hi there ...
i ended up doing a complete re-install of windows not i did get the error once,so i had to use msicuu2 ( cleanup tool) and did a manual install of dotNetFx35 setup,everthing seems ok upto now,ima thinking of buying a 32 bit version of vista (coz of the prob with the 64 version) but will it work on this system or do i have to stick with the 64v

details as follows
OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Version 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DAVIDWOOD-PC
System Manufacturer To Be Filled By O.E.M.
System Model To Be Filled By O.E.M.
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5200 @ 2.50GHz, 2493 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. P1.40, 05/02/2009
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6002.18005"
User Name DavidWood-PC\David Wood
Time Zone GMT Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 3.19 GB
Available Physical Memory 1.80 GB
Total Virtual Memory 6.58 GB
Available Virtual Memory 5.19 GB
Page File Space 3.48 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys