I run winxp with sp2. I am trying to install eac095pb5 and the wizard conducted its initial test on my cd drives and is currently trying to install lame.exe. There we have come to a stalemate: after a fruitless search of my HD, the wizard in the Lame configuration dialogue box wants me to specify a directory wherein to install the lame.exe file but gives no direction of default place. When browsing to an arbitrary folder as an acceptable location for me, I get a "select encoder" window. choosing chosing a folder (any or none) brings up a terse "file not found". I am not sure what is expected of me. What Now?

Go here and follow instructions.

I don't seem to find anything there that answers my question. Its all about configuration which i suppose is the general issue but nothing specific about the installation process. do I have the right version eac095pb5? what is it the wizard wants me to do?

Copy lame.exe into a folder of your choice and then point EAC to that folder and select lame.exe.