I"m starting to ponder whether or not my installation of 7 is just corrupt. I haven't had any issues while using it, but I can't get those 2 updates to install, and I'm having that memory issue where I've had to remove one of my sticks to get it to work. I find it an odd issue since Windows XP x64 edition worked just fine with 4 sticks. Installation didn't go so smooth honestly. I got constant bluescreens and had to keep removing hardware until I could get it to complete. I'm wondering if maybe I try to install 7 again, this time with only 2GB of memory, no video card, and no sound card plugged in (yes my board has onboard video), maybe it'll fix both my problems.