Netherwolf

Have you run the nVidia Setup program? Have you tried the Update Driver option in the Device Manager (Start->Run->devmgmt.msc)?

You'll need UXTheme.DLL, and I recommend the modded one. I'm not sure of your level of expertise so I'll keep it basic. BTW, I'm taking the Win2k3 Workstation (Good stuff!) tutorial and adjusting it for your needs. Download the modified UXTheme.dll at http://www.msfn.org/modules.php?modid=2&am...nload&id=79 Unzip it into your System32 folder (really only the DLL). If it's already there (doubtful), you'll have to reboot in Safe Mode and do this step. Make a second copy in the System32\DLLCache folder. (Again in Safe Mode if need be) Open a command prompt (Start->Run->cmd.exe) CD to your System32 folder (i.e. CD C:\Windows\System32 ) regsvr32 /i uxtheme.dll Close the command prompt. Reboot. Open the Services menu ( Start->Run-services.msc ). Look for Themes. Right click->Properties. Change Startup Type to Automatic. Hit Start to start the service, and hit OK. Shouldn't need to reboot so Right Click the Desktop->Properties->Appearance. Pick a new style and Scheme. Decide now that you will not be a slave to Microsoft's whims and surf to http://www.themexp.org/ where all that is awesome awaits you. Enjoy. ;-)

Amazing! What maddening misfortune! A reinstallation it is! Oh well. Yes, my drive (partitioned for total use) is 250GB. As it turns out, I kind of figured this would happen. I installed the Emergency Recovery Console well into my install's old age. Every time I attempt to use it, it bellows inaccessible boot device. And repartitioning to something smaller is **** near the same hassle as a fresh install. Although, I'm seriously considering repartitioning it as something else. I miss my linux... hold the phone. Hee hee.... Perhaps the most prudent path is the one least considered. What I COULD do, NOT what I SHOULD do, but what I probably WOULD do is grab a spare 40GB I have, partition it as NTFS and use it as my windows boot drive, then partition the 250GB as Ext2FS for a linux install. This filesystem is solid and mature enough that stable Windows drivers are available for it. However I'd miss the stability of Ext3FS journaling. Meh. Then, I keep all my windows programs on my Linux drive and use it like a standard NTFS. That is so wrong. Heh. I smell a long and gloriously miserable night ahead - followed by many sweet and hard-rocking days. Wish me luck, fellows!

Slight problem. The VIA board now resides in my buddy's PC. (It's a long story.) The drive time to his house is the better part of an hour. I don't have any spare VIA boards lying around at the moment. I do have the hard drive hooked to my older backup PC. Is it kosher to search the drive for the VIA drivers and just delete them? And is it possible to modify the registry hive of the inactive OS?

I recently upgraded my motherboard from a VIA chipset with AGP to an nForce chipset with PCIE. Windows didn't like that. I'm getting hit with inaccessible boot device errors. Which is really odd. And annoying. The computer will boot up nearly all the way, loading up the drivers and such. I watch them tick by as I run in safe mode, and BAM! BSOD. One thing I've noticed is that the computer is loading up the VIA chipset drivers for the IDE controller. I don't have VIA anymore. I'm wondering if it's possible to modify the configuration with the HD, a WD 250GB (well over the 137GB limit, which also makes me wonder). Reinstalling is a night or two's worth of work, not to mention a real pain in the @$$. One thought I have is deleting the VIA drivers and making Windows go on with out them. Any recommendations? They'd be much appreciated.