I had the exact same problem. Only my Blue Screen Of Death and/or screen lockup happened on any application that made DirectX calls. This is not a video driver issue or a Windows XP issue, this problem has to do with the way your AGP slot on your mother board relays information to your video card. Based on your initial system specs (AMD) all you need to do is install the latest VIA Chipset 4in1 drivers from
www.viatech.com (the site is extremely slow), reboot your system and enjoy.
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