I am getting with attempts to install apps: "Unable to create a temporary folder to extract to.

Possible Cause: you do not have proper permissions to
create files or folders in your temporary...

I am not sure yet how to avoid this. You got an emergency windows repair and drives get alphabetized differently - bad registry entries = unable to uninstall or repair brain dead programs that rely...

Tried three regcleaners, but none fixed the 3000 entries of e: in registry.

Is there a replace all in registry?

I installed a new xp, and many apps. then I swapped out a few drives - adding a hd, a couple memory sticks and permanent usb devices that appear as drive. Then ran a repair of windows xp pro.

The...

I am not sure what a video card is. Yes, I know it is a pci or agp thing that can share or have own memory. More mem the better. I know some have svideo or composite. But isn't a video card just...

If you read, every card wouldn't work. I tried everything, even hours on phone with MS. In the end, only installing xp in a new directory worked.

IMHO, Bottom line is an ever larger OS, on...

Not a fan of Linux; I can point out dozens of things they are missing too. (And actually, once posted such a message in a Linux fan board call hydogenaudio-listing evident inherent weaknesses of the...

No more defragging.

real time chk dsk while idle, if needed.

15 second or under boottime.

free antivirus in OS.

More config like tiny firewall.

I know windows will not support an xp with two installs on one partition. I did it for a while no probs. What are the technical dangers in specific.

Got a mixer device? Read other thread?

I did, hours with MS, still no sound. I must now go out buy another hard drive, dump all installs and docs. Reformat main drive reinstall windows and all...

No luck. Other suggestions?

>It will be greyed out if no sound card is installed
Got 5 of them, installed each successfully, all working fine per device manager. So, wrong here.

>or if the windows audio service is turned...

None, obviously, since there is no mixer available, per above thread. When this is true, there is no mixer, thus everything will be greyed out.

Nope doesn't work here. windows audio service is already automatic.

I called Microsoft, and the Indian guy got all hung up on the fact that I changed the mother board 2 months after the problem...

[QUOTE=dlh6213]Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP is a recommended upgrade that fixes many issues (mainly security related).

Question: do you need to install sp1 before sp2, or is there...

I too have this issue!! No luck with repair option. No luck with sfc. No luck calling creative. No luck yet with MS support.



My mixer just disappeared one morning with no sound on bootup,...