Addendum to my previous rant about XP & SP1.  I was hasty and I hereby apologize to all the Microsoft shitheads I may have offended with that piece.

It looks like the flickering menu's and outlook performance issues were related to a piece of software I started testing about the same time as I went to SP1.  We had a .DLL issue that caused a bit of a hiccup.

So the net result of SP1 is, instead, only a more invasive licence and not being able to undock my laptop anymore.

So, well done Microsoft.  Good job!

So, ever since I installed Service Pack 1 for Windows XP

• Outlook 2002 runs painfully slowly.  Where it used to be fine, now it takes 4-5 seconds after I click a message before it appears in the preview pane.  Clicking multiple messages to delete spam also takes 2-3 seconds each.
• My start bar menus now flicker.  Even when the mouse is stationary I can see it flickering like it's constantly redrawing the menu.
• Same thing for all my context menus.. Bah!
• My QuickCam software crashes and I can't undock any more because "Your camera cannot be stopped.  Please try later"  Yeah, right.

So the net result of my upgrade?

• I have a new, more invasive license
• I have a machine that is slower and less reliable

Well thanks for fucking nothing you M$crosoft shitheads.

I declare XP1 to be spam!