in fact, my PC had the more modern Realtec High Definition Audio drivers so this did not cause a problem. The only problem with instalation I did have was with a hot fix for Microsoft MYSQL which is a part of Office 2007. I rebooted and did another check for updates and this worked fine. Regards Graham Graham Page Home Phone: 0207 265 9493 Mobile: 07753 607980 Fax: 0870 706 2773 Email: gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx MSN: gabriel_mcbird@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: gabriel_mcbird ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Page" <gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 2:40 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: installing vista SP1 Hi Tris. Thanks for this. The PC does indeed have Realtec AC97 soundcard and this could well be the reason, so glad that's sorted out anyway. cheers Graham Graham Page Home Phone: 0207 265 9493 Mobile: 07753 607980 Fax: 0870 706 2773 Email: gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx MSN: gabriel_mcbird@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: gabriel_mcbird ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tristram Llewellyn" <tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 2:25 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: installing vista SP1 Hi Graham If you are intending to install from the stand alone update you should do a little research to see if there is any obvious reason not to update (mostly driver compatability issues that are being wiped out as we speak). Otherwise wait for Windows Update to deliver it to you. Here is a useful site that gives some compatability information: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948343#method5 <http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948343> This is one useful resource about the service pack: http://support.microsoft.com/ph/11732 I installed SP1 two or three weeks ago and this appears to have gone in without incident. Regards. Tristram Llewellyn tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Technical Support Sight and Sound Technology ________________________________ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Graham Page Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 9:43 AM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] installing vista SP1 Hi all. I recently bought a Samsung Q45 laptop and I am in the process of updating Vista and generally getting stuff installed on it. I have heard that Vista SP1 is generally an improvement but that in early versions of SP1 at least there were problems with some fairly major manufacturer drivers so they did not release to general public straight away. I have checked for updates and installed them all and gone back to the windows update site again to check. Vista SP1 is not yet shown as an update so I have downloaded the stand alone version. Is it likely to be OK to install this? I have temporarily turned off the User Accounts option which pops up whenever a program wants to run otherwise and will turn this back on once I have a reasonably settled system. Regards Graham Graham Page Home Phone: 0207 265 9493 Mobile: 07753 607980 Fax: 0870 706 2773 Email: gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx MSN: gabriel_mcbird@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: gabriel_mcbird ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. 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