I was never a Vista user so could use a pointer... given a pc with bad disk. 
I ordered the Lenovo restore disk and installed a spare drive. The OEM 
restore put the PC at SP0
With Vista, since Windowsupdate.com  sends me back thru my control panel , 
when I try to update- it fails ( forget the error code right now).
In looking thru TechNet , Google etc I see that there were required updates 
to get the updates ??
I tried  2 of the KB numbers and right now downloaded and installing SP1 to 
the box ( says it may take up to an hour).

Can someone show me a way to get to Windowsupdate and NOT have it send me 
back to my control panel ?

For now I'm trying to see if I can't install SP1 , then SP2 indirectly. Then 
hopefully get the rest of updates thru windowsupdate.  Any pointers 
appreciated.

You need to apply SP2 - or at least SP1 - to use Windows Updates/Microsoft 
Updates as Vista SP0 has been sunsetted.  Use 
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads

"- Bobb -" <bobb@noemail.123> wrote in message 
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> I was never a Vista user so could use a pointer... given a pc with bad 
> disk. I ordered the Lenovo restore disk and installed a spare drive. The 
> OEM restore put the PC at SP0
> With Vista, since Windowsupdate.com  sends me back thru my control panel , 
> when I try to update- it fails ( forget the error code right now).
> In looking thru TechNet , Google etc I see that there were required 
> updates to get the updates ??
> I tried  2 of the KB numbers and right now downloaded and installing SP1 
> to the box ( says it may take up to an hour).
>
> Can someone show me a way to get to Windowsupdate and NOT have it send me 
> back to my control panel ?
>
> For now I'm trying to see if I can't install SP1 , then SP2 indirectly. 
> Then hopefully get the rest of updates thru windowsupdate.  Any pointers 
> appreciated.
>
> 

I'll check that out . Thanks

"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@mvps.org> wrote in message 
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> You need to apply SP2 - or at least SP1 - to use Windows Updates/Microsoft 
> Updates as Vista SP0 has been sunsetted.  Use 
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads
>
> "- Bobb -" <bobb@noemail.123> wrote in message 
> news:ukURWNp0KHA.6068@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> I was never a Vista user so could use a pointer... given a pc with bad 
>> disk. I ordered the Lenovo restore disk and installed a spare drive. The 
>> OEM restore put the PC at SP0
>> With Vista, since Windowsupdate.com  sends me back thru my control panel 
>> , when I try to update- it fails ( forget the error code right now).
>> In looking thru TechNet , Google etc I see that there were required 
>> updates to get the updates ??
>> I tried  2 of the KB numbers and right now downloaded and installing SP1 
>> to the box ( says it may take up to an hour).
>>
>> Can someone show me a way to get to Windowsupdate and NOT have it send me 
>> back to my control panel ?
>>
>> For now I'm trying to see if I can't install SP1 , then SP2 indirectly. 
>> Then hopefully get the rest of updates thru windowsupdate.  Any pointers 
>> appreciated.
>>
>>