thanks for the reply,
i downloaded and ran that hotfix but vista would run it , it says "this update doesnt apply to this system"
also i ran that intel chipset identification utillity and its not compatible with vista 64 i just got errors when trying to run it.
thanks anyway. i appreciate ur help.
also in regards to vista update i have it disabled permently since i know how much of a hassle it is when updating drivers.
i cant seem to find a solution so i might have to go back to xp. shame but it doesnt look like vista is ready yet. maybe in a cple of yrs it will be better.