Never had a problem with with Vista, way too many crashes, and security holes in XP, wouldn't touch it with Joe's.
Rob, you could have done a rollback with SP1, and anyway, I take it you read all the details on it before installing, as laptops can have problems with major updates to anything due to the way they are configured.
You can always use this http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../bb927794.aspx
Helps if folk do a bit of research before installing things. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../bb968859.aspx
The problem you had is with the manufacturer's of the hardware/drivers, not Vista.
