Some Semblance of Stability

For the First time in almost a week my notebook has given a sense of stability. I am now installing my most used applications and of course windows xp updates. I tried using a windows xp pro cd with sp2 and ended up messing up my usb2.0 drivers so I decided to reformat again and do it the hard way with win xp pro [not sp1] and manually installed the usb 2.0 enhanced controllers then update sp2. It has really been a painful week... anyway hope everything is a-ok... touch wood.