Earl,

Good call.  I do have the Diamond setup.  I will kill it when I get home.

I didn't want to post anything until I had reloaded, because the problem is so
"weird". My system is looping at random times.  It is not always a fatal loop, but
sometimes is.  For example, playing a game it will suddenly start looping -- you can
watch the same two second section of code repeating over and over and then eventually
continuing.  So, I wanted to reinstall before trying to make a determination between
hardware and software.  I have a couple of things that might be the cause, I just
wanted to rule them out one by one.

Bill

> I had exactly this same problem.  I found that it was due to a utility
> installed along with the drivers for the Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 video card
> I'm using.  There is a red-and-white diamond-shaped icon in the system tray
> that is used by a program installed along with the video driver.  If this
> applies to you, click on the icon and a menu will appear.  Choose Exit and
> the program will go away and your setup program will then be able to run.
>

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