Here's something I found on a newsgroup that may be a solution for crashing in XP. The user reported crashing when he tried to use XP Help and that "When I installed a program called Media Jukebox 9.0, I found that clicking certain links within that program also caused a similar crash and error message."
Solution:
From: Jack Wang (jackwa@online.microsoft.com)
Subject: Re: Help and Support Center crashing - has anyone had this problem?
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Date: 2002-11-28 01:33:53 PST
I suggest you create a new account to check if the profile was corrupted.
Q279783 HOW TO: Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q279783If the issue still exists, you may use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard to backup
the files and settings and then format and reinstall Windows XP.
Q293118 HOW TO: Use Files and Settings Transfer Wizard in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q293118Hope the above helps.
Sincerely,
Jack Wang
Microsoft Online Support Professional