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Hi again
Seems like the DOS memory manager and general driver mayhem keeps tripping things up. What about trying the removal from Safe Mode again (this is with the new motherboard in place) - and make sure not to reboot until all the removal steps have taken place. Try the manual removal from Symantec, then a manual removal for ATi [pam123 has a thread somewhere here with the detailed Radeon series removal instructions from ATi], then a manual removal of the SoundBlaster, try things with a completely blank autoexec.bat and config.sys, and from the MSKB article = use the generic system.ini as an example to remove any references to 3rd party drivers. Remove as best you can, then run RegClean (this can run from Safe Mode without rebooting), then remove your Enum key - and THEN try a reboot and a hectic round of hardware detection. Make sure any scanners, cameras, printers, or networks are unplugged while you try. You also might want to try things with the onboard sound and networking disabled in the Bios for the first round of detection... then re-enable them & install the drivers later. In fact, it might be a good idea to switch to Standard VGA as a first step before starting this procedure.
glc - what do you think, seems like comparing the current system.ini with the generic (without 3rd party drivers) would help identify the problem entries? Seems like the sound drivers are causing the worst headaches.
. . . Gary
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