well i do not use XP with creamware, but i found a couple of tricks that made my snaileron notebook work a lot better they might help.
http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/display.asp?id=132
(but instead of IRQ8 use the one that pulsar is on)
and this one if you have a network card
http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/display.asp?id=822
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: defex on 2002-03-27 10:27 ]</font>