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bruce2 
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Well, after just having to clean install Vista for the FOURTH() time since I got my new pc in November
Sorry I did paid attention to this before I answer. You must had it working in some point. The problem doesn't seem to be OS problem. If you suspect it might be compatibility problem, you can wait a couple of weeks or so to see if SP1 would help.
Yeah all 4 gigs of ram appear to have been working. I suspect the issues are software compatibility problems rather than hardware. what's been happening is one program after another starts to fail then I get problems with installer packages not repairing/uninstalling/installing. Before my most recent format it was all Microsoft programs...Office 2003 and the Windows Live suite that were refusing to open/uninstall/repair/reinstall (also Nero 7, and my printer software). All had previously worked Then I did a Windows update, turned my pc off and the next day it wouldn't boot and gave me BSOD! I'm hoping SP1 will be a major improvement!
For now I'm not going to install the live suite and I'll just use Open Office. Since the MS programs seem to be habitual offenders I'll stick to open source freeware.