my device manager says that the system board extension for pnp bios is not installed, not working properly or doesnt have the right drivers(code 10) please let me know if there are any fixes to this. i can give more info if needed

try reinstallin' M-board drivers. Check makers website if you don't have its disk, while your at it update your BIOS. Follow flash directions carefully

Reinstalling drivers i can do, but flashing bios is new to me. what is it? and how do i go about doing it?

Be very very careful flashing bios. Even a freak accident or power-cut at the wrong time could mean bye-bye motherboard, as not all provide a back-door back in to a pc that is blissfully unaware of a floppy or a display. Check BIOS first , eg plug-and-play os = yes and check autoexec.bat/config.sys for device entries. Also system.ini for vxd entries. All these are for backward compatibilty and can be 'rem' ed out to diagnose your fault. vmm32 is a composite file of all the virtual drivers windows requires for your devices nad should be the only ones it really needs nowadays , but if it sees an entry in for example system.ini , vxd section for a device which isn't there it will fail to load. vmm32 is the driver for the device you are talking about-ie system board ext. for pnp bios. Don't flash without checking this unless you feel confident.

I am having a headache with trying to get my windows media player to work. I keep getting a code 10 error on my pnp bios. Any step by step assitance would get gratiously accepted !