I get around install CD screwing up my setup by not using its install 'feature'.
Somewhere on the CD will be a script that steps the PC through the setup. It will have the phone numbers, URLs etc etc that are needed to sign up. It will have a .INF or .SCR suffix, from memory.
Enter just those details manually & you can avoid the b@stards tromping all over your settings.
Mat, have a look through the CD for setup files. Open them in Notepad & you might get a better idea of what it did to what. Easier to fix if you know what got corrupted in the 1st place...
[This message has been edited by Tinstaafl (edited 06 June 2001).]