the XP problem is simple really, there are some fixes that helped: (if they don't hey, I don't know all the fixes) 1 - - check if your systemclock is configured correctly (correct time and date) 2 - w00t - replace the msn 5 files with the msn 6 files 3 - - repair your XP (it cleans out some wrong entries in the register that a regclean program can't loacte)