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Bollotom

Google Chrome'll do it. It has it's own built in flash so no mucking about with updates. You'll soon get the hang

NiftyDigits

Vista supports both IE8 and IE9.

GunJack

think the OP needs to manually check for windows updates, IE8 and 9 should have been installed on a Vista machine well before now......

FirstTimer4Me

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Vista supports both IE8 and IE9.

IE8 won't download, pop up says IE8 is not supported.

FirstTimer4Me

GunJack wrote: »

IE8 and 9 should have been installed on a Vista machine well before now......

IE9 won't install, pop up says: Setup doesn't support the Windows service pack version on this machine, go online and install the required update.

Any idea what service pack I need?

FirstTimer4Me

I've scanned for the latest windows update, 2 updates fail to install, I've tried to install individually, but both still fail to install

(KB951847)
(KB938371)

JJ_Egan

Google
http://www.justanswer.com/computer/2b94z-hi-cannot-install-kb938371-that-cannot-install.html

http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/resurrected-kb-951847-zombie-patch-fixed-now-has-new-problem-229062
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/494616/kb951847-xp-update-downloads-but-fails-to-install/

FirstTimer4Me

Cheers for the links, seems it's a known issue with those 2 updates

NiftyDigits

Brand name and model number of machine?