Carol - blush, I have encountered enough problems of my own that I find researching techy stuff fun and informative and a lot more enjoyable than reading news which always seems to be sad - technology doesn't let me down as well, I am Canadian.. helping is what we were bred to do.. and saying sorry
Angela - I am not sure what all came with yours but considering you have CS4, I would assume that you probably have better and more capabilities with CS4 than the software that came with it. I never installed my specific camera software and maybe I am also missing out on something but I don't think so. I think that they are just reminding you to update the software at the same time as the firmware because of compatibility between the camera and software. The unupdated software likely wouldn't recognize the new firmware of the camera without being updated first.