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Well spread your wisdom and gain acsess to the ftp topics and youll find alot of us run ftp's.You might find somethings you dont have, hell we might find things we dont have! Look forward on seeing you in the area. -Chris

Well Im running Corp. Version....No time limit and no activation. Everything is working great. Better than any of the other builds. -Chris

Ya you know its one thing downloading xp and using it before it comes out, testing, sending bug reports, but selling it for $100 bucks then droping it to $20...Id tell them. -Chris

Very nice bird, but may I ask what in the hell do you need 5 hard drives for????:nerves -Chris

worked like a charm AlphaBeta...thanks again! -Chris

haha, it does say $19.95....they must have gotten Traveller e-mail. -Chris

Very cool....Ill be awaiting there response...If they send one. -Chris

Is anyone having promblems with donkey. Seems like the servers are slim to none and it always tells me I have a outdated version but Ive download the only updated version on the website. Is anyone having the same promblem? -Chris

Just another way to make money! -Chris

Ya, I forgot to mention the error said 502 Access Denied, same as yours....I wounder if they shut them down???? -Chris

I get a message when I try to log on to privatenews.microsoft.com. Anyone else having this promblem? -Chris

Try downloading the link here (in another forum post I had posted).....then follow these tips. MSFN Forum Post [b:07c440c227]Tip:[/b:07c440c227] 10. Rip high-quality MP3s in Windows Media Player 8 The relationship between Windows Media Player 8 and the MP3 audio format is widely misunderstood. Basically, WMP8 will be able to playback MP3 files, but encoding (or "ripping") CD audio into MP3 format will require an MP3 plug-in. So during the Windows XP beta, Microsoft is supplying a sample MP3 plug-in for testing purposes, but it's limited to 56 Kbps rips, which is pretty useless. However, if you have an externally installed MP3 codec, you can use WMP8 to rip at higher bit rates. But you'll have to edit the Registry to make this work. Fire up the Registry Editor and navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft MediaPlayer Settings MP3Encoding Here, you'll see sub-keys for LowRate and LowRateSample, which of course equates to the single 56 Kbps sample rate you see in WMP8. To get better sampling rates, try adding the following keys (Using New then DWORD value): "LowRate" = DWORD value of 0000dac0 "MediumRate" = DWORD value of 0000fa00 "MediumHighRate" = DWORD value of 0001f400 "HighRate" = DWORD value of 0002ee00 Now, when you launch WMP8 and go into Tools, then Options, then Copy Music, you will have four encoding choices for MP3: 56 Kbps, 64 Kbps, 128 Kbps, and 192 Kbps. Note that you will not get higher bit rate encoding unless you have installed an MP3 codec separately; the version in Windows Media Player 8 is limited to 56 Kbps only. [b:07c440c227]Information on Tip was founded at JohnCDerrick.com WINDOWS XP[/b:07c440c227] Good Luck- Chris

Elsa has been around for a long time. I feel there one of the best companys out there. The cards sometimes come with a lot of add-on feturs but can also be costly. I currently own a geforce (elsa) 2 ultra 64mb, and have bee extremly pleased.As far as being different some companys have a higher core and and memory ability, and also can be overclocked depending on the setup of the card. You sould always shop around and read reviews. I compared reviews for almost 2 months before buying this card. You can check them out at the following link. Elsa Also so Ive found that the following links contain great reviews just about everything. HardOCP AnandTech Tom's Hardware PCinsight or if you want to wait a few more months the new Geforce 3 cards will be droping in price. You can get a great review on all cards out there and there performance with this link. Geforce 3 roundup -Chris

Look at what these as***** want for XP RC-1....There such dumasses, but whats even worse is I bet someone bought one from them. RC-1 Price -Chris

Speachless here...I had the same setup (differetn build of XP now) with the plextor and it would convert it over. Have you tried several different songs? Im sure you have , just asking. -Chris

I have a Geforce 2 ultra from elsa and have compared the benchmarks to a geforce 3 card and they are standing tall with one another. You can get a good card if you shop around....try here...compare prices, I actually dont like ATI Radeon...just a preferance. http://www.pricewatch.com/ -Chris

Im running the corp. version and I havent been able to locate this string in the reg. I found it under the last few builds but not under corp. version.....Anyone have any suggestion? -Chris

Thanks AlphaBeta...ill give a shot. -Chris

When you copy a CD thro WMP it makes the fomatte in WMP. Does not allow you to burn the songs to a CDR with a second program (ex. nero, cd-creator)...So what I wanted to know is there will be a add-on in the future for WMP to ripp the CD's in a MP3 formatte, does anyone know how to do this. -Chris

Does anyone know of a tweak to enable to rip High quility MP3's from WMP? Or a way to convert songs already copyied to MP3 formate. I have 7gb of music and cant do s*** with them unless I play them in WMP.Thanks!!! -Chris

What build are you using of XP? My girlfriends father had the same promblem, had to switch software over to hollywood fro it to work but as far as the drivers he couldnt get it to work untill the last 3 builds. -Chris

Have you allowed XP to load its drivers and tryied to print using them? Try to check out there web site for up to date drivers for XP or 2K (printer website) -Chris

640is Corp. Version. -Chris

Hey FthrJACK I have a SoundBlaster 5.1 x-gamer thats only 3 months old Ill sell you for $50. It cost $100 in the store right now. Let me know if your interested or any one else. -Chris

Your not using the latest version of xp (hint hint:cool: )? Well for some reason 98se is like that bad habit, you try to kick it but you find a reason to keep it. -Chris PS. I kinda like to try 2000 out but dont have one laying around, to bad....:wail: