Hi Woolly:

Great!  Having the CAB files on the hard drive is
just like having the Windows CD.  Let's try
installing (or uninstalling, then re-installing)
the CD PLAYER.

START -> SETTINGS -> CONTROL PANEL
Double-click ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS.
Click the WINDOWS SETUP tab.
Scroll down to MULTIMEDIA.
Double-click on MULTIMEDIA.
Find CD PLAYER in the list.
If there is a check mark, remove it.
Close each of the windows with OK.

Reboot the computer (it MAY prompt you to do this
anyway -- I'm not sure you need this step, but it
can't hurt.)

Now, go through the whole process again, but PUT
the check mark next to CD PLAYER.
This should re-install it, hopefully making all
the connections correctly.

If there is a prompt telling you to "put your
Windows CD in the CDROM drive," there should be
another option that will allow you to "point" the
installer wizard to where you have those CAB
files.  Sometimes the button is called BROWSE,
sometimes it's called OTHER LOCATIONS.  If your
original Windows install was done from these CAB
files, Windows may "remember" this, and just go
directly to the hard drive CAB files without
prompting you for the CD disk.

Just for the record, you should have the Windows
COA number written down somewhere in case you ever
have to do a complete re-install of Windows from
the CAB files.  You can see the number while
Windows is running, so write it somewhere you can
find it when Windows ISN'T running:

Right-click on the MY COMPUTER icon on the
DESKTOP.
Select PROPERTIES.
The COA number is shown in the middle of the panel
under "Registered to".

Good luck.

Keep us posted.

Jerry

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