Vista - Why SP1 may not be available for you and how to get it

As far as I'm aware , this is the correct one for the disk, pre installed for me, they gave me the disk with the PC ... So have they messed up?

Do a Trendmicro free scan for boot sector virus or Trojan Horses first.

Did you change the motherboard, CPU, RAM, hard drive, or video card? If yes, what?

A what scan? when?

I've not changed anything what so ever, this pc came with
ASUS M2N-E Sli board, nVidia chipset, BFG 8800GTX Graphics, a 500GB HDD and the rest is intergrated on the board

www.trendmicro.com free virus scan. See what it finds. A boot sector virus or Trojan Horse can cause your issues.

Did you overclock anything or change any BIOS settings?

I have not changed any settings, nothing is overclocked, that I'm aware of, BIOS has been Flashed on recommendation by ASUS

BIOS upgrade is fine. Use the Asus drivers for Vista. See what they recommend for your board.

this is a nightmare, I cant use trendmicro because I dont have Java, I cant get Java because apparently my browser wont let me, I have no firewalls, no antivirus no nothing !

right, Right, I just downloaded Firefox and even that wont connect to the net, something is definately wrong here, Here goes another FORMAT! ... I'll update you with progress once I actually have some

Finally, Success! SP1 has installed!
It only took another Format, and now allowing Vista to install any drivers what so ever. straight through all the updates and SP1 went in first time.

So, it would seem the trick is to do like you say... clean install... get SP1 straight away.

I usually get the media kit with the service packs integrated into the base install. I used Vista x64 Ultimate SP1 DVD. Install all your patches and updates. Then, install anti-virus.