"Should not see me" end task?

well ...no. I only just updated the nforce chipset yesterday, and i had upgraded the nvidia det a week or so ago. winupdate i just did a few days ago, so i already had installed everything.

It could be a hardware conflict.... I would go and get the latest drivers for everything - not from microsoft, but from the manufacturer. Generally I use microsoft drivers as a last resort. and XP has had a share of problems since it came out, so the manufacturers are on the ball to make sure their hardware doesnt conflict with XP.
But when I do a fresh install I first download the necessary service pack, then check the microsoft site for security updates, and dont download the ones that have had problems. I never use Microsoft Update - just go to their site and do it yourself. Then I make sure the paging is not on the OS drive (the virtual ram disk space.) Then I get rid of the Recycle bin. Then I get all the latest drivers for all my hardware. Then I start adding the applications. It makes it a bit time consuming sometimes, but I find I hardly ever see errors anymore. - although I am still using windows 2k, which has almost all of the bugs fixed. That is my routine generally. But with a search for the "You should not see me" doesnt seem to be a virus or anything deadly. If you want to be sure you can download this application:
http://www.protect-me.com/freeware.html
and check to make sure you dont see any ports running that shouldnt be. The majority of dangerous virus/trojans transmit to someone else so you'd see a suspicious port open. If you dont know about a port just type in the service that is running it in google and it will tell you all about it.

hmm...ok thanks alot. but i'm pretty sure everything is updated as well, who knows i'll check though.

are you running a network or have installed new drivers? I'm pretty sure it's not a virus but rather something Windows goofed on with the drivers update.

i found this forum about the issue:
http://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread/t-781.html


and i got this from a network site:

"New version of Windows installer that should prevent "you should not see me" dialog boxes when installing Workstation on a Windows 2000 host operating system or installing VMware Tools inside a Windows 2000 guest operating system"

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws2/doc/whatsnew_ws_win.html

I wouldn't stress over it though and I don't think it deserves a reformatting of your harddrive.