If you want to install SonicStage 4.3 without the patch, what you'll need to do is open up your C:\Document and Settings\%username%\Local Applications\Temp directory. When you run the "SonicStageInstaller.exe" program you download from Sony, you'll see a bunch of files pop up in Temp. The Sonicdl.tmp directory is of most importance. When the installer downloads the programs from the internet, simple .ZIP files will be created in this directory. The files are: ss_english.zip - SonicStage 4.3 ss_add_english.zip - SonicStage Add-Ons openmgsetup.zip - OpenMG driver omglp.zip - OpenMG Limited Patch setupreg.zip - Registry settings My wife's PC has been having this problem for a while; which is maddening to her. I didn't get these crashes on my computer, but aside from running Windows XP SP2, our machines are completely different. Reinstalling didn't help, wiping out the registry keys and all directories, nothing. Following this thread, I uninstalled SonicStage, the OpenMG driver and the Patch. I rebooted, captured the files listed above, and installed just SS 4.3, SS Add-Ons, and OpenMG Setup. I did not install the patch or the Registry settings. (I did not delete the Sony key out of the registry this time around.) This seems to have fixed the problem. Thanks for teching that out, torpedo.
