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The 98 to XP story is funny - microsoft always tries to sell you on upgrades, but the reality is that OS and other programs leave tons of junk around the place, and an upgrade is often less than effective because of those little issues... a wrong dll, a corrupted file, a 98 only driver... whatever.
Kat, sounds like you got caught behind a firewall. Microsoft installs one pretty much "like that" with sp2 now, so you may have to manually re-open the port that your cam software is using. I am sure the manufacture would have info on their website, as I am sure you are not the only one.
You could also go and disable the firewall completely.
XP home - now there is a winning product! A dumb, neutered, full frontal lobotomy version of an OS that needs all it's brains to survive. A bad idea, bad choice, delete and install XP pro or just don't bother using the machine. A waste of space.
Finally, as for the Microstar 6167 mb, well, running AMD is always a crap shoot. You will often require special driver, and special OS patches to match up to the processor. Some of the AMD motherboards were also less than compliant at times, so there can be issues. This is a 6 year old mb design as well, maybe even 7 or 8, so you really are pushing it (their last driver update at msi for it is dated 1999). Those were the bad old days for compatiblity issues amd to intel / microslop.
Alex
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