Anyone upgrade Windows 7 to service pack 1 and notice slower loading?

[Nandos]

I just installed Windows 7 service pack 1 and then ran DDO for the first time in a few days. DDO installed the latest update for the 5th anniversary but now I am seeing a spinning windows circle for about 15 seconds waiting for the medusa screen to appear. Does anyone else that has Win 7 sp1 get that spinning circle that never had it before?

[sacredguyver]

I just updated 3 computers in my house to Win7 SP1 and haven't noticed any change.

After the installation, did you do a Disk Clean up and Disk Defragment? I do both after any Service Pack update and haven't had any problems.

[soloRules]

I installed SP1, ran disk cleanup and defrag, but to no avail. The program is not only very slow, but unstable. I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit.

[AZgreentea]

I am running windows 7 Home X64. I also notice a bit of a new hang between the time the client switched from the loader to the first loading screen.

Thanks for the "performance increase in certain situations" Microsoft!

[DarkFlash]

Same problem here... But havent seen the **** medusa screen yet >.<
Going to try waiting more than 40secs...

EDIT: Was able start the game now BUT the time I have to wait for it to start... AAAARGGHH! I hate you windows!

[Jindo-Nagaki]

I just installed Windows 7 service pack 1 and then ran DDO for the first time in a few days. DDO installed the latest update for the 5th anniversary but now I am seeing a spinning windows circle for about 15 seconds waiting for the medusa screen to appear. Does anyone else that has Win 7 sp1 get that spinning circle that never had it before?

I have had Exactly the same problem since installing Win7 SP1 on 32 bit (on an SSD so i don't defrag)
In trying to sort out the stability issues as well as the long wait with the black screen (my CPU seems to be overheating causing "Crash To Desktop") I re-installed the "Intel Chipset" driver for my ASUS motherboard and now I am back to normal (black screen is gone)

I still need to test out the stability (at present it CTD about once an hour)

Hope this helps you.

[Nandos]

I want to post a followup. I downloaded the latest 11.2 drivers for my ATI video card that came out about 10 days ago. The spinning circle after I hit the play button on the launcher now only appears for about 2 seconds instead of about 15, so it helped.

[AZgreentea]

I want to post a followup. I downloaded the latest 11.2 drivers for my ATI video card that came out about 10 days ago. The spinning circle after I hit the play button on the launcher now only appears for about 2 seconds instead of about 15, so it helped.

Thank you sir! The gap has returned to normal. I didnt realize new drivers were out. Is it any wonder AMD would release new ones so close to SP1?

[Sanadil]

I posted before looking, I created another thread. Yes, I'm getting the same issues here. I'm out of town for a day or so. I'll try updating my NVIDIA drivers to see if that helps and post back here with the results.

[Sanadil]

More info for NVIDIA users, latest "Official" drivers still have issues:

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=193541

Those on that forum have uninstalled SP1 and it all works again, that is an alternative if you can't find a resolution to the issues.