Microsoft Office has its own service pack vs. service packs for the Windows OS (in your case Vista)

Look HERE. Do you have any Vista service pack installed?

If we need you to install a Vista service pack, i'd advise you first back everything up. Service Pack upgrades usually run without problems but certainly not always

At minimum, backup your files and folders/personal data. I think preferred you image your drive (which provides for worst case scenario). Image backups allow you access to recover either the entire drive image if need be or just select files/folders so you get best of both worlds

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also, if it ever came down to it, do you have your Vista install CDs/DVDs if you ever needed to reinstall?

nothing indicates that i have ANY service pack installed when i do that method.

no, i don't have a vista install cd...and i need to go to the store in order to back up my comp because i'm out of dvd's and don't have enough blank cd's to do it.

i'll try to do that tomorrow. thanks for your help, guys.

oh. no. not CDs. Would take forever.

1) a single DVD holds about 4.5 CDs worth of data but aside from that

2) you really want to get a good large (e.g. 1TB) external USB disk drive to hold large backups. you can still burn personal data to DVD to be safe.

i'd recommend an external USB drive that also has its own AC adapter. Personally, i like Buffalo products but they;re are many good ext USB drives to choose from

thanks; i will search for one in the store.

1) Did you tell us your computer make and exact model? i forget... didn't notice...
2) Many of the vendors proviided a "Vista recovery" partition on the disk drive. If you look under Start->Programs is there a Recovery program? (or some similar name - as the vendor Recovery utility also often allowed you to build/burn your own set of installatiion DVDs
3) Is probably good to still get some DVDs to have plus an external USB disk drive (which comes with its own AC adapter) (NOT one that only has USB cable only)
==> IMO USB drives with "USB cable only" are helpful but they must depend on the USB port for their power. This often becomes its own problem. So they are best for "portable" drives to carry/move stuff around on. But when you need a ext USB disk to keep on your desk and will trust to save your backups, you want one that has its own AC adapter so it doesn' have to rely on the computer USB to get all it's power.

chat later..

same problem!

mine is doing the exact same thing! i have a nikon D60 too and it wont work. have you found a solution yet? ive spent hours trying to see whats wrong and i have no idea.

honestly i didn't buy the card reader. i realized that my comp could read the card by sticking it in a slot on the front of the pc. hopefully your comp has the same slot. should say SD over it.