Agreed Undies. I'm thinking the issue is some sort of foul-up between SoundBlaster and the (I hate 'em too but they're cheap where a po boy like me can afford 'em) Lexmark printer. I'll give 'er a shot and see if removing the card, then installing the printer, then reinstalling the card works. For now everybody's up and running nicely save for that printer, and it's a secondary issue (other than the annoying 'windows has detected' and 'windows can't install' popups on bootup.

I've upgraded XP to just short of SP2 - thinking I might hold off on that install until after I resolve printer - best not to mess with it since it's behaving nicely atm.

Oh, and yes, the memory's a single 1/2 gig stick. Planning on adding a second one soon-ish - this is Mrs |ce's primary box.