To screw up XP so much that users are forced to use Vista!?

So I'm sitting here with my tinfoil hat on, and ONCE again IE crashes while trying to post on a BB, SECOND TIME TODAY, the third since I installed the latest 'patch' the other day. The last time I installed MS patches, my system also started crashing and stopped once I removed them. And SP3, don't get me started on that POS. That has borked every system we've tried it on at work to the point the OS had to be re-installed.

I'd say SP3 is the problem. I haven't bothered with it yet & have no issues whatsoever. I game with my rig mostly so for now XP it is.

I find IE crashes a lot regardless. Then again I find it really slow to launch and am usually clicking at things before it's even ready so that might be the cause.

I don't use it as my main browser either btw, I just have to use it for certain intranet things at work.