Greetings,
I was experiancing several of the problems posted here with the long awaited LW2k Drivers and Win2k. I experianced the dll hang on shutdown as mentioned. I also experianced the continual loop reboot upon installation as mentioned in an earlier thread. I also found that CTLAUNCHER.EXE would stop responding and hang the system at times.
My solution: Remove all installed SB components then do an "upgrade" install of windows keeping all my settings intact. I then installed the Liveware2k stuff and, hooraaah, everything works GREAT!!! No hangs, no problems whatsoever.
I think the cause of these problems has something to do with a residual install of the original SB live (for win 95/8) that comes with the software bundle. That was the only thing I had tried to install before installing liveware2k. And, yes, i had removed the previous version before dumping LW2k on.
Thank you, whoever suggested the windows reinstall. It really cleans up things and fixes problems (imagine that).
I have to agree with you guys though, the new LW2K looks like it was a rush job and you can definantly hear that it was. My awe64 sounded better than this. But, oh well, what's another three months to wait.