Re: SP2 Comments?

Previously on microsoft.public.windows.vista.general, Andrew Rossmann
said:

> The most obvious change I've noticed is the login prompt appears much
> faster. It used to take about 1:45 to 2 minutes. Now it's about 1
> minute. I still wait about 3-4 minutes to let other junk continue to
> start up. No matter which version of Windows I've used, I've found
> logging in too fast sometimes causes weird issues.

I have that problem with XP and earlier. I now have two Vista systems
(Ultimate x86 laptop and Home Premium x64 desktop) and I've found
through trial and (no) error that I don't actually have to do that
anymore.

What I have found with my two Vista systems is that if I log in
immediately when the login screen appears and the "busy/wait" cursor
changes to a plain pointer, it simply takes longer for the Desktop to
fully load. If, otoh, I do wait longer before logging in, the desktop
loads faster. So it's more a matter of when I want to wait, not if I
want to wait.

> I'm in no rush for Vista 2.0 (aka Windows 7). My old computer came with
> Win2K, and I never updated it to XP (it now dual-boots 2K and Ubuntu). I
> bought my current computer 9/07 with Vista.

I do plan on getting Win7 and upgrading one of my three systems with
it, I just haven't decided yet which one (in addition to the two Vista
systems I also have an XP Pro desktop that is now serving as a media
device in my living room).

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