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[J. Bryan Villarreal]

I finally had enough of my mangled Vista system.

I've installed 2 new 80GB SATA drives & will rebuild Vista x64 on one of them. (They're fast... )

This will take me back to the baseline Vista x64 (OEM).

If I then just run APUP, will I be current on all OS patches?

Or do I need to do some other manual patching first?

Thanks,
JBryanV

[Erik Ramey]

As long as you have SP1 already on your Vista machine. You should be alright.

Also make sure to download the other extra packs if needed - DirectX, DotNet, Extra Addons, etc.

[J. Bryan Villarreal]

Actually, I could never get SP1 to install, part of the problem with the mangled system.

I've successfully installed 2 new disks, reloaded Vista x64 Home Premium (w/o SP1), & run AP with everything that would load, including all the extras as you mentioned (but some patches just will not install; I'll have to follow up on them.)

I had WUP tell me what needs to be loaded & then downloaded the stand-alones at work with hi-speed internet (dialup at home). So far, so good. I've got about a dozen more patches to go.

Thanks,
BryanV