In the beginning was XP and XP begat XP SP1. And things were mostly working. Then, XP SP1 begat XP SP2 and my life became hell.

Having had enough, this morning at 7:00 am I decide to follow Microsoft's 3 step easy unistall
Run appwiz.cpl
Select show updates
Click remove
Live happily ever after

7 hours later, at least 12-15 reboots, scouring the Inernet for how to work around the BSOD, how to trick the installer into letting me do things, on and on, I am now back to XP SP1 and never to return to XP SP2 until they get it really fixed.

And before you say it, I have to have XP to be compatible with my employer. I hate Microsoft.