UberRN69
08-26-08, 01:36 PM
I was reading the September issue of MaximumPC on the idea of slipstreaming SP1 into Vista, and then customizing the install using vlite. I thought this sounded like a cool idea, since it had been almost 9 months since I had done a clean install, and I was switching video cards anyway from nvidia to ati.
Anyway... So I went ahead with the slipstreamed clean install and started noticing little quirks right away. There wasn't any show stoppers, but first thing I noticed was a black tearing with the logon screen that would disappear after a second. Also noted were frequent pauses, where the screen would freeze for a few seconds. Also got the 'display driver not responding' frequently. Also file transferes between hard drives appeared to take longer, and when opening up a folder that contained a lot of large files (ie- my download folder) it seem to take Vista almost 10-15 seconds to read the contents of the folder compared to 2-3 seconds normally.
At first I thought it was because I was using an ATI card, and I was starting to get PO'd about it. But then I put my 8800GT in and the odd behavior still continued.
Up until this point, Vista (64-bit BTW) had worked great for me. In fact, I was one of those that thought all those bitching about Vista just didn't know what they were doing. But now I too, was starting to get annoyed with Vista.
Now some of the problems I remember from when Vista first came out, namely the slow file transfers and the black tearing with the log on screen. So I finally went and did another clean install using the unmodified Vista disk and then put SP1 in over it (I then also removed the SP1 backup files). Now everything is back to normal and the ATI card (HD4870) was just fine in my system.
So I thought I would just share the whole slipstreaming idea. My best guess is that SP1 wasn't intended to be slipstreamed like XP. At least I'm back to being a happy Vista user.
Anyway... So I went ahead with the slipstreamed clean install and started noticing little quirks right away. There wasn't any show stoppers, but first thing I noticed was a black tearing with the logon screen that would disappear after a second. Also noted were frequent pauses, where the screen would freeze for a few seconds. Also got the 'display driver not responding' frequently. Also file transferes between hard drives appeared to take longer, and when opening up a folder that contained a lot of large files (ie- my download folder) it seem to take Vista almost 10-15 seconds to read the contents of the folder compared to 2-3 seconds normally.
At first I thought it was because I was using an ATI card, and I was starting to get PO'd about it. But then I put my 8800GT in and the odd behavior still continued.
Up until this point, Vista (64-bit BTW) had worked great for me. In fact, I was one of those that thought all those bitching about Vista just didn't know what they were doing. But now I too, was starting to get annoyed with Vista.
Now some of the problems I remember from when Vista first came out, namely the slow file transfers and the black tearing with the log on screen. So I finally went and did another clean install using the unmodified Vista disk and then put SP1 in over it (I then also removed the SP1 backup files). Now everything is back to normal and the ATI card (HD4870) was just fine in my system.
So I thought I would just share the whole slipstreaming idea. My best guess is that SP1 wasn't intended to be slipstreamed like XP. At least I'm back to being a happy Vista user.