I am not sure why some people have issues getting fraps to work. I recorded myself getting it to work. The quality ended up being pretty bad with the desktop screen recorder i found. So you wont be able to see the options. Oh well. You get the idea anyhow.
http://files.filefront.com/FrapsVidw.../fileinfo.html
FRAPS files are huge, several gigs. Drop the .avi FRAPS created into movie maker (or your video editing software of preference) then just render it. It will cut the file size more than half.
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