Unable to upgarde Galaxy S

[Guest Argonaut]

OK ... brand new Galaxy S ... nothing installed on it ... which negates comments in many of the posts here about too many MP3 files on SD card. (no ext card fitted)

Downloaded and installed latest KIES ...

on VISTA PC ..

Plug in phone, bings & bongs ....it installs drivers, starts up KIES.

I click on 'upgrade firmware' it tells me can't use other widgets (I'm not)

It brings up window showing 'no device connected'

Phone is ON and shows connected to KIES by USB on screen.

on XP Laptop

Plug in phone, bings & bongs ..... then standard MS window asking me to install CD for driver .... I don't have one

If I tell it to go find one via internet it keeps showing window that it is looking for MTP drive ... but never completes.

KIES does not autostart (even though sys tray icon shows autostart as 'ticked'

Phone does show its connected to KIES

So 2 attempts via 2 different PC's .... both failing, any suggestions.

I did watch the Samsung firmware upgrade 'video' I have done all steps in there - just does not work

[Guest Argonaut]

OK ... brand new Galaxy S ... nothing installed on it ... which negates comments in many of the posts here about too many MP3 files on SD card. (no ext card fitted)

Downloaded and installed latest KIES ...

on XP Laptop

Plug in phone, bings & bongs ..... then standard MS window asking me to install CD for driver .... I don't have one

If I tell it to go find one via internet it keeps showing window that it is looking for MTP drive ... but never completes.

KIES does not autostart (even though sys tray icon shows autostart as 'ticked'

Phone does show its connected to KIES

So 2 attempts via 2 different PC's .... both failing, any suggestions.

I did watch the Samsung firmware upgrade 'video' I have done all steps in there - just does not work

Replying to self ... would amuse Freud

OK slight change ... rebooted Lap top, removed & reinstalled KIES

Power on phone plug it it

Phone tells me its connected - MTP application

Windows tried to get me to install driver CD ... I reject that

KIES auto starts

Try firmware upgrade button ...

It works , start downloading files.

However every few minutes it stops telling me "

This is not correct as I run a ping -t along side and that is getting consistent response from google server so connection is up & good.

Been more than 30 min and not moved more than a few kb ...

display is showing 501/77763 kbs

file it shows is Calendar.xml

Download DCAKOREAH.dll.cab

Any suggestions ?