Vista and SP1 in VPC 2007

Colin Barnhorst · Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 210

Go ahead and try it.

"Fred Horvat" wrote in message %fmh@copper.net...
> Yesterday I installed SP1 for Vista Business under VPC 2007. Host System
> is
> XP Pro with 3 Gig RAM and the VPC has 768 Meg RAM to it. Besides taking 2
> hours to install SP1 the system now boots 3 times slower and is just snail
> slow now in VPC. Do I need to install the VPC Additional Programs again?
>
>

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Colin Barnhorst · Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 210

Vista SP1 is running faster for me both on my host and guests. SP1 is final
and the upgrade packages on MSDN and TechNet are the final. Some folks here
were in the TechBeta and also have the final.

"Carlos Luna" wrote in message @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Are you sure that the problem is VPC?
>
> SP1 is no delivered officialy and I setup in phisycal computer and the
> result was the same that you comment, I get out SP1 and the computer
> return to normally.
>
> Carlos Luna
> "Fred Horvat" escribió en el mensaje
> %fmh@copper.net...
>> Yesterday I installed SP1 for Vista Business under VPC 2007. Host System
>> is
>> XP Pro with 3 Gig RAM and the VPC has 768 Meg RAM to it. Besides taking
>> 2
>> hours to install SP1 the system now boots 3 times slower and is just
>> snail
>> slow now in VPC. Do I need to install the VPC Additional Programs again?
>>
>>
>
>

Carlos Luna · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 6

Are you sure that the problem is VPC?

SP1 is no delivered officialy and I setup in phisycal computer and the
result was the same that you comment, I get out SP1 and the computer return
to normally.

Carlos Luna
"Fred Horvat" escribió en el mensaje %fmh@copper.net...
> Yesterday I installed SP1 for Vista Business under VPC 2007. Host System
> is
> XP Pro with 3 Gig RAM and the VPC has 768 Meg RAM to it. Besides taking 2
> hours to install SP1 the system now boots 3 times slower and is just snail
> slow now in VPC. Do I need to install the VPC Additional Programs again?
>
>

Fred Horvat · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 69

Yesterday I installed SP1 for Vista Business under VPC 2007. Host System is
XP Pro with 3 Gig RAM and the VPC has 768 Meg RAM to it. Besides taking 2
hours to install SP1 the system now boots 3 times slower and is just snail
slow now in VPC. Do I need to install the VPC Additional Programs again?

Robert Comer · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 447

> Do I need to install the VPC Additional Programs again?

That would definitely be the first thing I tried...

--
Bob Comer

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:52:55 -0500, Fred Horvat
wrote:

>Yesterday I installed SP1 for Vista Business under VPC 2007. Host System is
>XP Pro with 3 Gig RAM and the VPC has 768 Meg RAM to it. Besides taking 2
>hours to install SP1 the system now boots 3 times slower and is just snail
>slow now in VPC. Do I need to install the VPC Additional Programs again?
>

Fred Horvat · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 69

At work we have a MSDN account so it is an official version of SP1. I'll
try Monday applying the Additional Programs first. I don't think it is VPC
directly but by applying SP1 it really did make a noticeable (negative)
difference.

On 2/22/08 8:23 PM, in article O32dErbdIHA.1824@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,
"Carlos Luna" wrote:

> Are you sure that the problem is VPC?
>
> SP1 is no delivered officialy and I setup in phisycal computer and the
> result was the same that you comment, I get out SP1 and the computer return
> to normally.
>
> Carlos Luna
> "Fred Horvat" escribió en el mensaje
> %fmh@copper.net...
>> Yesterday I installed SP1 for Vista Business under VPC 2007. Host System
>> is
>> XP Pro with 3 Gig RAM and the VPC has 768 Meg RAM to it. Besides taking 2
>> hours to install SP1 the system now boots 3 times slower and is just snail
>> slow now in VPC. Do I need to install the VPC Additional Programs again?
>>
>>
>
>

Fred Horvat · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 69

I won't argue that more RAM would help. I can bump it up to 1 Gig also but
it really did run 3X faster before SP1. It's not a huge deal because it is
a test image but I do use it to test Apps before deployment.

The couple other real Vista machines at work the people using them claimed
not to notice any improvements positive or negative after applying SP1. I
don't use those machines so I can't personally comment on those. If
re-applying the Additions makes no difference I may start from fresh and
immediately install SP1 on the clean install and see what happens then.

On 2/23/08 7:47 AM, in article OCY6zohdIHA.288@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl, "Mark
Rae [MVP]" wrote:

> "Fred Horvat" wrote in message
> %fmh@copper.net...
>
>> Yesterday I installed SP1 for Vista Business under VPC 2007.
>> VPC has 768 Meg RAM to it.
>
> Microsoft recommends at least 1GB RAM for Vista Business:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/capable.ms
> px
>
>
>> Do I need to install the VPC Additional Programs again?
>
> I would say so...
>

Steve Jain · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 835

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:52:55 -0500, Fred Horvat
wrote:

>Yesterday I installed SP1 for Vista Business under VPC 2007. Host System is
>XP Pro with 3 Gig RAM and the VPC has 768 Meg RAM to it. Besides taking 2
>hours to install SP1 the system now boots 3 times slower and is just snail
>slow now in VPC. Do I need to install the VPC Additional Programs again?
>

If you update your OS, you really need to update/reapply the
Additions.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.

Mark Rae [MVP] · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 386

"Fred Horvat" wrote in message %fmh@copper.net...

> Yesterday I installed SP1 for Vista Business under VPC 2007.
> VPC has 768 Meg RAM to it.

Microsoft recommends at least 1GB RAM for Vista Business:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/capable.mspx

> Do I need to install the VPC Additional Programs again?

I would say so...

--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

Fred Horvat · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 69

I re-installed the Additions and bumped the RAM up to 1 Gig. Still snail
slow.

On 2/23/08 3:09 PM, in article mbv0s3t5hm94j1kdgeekpl1cu2th33pr27@4ax.com,
"Steve Jain" wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:52:55 -0500, Fred Horvat
> wrote:
>
>> Yesterday I installed SP1 for Vista Business under VPC 2007. Host System is
>> XP Pro with 3 Gig RAM and the VPC has 768 Meg RAM to it. Besides taking 2
>> hours to install SP1 the system now boots 3 times slower and is just snail
>> slow now in VPC. Do I need to install the VPC Additional Programs again?
>>
>
> If you update your OS, you really need to update/reapply the
> Additions.