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I just couldn't figure this out. This a.m. I installed a second copy of WinXP on another partition and it works fine. The offending program that keyed me to the failure of the Group Policy snap-in problem (Blackmoon) works perfectly on the new install.
I'm still susicious that the on board Ethernet chip this new P4C800 has may have triggered the problem. The one variable in my little test install of a 2nd WinXP o/s is that I did it with a regular PCI NIC installed. WinXP doesn't have drivers for the onboard ethernet chip. And even tho I can install the drivers after the o/s install, maybe it makes the MMC snap-ins fail in some way. Dunno.
I'll bite the bullet, take 'm both off and do a new install from zero. <groan>
Thanks for all your tips
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