> > > 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.
I saw a lot of people having similar problems at the GOG forums. Microsoft should've pulled SP1 until they fixed things...