Vista SP1....take a deep breath!

Microsoft have finally released the service pack for Vista, this from past experience is not necessarily going to be a simple thing nor a successful one, of the updates that have been issued thus far a scary number have messed with something they shouldn't have and two crippled my machine almost completely!

Am I missing something glaringly obvious here or do Microsoft have an odd take on 'improvement'?? Yes, ok, I know, it's Microsoft....enough said?

So, I'm gonna back up everything on this machine, download the service pack, take a deep calming breath before installation.....and if I disappear for a day or two you will understand why!

*UPDATE: 10.52hrs: This is proving to be somewhat less straight forward than it ought to be!........

*UPDATE 2: 13.05 hrs. Does the fact that I am posting this time from my phone give you an inkling as to how this service pack is behaving?? This is not going well to put it politely! FFS!!

*UPDATE 3: 16.06 hrs. I'm back, at last but only by means of uninstalling the whole bloody thing after hours trying to get it to work. What problems did it have? What problems did it not have would be easier to list! Conflicts with my AV (despite mine not being on the list M/S produced), connection problems, memory problems, start up problems, shutdown problems....need I go on! And to think...I thought it was flaky before I started! My advice....don't touch it with a barge pole!

I should have known better.