just tested the same things on xp 64 and I have the exact same problems:( I wonder if this could be related to my Processor, currently im using one of the fairly new chips..Intel Core i7 CPU 920 @2.67GHz? But seeing as version 2 works fine then its just a problem with the update patch. Anyway Ill be switching back to version 2.0 again so I can do some work for now.