Ok, so after finding out that ATI is not going to support Vista anymore (rediculous) I deceided to go back to my LEGIT XP Pro OEM OS.  So, as I am re-installing (after the initial file copy) I get a CRC error for the file(s) asms.  I re-burned the OEM discs, tried ripping out all unecessary hardware, tried different cd/cdrw/cdrw-dvdrw combo drives, even tried a completely different OEM image.  Here's the kicker, I have installed this exact copy of Windows on this exact machine part for part with no issues what-so-ever.  This is a major PIA since the 150 man lan is coming up, thankfully I have some time.  Anyone run into this problem before?  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

As of right now I am trying a XP Home OEM install, which I also have legitament keys for.  We'll see how that goes, until I throw this Fudgeing machine out the goddamn window!     Oooh, sorry, how'd that get out.

I didn't know ATI was no longer going to support Vista anymore. Well I see you dilema, I for one have never had any trouble installing windows. I can possibly help you out send me a PM.

So I was thinking, what has changed in my setup since the last time I installed XP.  No hardware changes, but software changes.  I have been burning my cd's with a 'Lite' version of Nero on two seperate PC's.  I think that has something to do with the CRC errors on the same files but in different directories.  Nero may be doing....something to those particular files (not on purpose, but maybe a flaw in the 'lite' version).  I'll try MagicISO and see what that yields.

So how did you really fix it?

I hate it when that happens, like magic iso usually doesn't work. Go over to Poweriso and I burn the same stuff and it works perfectly fine.

XP Seems more streamlined.  Vista is really just a big candy shell ontop of a resource hogging 'OS'.  Even after tweaking services it still didn't run as it should.

I'll keep Vista on my laptop, which is fiine since it is not a gaming machine.  It's not a horrible OS, but it's not a great one. Pretty - yes, efficient - no.