I recently had a new computer built and am having a problem where anything I attempt to install ie.. world of warcraft disk 1 takes over an hour and does not even completly install. If I attempt to open an IE window while its installing the system lags out more... I do have VISTA and the following hardware. Looking for any advice possible to help with the problem. Willing to try different things to get moving along but not really sure what to test first. Here are the specs. Any help and advice is great appreciated. I am far past the point of being able to laugh at sarcasm so please be nice.

CURRENT CONFIGURATION
PARTS : CPU : Intel CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.67GHz, 1066FSB (Dual Core) 4096K
PARTS : Cooling Fans : Intel CPU Fans
Cooler Master HyperTX Intel EXTRA QUIET Vertical HeatPipe Copper fan
PARTS : Memory : DDR2 memory
2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 DDR2 667 Dual Channel
PARTS : Motherboards : Intel Motherboards
ASUS P5N SLI nForce 570, SLI PCI Express, DDR2, Sound, LAN
PARTS : Video Cards : PCI-Express Video cards
SLI Dual GeForce 7600GT 256Mb PCI Express 16X (2 cards)
PARTS : Hard Drives
320.0GB Western Digital 7200RPM SATA2 UDMA 300 16m cache
CD/DVD/R/RW Drives : DVD Recorders
LG 18x DVD Recorder Dual Layer +R/RW -R/RW (black)
PARTS : Floppy Drives
NONE SELECTED
PARTS : Sound Cards
AC 97 32 BIT Full Duplex sound card (onboard)
PARTS : Modems
NONE SELECTED
PARTS : Networking : Network Cards
10/100 Network card adapter (onboard)
PARTS : Controller Cards
NONE SELECTED
PARTS : Cases / Power Supplies : Cases
APEVIA (Aspire) X-CruiserBlack, Side Window, front USB,iEEE,Temp control
PARTS : Cooling Fans : Power Supply
Okia 600W ATX Power Supply

Did you build it yourself? If not I would contact the builder as I believe they should be responsible for your satisfaction.

That being said: is the problem only in installing this game? Does it work OK otherwise?

Microsoft did just issue a microcode update regarding Intel Core 2 processors:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936357

Thanks for the update. I was trying to install the one game being world of warcraft. After that I installed several other programs that installed without a problem. I took Vista off my computer and reformatted with XP and the computer worked better and everything installed just fine. I have no idea how the OS would conflict with installing that program but it seems to have been the update. Thanks for the patch information also. I guess I am another of the many unsatisified windows vista customers.