Hi Sorry i didnt see the post at the top of the page. I have followed the uniinstalation instructions, and i still experience a the proble (it actually freezes on a window called default playback settings, which pops up with sonic stage) XP Pro SP2 - all latest patches SonicStage 3.1 K-LITE CODEC PACK (LATEST VERSION) NZ707 XP 2400+, 512ddr ram, 80GB HD, USB2, NF7-s Just normal applications, zonealarm, trend micro, msn, ....