After update to SP2 for x64 systems...

For Monsieur Beep in sunny Germany - and anyone else who just got a new computer with Vista installed on it - have a peek at your 'Computer' window for the fine print, and just make sure that you've got the Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed. Sometimes, because it takes time to download and install it, a dealer may not do that, and on mine, even with Windows Updates set to automatic, that wasn't trying to give me the Service Pack 2 either, until I began to get it manually from the Microsoft site - which kept crapping out on it part-way through, perhaps attempting to tell me that they'd finally caught onto my lacking it, and were now trying to send it via the Automatic Updates. (That's how it finally came!) - So anyway, please just have a look at yours, and make sure it's OK and has its SP2 cumulative upgrades.

If you download the one on the website's page, (KB948465) it shows a size of 577 Mb. That's because it has all sorts of stuff like language packs and files for variations of other versions like Server 2008, which an ordinary Vista Home Premium doesn't need and can't use. Mine from the Windows Updates when I finally got it was only about 73 Mb - a far cry from 577 - so try to get the site for Windows Automatic Updates to give it to you, if you can. I can't explain why I had to practically kick-start something to get it going for mine. I hope you have better luck :)

(Or grab a quick download of Windows 7 before August 20 when that ends...) And do try to enjoy your day, everyone! You too, Sally, wherever you are...