Yes indeed, Tristram, the problem was due to the additional language packs I had installed, for example, to support Danish which is my wife's native language. (When she not swearing at me!) I also needed other languages to check out support for non-English interfaces for software we support. The installer told me I had to remove all but the 5 mentioned, and it was the removal process which took over a day. George. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tristram Llewellyn Sent: 10 April 2008 14:23 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: installing vista SP1 True the standalone download is a biggy and that is a good reason to wait for Windows Update to offer you the service pack, as a dealer you don't necessarily have that luxiury. The stand alone pack has multiple language resources in it which is what bloats it somewhat. Most people who brought their PC with VISTA (that measn most of not all on this list) will have only English on their machine therefore should not meet the problem of localisaton for their language not being available. That does mean that some people around the world will have to wait a few months for service pack 1 for their language to become available but that has always been the case. For those who have a brand machine with VISTA on it you may find it is worth asking the machine manufacturer to see whether they believe your system and its supplied software should be service pack 1 complient. Service pack 1 and 2 for XP broke quite a few PCs in their day it is just so long ago that many have forgotton it. I would admit though that It does take a while to get the service pack in but it is the sort of upgrade you would not want to do in a hurry, however a few days seems a little excessive, you must have run into some other problems. Regards. Tristram Llewellyn tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Technical Support Sight and Sound Technology ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq