None of the 8 causes listed on the ms site applies to this computer.
Am downloading the standalone SP1, will see what happens.
Huge waste of bandwidth though.

Thanks for the links.

Helen Poirier

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgamil.com> wrote in message news:64837BFC-D386-46A9-A0F5-59C32E94BCF2@microsoft.com...
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is not available for installation
from Windows Update and is not offered by Automatic Updates:
[url]http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948343[/url]

Learn how to install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1)
[url]http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/Help/133c8953-c9cd-4fa5-8883-03e91bb6f2021033.mspx[/url]

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Standalone (KB936330)
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b0c7136d-5ebb-413b-89c9-cb3d06d12674&DisplayLang=en[/url]

Free SP1 technical support from Microsoft:
[url]https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&x=8&y=7&prid=11274&gprid=500921[/url]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows System & Performance

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"chickie" wrote:

Hello.

I have an Acer M5620, Intel Quad Core Q6600 computer, running Vista Home Premium.
It has all available updates but when I go to the Windows Update site it does not show Vista SP1 , just says there are no new
updates available.
I am about to go buy XP Pro and get rid of this dreadful OS, I was only keeping Vista until I could see if SP1 made a difference in
the way it runs, but if I can't even access SP1 then there's no point keeping it.

Any ideas?

Tia

Helen Poirier