wow ... umm ... big time run-on sentence, condor. hard to read. but i doubt whatever you're talking about is the same problem.
So anyway ... i upgraded drivers, and after a minor difficulty, they are installed and in working order.
but paintball still has the same error!!!
i included a screenshot of the error. i can also include the program dump if necessary.
(and yes, that's XP i'm running - just looks a little like vista cuz i made it that way.)