so you just recon i should re-install windows then? cuz i tried forcing installs all over the place. don't know whats up with it.

shall I re-install or delete then install....


wait a minute... can you even re-install with out uninstalling it?

yea, you can reinstall over top of Windows. Fixes some stuff. I usually only do that if there's stuff I need inside Windows or something...or if I'm lazy. It has a bad tendency of screwing stuff up. Best way is to delete windows (c:\windows and c:\program files) and then just reinstalling. Or, if you want a clean slate, just format and reinstall. I usually recommend the latter for people that don't really know what they're doing, but I always do the latter. No point in losing all your data.

hmmm, can't check right now, as caz be playing icewind on it, but from what me can remember, you got a com port, network card/modem thingy... that i don't quite understand but hey, and I think something else, plus recently i'm getting a new error on start up about the networking card, but i've not read it properly yet, Cuz i just installed a new dolby 5.1 system (sound card & speakers = £75... um, around $100ish USA, i think... ) so i'm busy listening to that

also there was a problem when installing, in that the sound didn't work at all, so i swaped the cable between the card and the sisterboard, so that the red line was on the other side, but that caused the whole computer to short out... meh... swapped it back around and it work... dunno why... dumb thing. I think i'm addicted to ...'s