> > Then it DLed the update but wouldn't apply it because "some components are > > missing" and the only solution given was to reinstall the OS. > > Was that an customized (like in "n-lited") install that was not accepted?
Nope. Straight off a retail DVD. The only "unusual" thing done to it was transferring the HDD from the old machine to the SNB, but it was running fine prior to this.