Hi everyone...recently SP1 showed up on my update list as an optional update. At the time I didn't instal it as I wanted to check out the good, bad & ugly of it all first. Just now I've gone to instal it & it's disappeared...no longer listed anywhere in updates at all. However there are two other optional updates listed, one is for silverlight...the other is graphics card driver update which is a whole other story. A month or so back this driver update was listed so I went ahead & installed it only to be given a black screen after first reboot. I managed to get on via safe mode & rolled back the new driver...following that all was normal again. Confusing huh ?...I have read Vista requires drivers to be updated prior to instal of SP1 but my guess is I'll end up with another black screen if I go ahead & instal that graphic card driver again....or should I just forget about SP1 for now ?? Any help would be much appreciated..thankyou.

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Don't worry about SP1 if you are up to date. You can R. click on My Computer, select properties and it will list SP1 under your Vista system if it is on your machine. Device drivers are another thing. I gripe about manufacturers not following MS rules when they write stuff for Vista, but on the other hand MS isn't in the Vid Card buss. either. Use the driver that is from you Card's Manufacturer. They made the *$%#$( thing and they hopefully are the ones that know what it takes to make it run. I have known more machines brought down by bad drivers. This is a very fine line I'm talking about here. You are damned if you do and damned if you don't. Also watch out for sites that offer you drivers (especially if you have to join) when you have the latest from the manuf. Also if it is working well and you aren't trying to OC a vid card or something out of the ordinary, don't update what is working fine.

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