Vista - Vista 64 Windows Updates?

I am wondering if we could get a thread going on what Vista hot fix updates are the best to install, I apologize if this has already been started in this forum.

I have just done a reinstall of Vista Ultimate 64 and I’m a little confused at the inconsistencies between the reformat I just conducted and my last install.

With this build just like the last, I installed only the hot fixes that Nvidia recommends and the updates that Microsoft/ACES recommends in their FSX readme file.

My install order is as follows.

After installing the OS with only 2GB of RAM, I installed the KB929777 64 Bit memory update. Then I shut the machine off and installed the remanding 2 GB of RAM and rebooted back into Windows. All four GB are now acknowledged in Windows.

Next I installed the chipset drivers and the latest DirectX (Nov 2007) revision.

Then I grabbed all of the Windows updates that show up when first connecting to Microsoft’s site.

Next I installed the KB941649 update.

Then the Nvidia recommended KB93710 update followed by the updates in the FSX readme file (in the install order they recommend) which are the following –

1. KB933590
2. KB938194
3. KB938979
4. KB940105
5. KB932246

Last was the Nvidia 169.12 video drivers and the drivers for my sound card.


This time around I started to have what seemed to be USB issues after I installed an 8 GB Corsair GT memory stick and enabled Ready Boost. I had problems with BIOS detecting the RAID array and then after plugging in my Microsoft wireless gamming controller I had a blue screen crash. I unplugged the memory stick and was able to boot back into Windows.

After this problem I gave the USB update (KB941600) a try and reinstalled the memory stick and enabled Ready Boost.

I have not had any other problems yet.


Now for my questions.

What Windows Vista updates are people here on these forums using with success. When I was having the USB problems I came across another USB update that targets the Nvidia nForce USB controller

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925528

Should I have installed this instead of the general USB update?

Also with every new Vista install I occasionally experience times where I can’t open the control panel. After clicking the icon there is a long duration of disk activity and then nothing. Doing a restart usually fixes the problem but it’s annoying to say the least. Are their any updates that target this issue?


Evga 680i SLI
Core 2 X6800
Corsair XMS2 Dominator 4GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400/C-4)
Evga 8800 Ultra “Superclocked”
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty
2x WD 10,000 RPM Raptors (74GB) (RAID 0) -Windows Vista Ultimate/64 Bit
2x WD 10,000 RPM Raptors (150GB) (RAID 0) -Windows XP Pro/SP2
PC Power and Cooling 1000Watt SR
SilverStone TJ-09 (Black)

I guess I'm one of the lucky few; Vista worked out-of-the-box for me. I threw my parts together, installed Vista64 (with 4gig of RAM installed, no less). It had drivers for everything -- even though my mobo was 6mo younger than Vista RTM. I've yet to have any problems with any of the Vista updates -- everything just works.