Anyone trying the SP2 Public Preview?

[Tetsuo]

Public Preview for SP2 was released last night. Has anyone dl'd and installed it yet?

Link is getting hammered edit: Link was updated, now MUCH faster (600kbps)

SP2 Info (refresh if it says "Service Unavailable", it will come up)

 

[Freejack2]

Talk about a dead site, got 172k at about 5k a second before it totally died. Have to try the link late at night or something.
Thanks.

 

[Kadarin]

I wouldn't run a Service Pack until it's been in the field a while with no major problems.

 

[Tetsuo]

Originally posted by: Freejack2
Talk about a dead site, got 172k at about 5k a second before it totally died. Have to try the link late at night or something.
Thanks.

Hmm, it died before on me but I was only getting 5-6k. Then when I restarted it it's been at a constant 595kbps

 

[anxi80]

downloaded yesterday at a 400-500 kb/s range around 4PM PST. installed it, made my system run a lil sluggish and slow on boot-up's, uninstalled. seems to have some neat improvements, but i think ill wait until the final release.

 

[Tetsuo]

Originally posted by: anxi80
downloaded yesterday at a 400-500 kb/s range around 4PM PST. installed it, made my system run a lil sluggish and slow on boot-up's, uninstalled. seems to have some neat improvements, but i think ill wait until the final release.

So nothing seriously buggered up?

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: Tetsuo

Originally posted by: anxi80
downloaded yesterday at a 400-500 kb/s range around 4PM PST. installed it, made my system run a lil sluggish and slow on boot-up's, uninstalled. seems to have some neat improvements, but i think ill wait until the final release.

So nothing seriously buggered up?

nah, installed fine. actually, their service utility that monitors the firewall, anti-virus and windows update couldn't find my anti-virus software (avg), but i hear it cant find norton either, so its a feature they havent quite fully added capability for. but it isnt a big deal, and doesnt effect the os. the wireless network utility is a little bit more improved, showing available networks and having bars showing the strength of the different wireless networks. software didnt have a problem opening, no conflicts or anything.

 

[MDE]

I'm getting 270KB\s solid right now

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I am trying it now - no noticeable performance difference as far as I can tell.

 

[InlineFive]

Download is way too slow. Might try again sometime.

-Por

 

[mcveigh]

running fine for me except it says I have no anti-virus installed when I have norton corporate 8.1 running

 

You can't pay me to run a beta Service Pack.

 

[LordJezo]

Does it do anything worth installing it for?

 

[WobbleWobble]

Originally posted by: LordJezo
Does it do anything worth installing it for?

Pop-up blocker, blocks those Install-on-Demand screens, much better firewall, better Windows Update.

This is not beta. It is a release quality build, that's why it's called RC1 (Release Candidate).

 

[Adul]

Originally posted by: WobbleWobble

Originally posted by: LordJezo
Does it do anything worth installing it for?

Pop-up blocker, blocks those Install-on-Demand screens, much better firewall, better Windows Update.

This is not beta. It is a release quality build, that's why it's called RC1 (Release Candidate).

it should go back to beta then