Adrian Kingsley-Hughes over at zdnet reports that the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 upgrade rebooted his PC 4 times during the upgrade process.

I am sure Microsoft has reasons. Replacing the kernel can’t be easy. However 4 reboots is about two too many for my liking,  what if a user has a power outage during the many reboots, sounds to me like they as asking for trouble.

I don’t understand why we seem to be going backwards on service packs.

Windows 2000, SP1,SP2, SP3 and SP4 were all very straightforward, install and reboot.

Windows XP, SP1 and even the mammoth SP2.

Having said that Windows XP to SP2 on old hardware is pretty painful.  But that was for a good cause, SP2 plugged the many vulnerabilities in original XP code that were being heavily exploited at the time.

However in 2007, having to deal with 4 reboots and the best part of 40 minuets is nothing short of madness. Even the in place upgrade from say Windows Vista Business to Ultimate is a major operation.

If you are a Windows Vista enthusiast (and my own enthusiasm is waning) check the link below, most of the changes are under the hood.

Link: http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=810

For a more detailed review of the contents of SP1 check Paul Thurrot’s site

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_sp1.asp

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