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mmm Well I had no idea it was going to cause such a headache. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Have no need for all the drivers, languages and few other bits of nonsense. Vista should let you remove that garbage by itself. I did it because I know I was planning to run with it for a very very long time. May as well be neat and tidy. My last computer which is still running had Win XP installed June 2003. So been running almost 5 years no. Runs perfectly fine. Yeah well I'm thinking that perhaps I do need to go to a 'full' install to avoid this sort of issue. Just had a look for what I had removed think I found it? This look right? "Last Session.ini" ; vLite preset file [Information] Version = 1.0 beta on 2.0.50727.42 Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Target = Windows Vista ULTIMATE 64bit 6.0.6000.16386 [Components] Compatibility1 = 1 Compatibility2 = 1,2,3 ;# Accessories # Accessibility Welcome Center ;# Drivers # Modems Printers-Apollo Printers-Brother Printers-Canon Printers-Citizen Printers-Dell Printers-Diconix Printers-Epson Printers-Fuji Xerox Printers-Fujitsu Printers-Generic Printers-Gestetner Printers-HP Printers-IBM Printers-Infotec Printers-Konica Printers-Konica Minolta Printers-Kyocera Mita Printers-Lanier Printers-Lexmark Printers-Minolta Printers-Minolta-QMS Printers-NEC Printers-NRG Printers-Oce Printers-Oki Printers-Okidata Printers-Olivetti Printers-Panasonic Printers-QMS Printers-Ricoh Printers-Samsung Printers-Savin Printers-Seikosha Printers-Sharp Printers-Sony Printers-Star Printers-Tally Printers-Tektronix Printers-Wipro ePeripherals Printers-Xerox Scanners Sound controllers ;# Languages # Japanese Korean Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese ;# Services # Remote Registry ;# System # BitLocker Drive Encryption Disk Defragmenter Microsoft Agent Parental Controls Tablet PC [Options] UAC (User Account Control) = Disabled [Protection] [Drivers] [Unattended] SpecRegional AcceptEULA SkipProductKey SkipAutoActivation Is there anything that can be removed without causing any issues?! I mean what I removed was pretty slim it's definitely all JUNK. Perhaps just the defrag, but using third party software so figured why not remove it... God why do they force all this nonsense on their users??? I'm just pretty sure SP1 won't install (haven't tried it yet) as I know that it updates the defragmenter... And am worried about these endless loop issues during install. Ah yeah does take a long time. I have a lot of programs I use... And they're all set up like I like them. Just figure I need to move to SP1 ASAP - pull the bandaid fast and hard rather than leaving it for later, it's only going to get worse. Yeah no experience with using the settings and transfer wizard or third party apps either. Frankly I wouldn't trust them. Seen one computer that it was used on from XP to Vista - what a mess. God I'm dreading this! Was hoping the comment made by nonno fabio here would turn out to work - would love more detail. Guess I should try message him directly. http://www.msfn.org/board/vista-sp1-and-vlite-t114322.html

Thanks for your reply nuhi. Just to be clear. I'm wanting to update to SP1, without losing my existing install. Don't want to have to reinstall programs, reconfigure etc. You're saying it's not possible to do an install with the original disk over the vlite install? And then update to SP1. ? Just really need to get SP1 installed, it's holding me back big time. Need to get this out of the way before migrating other files/programs to this machine. So basically what I want to know is the best way to get SP1 on my current install without starting from scratch... It would honestly take me weeks if I had to reinstall from scratch.

Ok just spent the last 90 minutes reading through the forums and everything else I can find. Currently I have a vlited install of Vista Ultimate. Only a few things removed (defrag, and mostly drivers, languages). What options are available to me and others in my situation that want to install SP1? Best I can tell: 1. "Update" the current install using the original Vista dvd (from within Vista). I assume this keeps all settings and programs, and basically just adds the missing components? - or - 2. Get a preintegrated DVD and vlite that - again "update" with this disk from within windows. (can also use a slipstreamed disk but can't remove components until new version of vlite) This correct? Any other ideas? Or just feedback if you've actually managed to do it and had success/failure. Seems like quite a pain. Think I may go with option 1 to avoid this in the future. Really liked my vlite installation tho. But been using it for a year now and I'm not one of those people that reinstalls all the time. Thanks.