Vista Service Pack 2 - Has Anyone Updated?

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#1 Gooeykat
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If so, how do you like it? How long does it take to download and update?

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#2 Marfoo
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If so, how do you like it? How long does it take to download and update?

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It takes quite a while, anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, that's just the install. As for changes, to be honest I haven't noticed anything. The changelog was kind of short and it mostly fixes some stability issues, rolls up all the old updates into one service pack, adds Windows search 4 and fixes some other bugs. You won't notice but I'd do it anyway.
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#3 Gooeykat
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Okay thanks, I wasn't expecting a huge improvement.

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#4 Daytona_178
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Okay thanks, I wasn't expecting a huge improvement.

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Its mainly a consolidation of old updates plus it adds support for new blutooth and bluray playback.
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#5 jamesfffan
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also comes with a nice system file cleaner I gained back 4gb space on my drive, I read about 120 bug fixes were made, and the bluetooth stuff, and some networking patches. But it's not a big improvement, I'd say few things open lil faster for me, but I also removed the animation for minimizing and maximizing windows under visual styles. Boot times are about the same, but I'd say I can go from cold boot to using google chrome within a minute or little over, which is fine.

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#6 jakarai
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I haven't noticed any differences.
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#7 darkmagician06
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I have it don't notice any difference... didn't take that long to install
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#8 erikgergal
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i gained quite a bit of hdd space back when i upgraded. almost 5gb which was good. other than that there isnt much of a difference

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#9 bodug60
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I did the download when I was away from my computer so I have no idea how long it took, but I didn't really notice any difference either.
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#10 JigglyWiggly_
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I've had it for a few months now :) It's alright I didn't notice anything.
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#11 superchronik
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Only took 9 minutes to install for me. Hasn't made any noticeable differences although it's worth getting for the security patches alone imo.