Pretty sure if you have auto updates enabled you'll end up with them again.More experienced with xp though mate, Sure a Vista user will fill you in for sure soon enough. Surely like XP, IF ITS A REAL PAIN OF an update that your system doesn't like, you can dissable atoupdates, Do manual,custom update,select the problem one and tick "dont show me this update again". I have forced a manual update in the past and it was more trouble than it was worth. Hope this helps a bit.