"Matt" wrote:

> I have re-installed the whole of xp 3 times now to try and resolve this issue
> - needless to say i have work to do so im getting pretty annoyed!
> Anyway, I've isolated it down to the latest bunch of Windows updates i've
> installed, basically after installing them the VS IDE wont open without
> giving me a major error message offering me to send a report to MS before
> quiting. I've tried removing the updates, still doing it - plz dont tell me i
> have to install XP, VS, MSDN, SQL Srvr, Office.....etc for the 4th time - do
> me a favour MS, DONT RELEASE 'BIG FIXES' THAT CREATE MORE TROUBLE THAN