Speedy reply, there.
Thanks for the info. I'm sure XP is going to be everyone's headache soon enough, firewall or otherwise.
TBH, if I get or see a software glitch on a system here, and that issue can be avoided, as here, say, by not running the Statistics window for an extended amount of time, that is usually what I wind up doing. That's my workaround.
Far fewer headaches that way. This topic is FYI, and in that regard, it seems to have succeeded.