CORRECTION: The error message reads "nwix.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close." Just wanted to be exact.
I've been using XP with SP2 with no problems whatsoever. Then again, I loaded it off of a CD that MicroSoft mailed me versus downloading it. When my brothers system downloaded SP2 from the MS site and installed it. It worked like crap and had to do a system restore. Off of the cd though? Not a problem. Working fine.
--- i'm pretty much in the same boat. i installed the HP recommended drives prior to install, one for NVidia, one for WinDVD, and one for HPToolkit. I also copied from the HP website how to uninstall if necessary. I run Zone Alarm as a firewall, and I haven't had any trouble there. One glytch is that my ISP is SBC, and sometimes IE doesn't run until I jump thru the SBC SelfSupportTool, which is a major pain. But I don't know whether this is a function of SP2 or just an ISP issue.
i don't see why u all people complainging about, i never had problems with SP2 and never had any problems with other programs/ updates, never had problem what so ever, maybe because i did a complete full restore of my system before, and download the updates after, oh well,
The the problem probably isn't spyware or a windows issue. Go to: www.nvidia.com and download the latest detonator drivers for your video card.