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Remove mark near "Folders" in View, Explorer Bars. Apply to All Folders through Tools, Folder Options, View.

In Windows XP Professional: Start, Run, type gpedit.msc to access Group Policy. Open User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu And Taskbar. Double-click Remove My Music Icon from Start Menu, select Setting tab and click Disabled. In Windows XP Home: Start, Run, type Regedit, HKCU, Software, Microsoft, Windows, CurrentVersion, Explorer, Shell Folders. Create string My Music and define its location.

A Bios update would probably solve this problem. Asus German Ftp Site: ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM/ Asus Newsgroup anf Forums: news://alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus/ http://www.a7vtroubleshooting.com/

Check the hints and graphics from the Creative knowledgebase: "Solution ID: 10003: How do I install the Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum eX hardware and software?" http://dmzweb3.europe.creative.com/SRVS/...,Case=obj(1003) EDITED BY clutch (just fixing the link, you will have to copy-and-paste because of its structure).

Try switching from PIO to DMA through Device Manager, Ide Ata/Atapi Controllers entry. With Via drivers installed, get IDE_MPD3014.zip to install the ViA Bus Master Tool and activate it at Start up.

Some program improperly installed their Lowerfilters or Upperfilters in this Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q270008 In Windows XP deletion of upper and lower filter keys will not remove that program unless you also delete the Service registry entries and the drivers themselves.

Open My Computer, Tools, Folder Options, File Types, look for WMx extensions and change default program. Windows Media Player will work as a gateway to the Internet if you click Media Guide in the vertical panel of options on the left. It defaults to the site http://www.windowsmedia.com on launch. To turn it off, choose Tools, Options, Media Player tab, clear Start Player In Media Guide. If Windows Media Player is in skin mode, press Ctrl+1 to reach full mode. To have Windows Media Player’s menu bar appear, press Alt key. Open the File menu. If Work Offline is checked, choose this command to clear the check mark and go back online.

Until Microsoft comes back with an answer: Start, right click My Computer, Properties, Advanced tab, Start up and Recovery, click Settings, Deactivate all System failure boxes and Write debugging information.

To backup the Windows Registry: go to Start, Run, Regedit, click OK, select My Computer, File, Export. Then copy exactly this text in Notepad saving it as file "User.reg": Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders] "Common Desktop"=hex(2):25,00,41,00,4c,00,4c,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,53,00,\ 50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,44,00,65,00,73,00,6b,\ 00,74,00,6f,00,70,00,00,00 "Common Start Menu"=hex(2):25,00,41,00,4c,00,4c,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,53,\ 00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,74,00,61,00,\ 72,00,74,00,20,00,4d,00,65,00,6e,00,75,00,00,00 "Common Programs"=hex(2):25,00,41,00,4c,00,4c,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,53,00,\ 50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,74,00,61,00,72,\ 00,74,00,20,00,4d,00,65,00,6e,00,75,00,5c,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,\ 61,00,6d,00,73,00,00,00 "Common Startup"=hex(2):25,00,41,00,4c,00,4c,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,53,00,\ 50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,74,00,61,00,72,\ 00,74,00,20,00,4d,00,65,00,6e,00,75,00,5c,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,\ 61,00,6d,00,73,00,5c,00,53,00,74,00,61,00,72,00,74,00,75,00,70,00,00,00 "Common AppData"=hex(2):25,00,41,00,4c,00,4c,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,53,00,\ 50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,41,00,70,00,70,00,6c,\ 00,69,00,63,00,61,00,74,00,69,00,6f,00,6e,00,20,00,44,00,61,00,74,00,61,00,\ 00,00 "Common Templates"=hex(2):25,00,41,00,4c,00,4c,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,53,\ 00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,54,00,65,00,6d,00,\ 70,00,6c,00,61,00,74,00,65,00,73,00,00,00 "Common Favorites"=hex(2):25,00,41,00,4c,00,4c,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,53,\ 00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,46,00,61,00,76,00,\ 6f,00,72,00,69,00,74,00,65,00,73,00,00,00 "Common Documents"=hex(2):25,00,41,00,4c,00,4c,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,53,\ 00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,44,00,6f,00,63,00,\ 75,00,6d,00,65,00,6e,00,74,00,73,00,00,00 Go to Start, Run, regedt32.exe (NOT regedit), click OK, File, Import, browse and select User.reg, click Open. Then check if folder "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop" does exist, if not create it. Reboot. Log as administrator. Install game software. If it works, log under your user name and try installing other game software.

Are the cooling fans in the case running?

