Hi Rhix
I have been running MJ 8 since beta 8.0.232. Am now using 8.0.302. Have never had an XP stability problem on either XP home or XP Professional but then again I am religious about keeping XP updated.
Suggestions…
* Got to the Microsoft XP Windows Update site…
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp& update all items that the site says your computer needs by doing a “Scan for updates”. Be sure to update everything… Critical Updates & Service Packs, Windows XP, & Driver Updates.
We’re talking about a lot of updates… may be 50-60 items & many MB of data (if you have not been keeping Win XP up to date that is).
Some of the XP updates are to resolve various stability problems &/or update drivers & add better support to various devices.
NOTE: The updates that come to you automatically (from time-to-time) through Windows Messenger are less then 1/3 of all available updates. Only the Critical updates (mostly security patches) are brought to your attention this way. In order to get ALL the updates, you must go to the Windows Updates site & select ALL items. This is how you get new drivers & general XP updates. You will be totally amazed as to just how many updates your XP is missing.
I never had a problem with MJ 8 on XP, but then again I am religious about keeping my computer updated. The updates did resolve several other problems I was having including some very weird ones.
Try it… it can’t hurt & may very well resolve your problems (& some you didn’t know you had).