Subject: Well, I had a nice day!
Name: HalOfBorg
Date: 10/24/2001 9:03:11 PM (GMT-7)
IP Address: 208.51.22.111
Message:

NOT!

My Win98se box at home has been getting cranky, was planning to move to XP.
Really bad today. Startup sound kept coming up loud and distorted. Plays fine from control panel.
Some weird vxd errors, "VXD--------" no numbers, just the dashes.
So, I format c: and stuff ME into it. Went well.
Install SB Live drivers only. Sounds good.
Install USR 5695 modem drivers. Modem works, no sound!
Remove / refresh sound card, sound works.
Reboot - no sound again.
Turns out the modem drivers are for win95b, 98, NT and 2000. ME missing from the list.
www.usr.com says only those supported. No drivers for ME!
I just bought the blasted thing a few months ago, to get the caller ID!
Sent email to support at USR. Odds I hear back from a person?
Now, tomorrow I get to go home after working midnight and reinstall Win98SE!
Fortunately there are Ghost images to handle this.