
So I booted in Safe Mode (using F8) with Networking. That worked fine, and the computer background showed that my Windows was now Vista SP1. I tried to run Windows Update, but nothing came up after I clicked on it. Perhaps Windows Update doesn't work under safe mode, but you'd think that they'd at least give you an error message about it.
Anyways I had to get the computer back up, so I did a System Restore and everything is working normal again. Man you'd think that they'd test these things more thoroughly before doing a mass release....
My Laptop, the HP DV9000t, is running Vista Ultimate x64, but I've been unable to download SP1 so far- it keeps failing at 10%. Apparently there's an onslaught of Vista SP1 downloads. I'm eager to get SP1 on the notebook because boy does it need a performance boost. There are reports indicating that SP1 reduces the frequency of hard disk activity which slowed down the computer a lot. I'll provide another update once I'm able to install it.
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Thanks for your post it helped me greatly. Saved my sanity. I had installed Vista SP1 on my Lenovo laptop about a week ago and a day of so later I was getting the blue screen of death about 4 or so times a day. The error messages was the same one that you reported. I have a NAS device on my home network and it was mapped. Vista was reporting that it was disconnected after every blue screen but I did not notice it. I have "unmapped" it and my day has been peaceful. Not one blue screen in 24 hours of operation. Thanks again for the clue. LarryG
On this day alone, I have had two blue-screen crashes.
And this is after paying good money on this operating system, that comes with SP1 pre-installed. I am beyond disappointed that Microsoft deemed this OS ready for primetime. It still isn't almost 2 years later.
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