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Cheers for the help. I'll reinstall next time I visit the folks. Fortunately, I've found other ways to vent my frustration.

Looks like a reinstall is the way forward. I'm now unable to run SSCP, get some error message about OMG not installed. Can't unistall the OMG stuff cause it says the service is still running, even in safe mode. In short, I think I broke it. JSP62> You want to replace your avatar with a real video version?

DirectX is up to date (9c if I remember correctly). Disk space is ok, 20 gb used, 60 gb free. I've let it run for about 3 hours, with no progress. Task manager shows omjgbox using about 30-50%. I'm sure its crashed though as the SS box on screen becomes what I call "imprintable", capturing images of other windows. My own MCE box runs SSCP fine. The only difference between my box and my parents is the hardware and the users. Although at this rate my parents won't have a computer for much longer. The only thing saving it from a beating with a big stick is that I'm a couple of hundred miles away from it.

Why might a reinstall not fix the problem? Anyway: 1. Done. All up to date. 2. Defrag happens automatically weekly 3. about 60gb free of 80gb Thanks! Seems a friendly, active forum. - I'm not brave enough to run beta software on my parents machine. Would reinstalling IE6 make a difference? More suggestions pleeeeease

Need a little help if someone would be so kind.... My father bought himself a E000 something Sony device. SS 3.4 came in the box and when installed, won't run, stuck on "initializing". I followed the advice from the forum to upgrade to SSCP. After SSCP installed, same error message (see attached). I've since uninstalled and reinstalled several times. I've cleared everything out of the registry, deleted all SONY related directories and reinstalled. I've reinstalled MDAC.inf, removed all codecs and codec packs, uninstalled all recompressing programs (VSO, Nero). I've also used CCleaner after every uninstall. Everything left installed on the machine I've also got installed on my MCE box at home and SSCP works for me. Everytime, I still get the same problem. The machine is: Asus Pundit-R 3Ghz P4 512 RAM Windows MCE 2005 with latest updates My last option is a complete reinstall, but I'm really keen to avoid if at all possible. Can anyone provide any further advice that I might have missed? Many thanks in advance