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I was able to delete all of the Windows tours files, except for tour.exe. It was protected by the Windows File protection service and each time it was deleted, XP just replaced it. Here is what I did to get rid of it. It is a registry hack...so be sure to back up if you are unsure of registry editing... Manual FIX "To disable WFP, start Regedit or Regedt32 and go to:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogonAdd/modify the "SFCDisable" DWORD [REG_DWORD] Binary entry to read FFFFFF9D.Reboot when done.To (re)enable WFP modify "SFCDisable" to read 0. You must re-boot for the change to take effect. You then can delete tour.exe despite the warning that XP will give you. I then went and changed the reg key back to "0".

I was talking US currency, I bought at multiwave. The price is slightly better at newegg.com. h**p://direct.mwave.com/mwave/Index.hmx?UID=&CID=&Back=%url-%20encode Sorry, I have no experience with Asus or Intel products. I like the AMD's and this is my third one. The Athlon XP (Palomino) runs cooler than the Thunderbirds. I would definitely get an AMD rated PSU. You can check AMD website for approved power supply units. The ECS board got very good reviews at tomshardware.com and other tech sites. There are links from the forum on my previous post. alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt is also a good source of information and help.

Barnettrp: I would re-build before I ever went back to Win 98. I was running XP flawlessly on AMDk6-2 400 and Soyo 5EMA+ with a VIA 133 chipset..... I just re-built this one and re-installed XP, no problems it runs flawlessly. I have used all of the M$ drivers except during a problem that I created( messing with TweakUI), I installed Creatives latest SB drivers w/ no ill effects. ECS K7S5A w/ SIS735chipset (inexpensive and has built-in LAN) Enlight 7237 case AMD Athlon XP 1500+ (Running at 133/133 w/ no probs) 256 mb DDR SB Live (disabled on board sound) Diamond Graphics Card-AGP(basic) IBM 10 gig HDD Yamaha CRW 8824E CD-RW Generic CD-Rom 45x Zip 100 IDE Teac FDD ECS board was used due to reading about so many problems with VIA chipsets (266). The SIS chipset was a viable alternative. Also this board was very well priced.... ~$60. I wouldn't recommend overclocking this setup. You can read lots about ECS board here (keep in mind, overclockers forum) h**p://forum.ocworkbench.com/ocwbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=4&t=001477

You can delete the contents of the dll cache folder (hidden)... It is huge... XP automatically puts stuff back in it whenever you do updates.. Do not delete the folder, only the contents of the folder, If you do not use System hibernation, you can remove hiberfil.sys (hidden file) by doing the following: Turn off hibernation(removes hiberfil.sys) Control Panel-Screen Saver Power-Hibernate Tab-uncheck hibernation box-reboot and hiberfil.sys is no more. You can delete most of Windows Tour...its in Windows/help/Tours I managed to successfully delete all except for tour.exe in the mmtour folder...XP complained about it..it's protected by the System File Protection component of XP. You can delete the contents of Re-install backups Folder in System 32 Folder and the associated registry entries if you are sure that you will not need to revert back.. The registry entries take the stuff out of add/remove..... I backup the folders by compressing and backup the registry entries just in case and store them off my HDD... If you have messed with Bootvis and don't have it anymore, look in Windowssystem32logfiles in there possibly in a subfolder called WMI there is a 40mb logfile associated with Bootvis that didn't get removed when you deleted bootvis.... you can delete that logfile... Sorry, i am not sure what the file's name was, it was awhile back and on another system config.... That's all I can think of for now.......

Here is a link to a terrific Ghost tutorial: h**p://ghost.radified.com/ghost_4.htm

Thanks all for responding. I went to Creative website and downloaded the latest Creative Software package. Since I did not want their softeware on my computer, I extracted just the drivers with WinRAR. I installed the latest drivers and it did not fix the problem. I tried LS_dragons' fix, that's a good one, but it did not work... Then, I did some all out searching and in another forum I found the fix.... I almost don't believe it. Apparently, I was messing with Tweak UI recently. Under the General Tab, the box "Beep on Errors" must be CHECKED!!!! I checked the box and it works now.... boy was this whole episode frustrating!

xperties: I do not have Creative's software package installed. I disliked it and it took up too much space. I just am using teir .wav file as my startup sound. At least, I am trying to.... My drivers are current from Windows XP Update. It was a recommended update. MS Driver 5.1.2602.0 dated 11/1/2001 emu10k Creative SB Live! (WDM) and emu10k1 according to system info.... It is just a very minor annoyance, otherwise I have it all working fine.

Running Windows XP Pro, newly installed as I re-built this computer last week. In "Sounds" I have it set to play a .wav file (SB Live, ctmelody.wav) on start up. No matter how many times I set it, it does not work... It used to work with my old setup when the welcome screen came up. Does this have anything to do with the faster processor (AMD Athlon XP 1500+, versus k6-2 400) Only other differences are RAM, now 256DDR, versus 256 PC100 SDRAM, and mobo's, now ECS K7S5A versus Soyo 5EMA+....

I found the answers that I was looking for. You guys are the best!!!!

Thanks guys. I see it now under the manual update. I am running AMD K6-2. Will the K7 driver work and will it improve performance/speed? Also if so how do I install? Do I simply replace amdk6.sys with amdk7.sys in c:windowssystem32drivers???? What do those other files in the .cab file do? where do they go??? Thanks

It takes me one minute aproximately here. I have an older homebuilt system and it boots faster and runs way faster than Win 98 original, tweaked to the max ever did. AMD K6-2, 400 256mb pc 100 RAM IBM 10gig HDD Soundblaster Live Diamond 8mb AGP video Iomega 100 IDE Zip Yamaha CRW8424 IDE CD-RW Teac FDD Generic CD-Rom Programs loaded at start up: XP Pro, of course AVP/KAV ZA Pro 2.6.357 GetRight4.5 Cable Modem Internet access (NIC-3 Com) Several XP Services disabled and inessential ones set to manual. I am happy with the boot and shutdown times, considering the speed of the processor and stability has been amazing. I have applied speed tweaks to the Internet connection and lots of other tweaks discussed here and elsewhere. I am thrilled with this OS and now that Roxio has gotten their act together my XPerience is complete!!!!!!!

I don't see any Processor driver updates. I thought I saw that mentioned as part of the complete SP1, somewhere....

If for some reason you need to install NetBEUI then follow these instructions. **Note - You will need the WinXP CD in order to to this! Support for the NetBIOS Extended User Interface protocols (also called NetBEUI or NBF) in Windows XP has been discontinued.If your configuration requires temporary use of NetBEUI for Windows XP, follow these steps: To install the NETBEUI protocol: - Locate the Valueaddmsft et etbeui directory on your Windows XP CD.Copy nbf.sys into the %SYSTEMROOT%SYSTEM32DRIVERS directory. - Copy netnbf.inf into the %SYSTEMROOT%INF directory. - In Control Panel, click Network and Internet Connections and then click Network Connections. - Right-click the connection you want to configure, and then click Properties. - On the General tab, click the INSTALL button to add the NetBEUI protocol

Thanks. I used to use Take Two under Windows 98 and it was very good and easy to use. Due to the recent problems(Direct CD) and now, no more Take Two, I have switched to Ghost 2002 (7.0) and it has worked okay....but I have not had to restore XP....yet..... So we will see, once that happens... I did verify the integrity of my Ghost backups and those did come out okay.....

Does it work? Specifically, does Direct CD work?