Safedisc 2 copy protection causes the throw back to desktop. Get Max Payne patches 1.01 and 1.02: http://maxpayne.godgames.com/main.htm http://www.maxpayne.com/support http://www.3dgamers.com/games/maxpayne/

Go to folder C:\Windows\Inf. Find and open file sysoc.inf with a file editor. Save a copy first. Find and remove each occurence of the words "Hide" and "hide" so that a line could read like this: msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7 Save the modified sysoc.inf file. Go to Control Panel, Add and remove programs, Add and remove windows components button. Remove Internet components, reboot& reinstall.

"McAfee VirusScan (through 5.21) Program is incompatible with Windows XP. For versions 4.5 through 5.21, download the application compatibility update from Windows Update (compatibility not verified by product manufacturer). Earlier versions must upgrade to version 6.0x ($40).1" "XP's Gotchas -Windows XP is selling briskly, but the patch parade is already in full swing. Here's a guide to the top upgrade glitches--and their fixes": http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,68796,00.asp

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Microsoft offers download of Home or Professional Setup Disks. The floppy boot install will create 6 boot diskettes for Windows XP. Home: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=33290 Professional: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=33291 Microsoft sources for foreign languages: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q310994&ID=310994

Get the XP Messenger Update: http://messenger.microsoft.com/en/download/download.asp?client=0 Check "How to Use Windows Messenger Instant Messaging" http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307887&id=307887

Insert Audigy card in motherboard slot 3. Autostart CD installation. Install the PlayCenter patch (AudigyPC3Patch.exe) before update: http://download.asia.creative.com/files/creative/drivers/app/AudigyPC3Patch.exe Update with ADGXPDrvUpdate.exe Ignore UDA_beta package.

Did you try specific program button selection on first tab (buttons)? It has come to be known that there was disagreement at Microsoft between the team working on Intellimouse Explorer software and the Windows XP programmers. That is why you cannot control the level of acceleration in Windows XP but only choose its activation and rely on sensitivity adjustment. No known solution at the present time.

Standard Windows XP configuration hurts responsiveness and it shows. MenuShowDelay has an excessive string value of 400 in: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop The system reserves 20% Internet bandwidth. Read "WinXP steals your bandwidth" by John Lettice, posted: 29/11/2001: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23090.html For OS speed testing, check "TR's Windows performance comparison" by Geoff "Dissonance" Gasior": http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2001q4/os/index.x?pg=1

Also burning cannot work correctly on many computers when the Via Ide Busmaster driver and the full Creative Play Center are both present and active.

Abit KG7-RAID Reviews: http://www.3dspotlight.com/reviews/hardware/abit_kg7raid/index.shtml http://www.exhardware.com/reviews.php?Id=47 http://www.amdmb.com/article-display.php?ArticleID=140 Abit KR7-Raid Review: http://www.ocworkbench.com/hardware/abit/kr7araid/kr7araidp1.htm http://www.hardocp.com/reviews/mainboards/abit/kr7a/

WinRar is more reliable than WinAce. Both are preferable to WinZip.

Microsoft solution: check Windows XP Registry to find the two keys "LowerFilters" and "UpperFilters" in this Dword: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-0 87002BE10318} Some programs add an extra letter in those keys and the CD-ROM disappears from Explorer. To restore CD-ROM drive access simply remove them.

The VIA BETA driver patch was designed for AMD based KT133x, KT266x, VT8662, and KLE133 VIA motherboards in WindowsXP . George Breese comments: "On these chipsets, it will patch register 55 in the Northbridge, which will supposedly switch off a Memory Write Queue timer. In the KT133A datasheet, register 55 is "reserved". But - yikes! - in the KT266, the documented MWQ register is register 95, not 55. Register 55 contains unrelated DDR timing adjustments and could actually be dangerous to program. For this reason, I do not recommend installing this driver on the KT266x chipsets until VIA examines this issue. For now, use WPCREDIT and set bits 5, 6, and 7 to zero in register 95 instead."

The Adaptec program is only an upgrade for an existing ASPI layer. ASPI layer is Windows provides for wnaspi32.dll in winnt\system32 as the basic universal driver. Other active ASPI elements whether Vxd or otherwise may vary with the software. Avoid headache by using the ForceAspi utility. To install manually, get all four ASPI files here: http://www.windowplanet.net/downloads/binaries/aspifix.zip Put the four files in these folders and make them read-only: wnaspi32.dll in winnt\system32 aspi32.sys in winnt\system32\drivers winaspi.dll in winnt\system wowpost.exe in winnt\system Install the necessary Registry entries with: http://www.birdcagesoft.com/freeload/RegAspiNT.zip