well the reason for this is two reasons

#1- microsoft was in a hurry to get xp out for people to buy it for the holidays. so there are lots of little bugs to fix and clean up.

#2- it is very easy now for script kiddies and just plain *******s to create virii and trojans and worms.... there are programs that are very easy to use (virus labs and such) and of course there are just smart people who think it's fun to watch your system die...

oh well.... at least microsoft is fixing the problems.... it could be worse. it could be like 95.... lots of little problems and a big screw u from microsoft..... "buy second edition to fix the bugs, we don't make patches when we can make money..."