Thanks for your reply. Yes, I have the Ultimate version and I did keep the codecs. Someone gave me the updates because I like to learn about the ins and outs of an OS before it's let out to the net. (been only 2 weeks) But, If I were to let Vista update on its own, do you think it might fix the problem? BTW - I think you're right about the reimaging, it seams to be working fine.