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I tried Vile's solution and it worked for me also. I uninstalled Nero and CloneCD and the patch finally worked!

I should clarify my earlier post: My OS is Win ME alone - what the PC came with from Dell. I've never upgraded from an earlier OS. This doesn't rule out that there is something messed up to prevent the patch from working since Dell puts a lot of crap onto their boxes. But as other's have said - reformatting and reinstalling is absurd. Just to get a patch to work?!

I also cannot get the 1.30 patch to work! Referring to the FAQ ASPI.exe suggestion made earlier, the caution note says NOT to install if you have Win 98/Me/2000, or Media Player 7.x, or CD Creator 4.x, ... and I have all this on my Dell 8100 (P4 1.3 Ghz 128 MB 8X/4X/32X CD-RW Drive). Are we the minority in not being able to get this patch to work?