Oh great... (regarding "Windows XP SP3 Kills Script Encoder" addendum)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cbfz3598(VS.85).aspx
>It should be noted that after installing windows XP SP3, the script encoder, screnc.exe, will not work. You will
>continue to get an error like "screnc.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the
> inconvenience."
>
> AppName: screnc.exe AppVer: 0.0.0.0 ModName: msvcrt.dll
> ModVer: 7.0.2600.5512 Offset: 00036fa3
>
> This error will only occur when actually trying to encode a script, simply running screnc.exe will not cause
> the error. I don't see MS fixing this error any time soon, so if you need the script encoder, you will have to
> skip SP3, or have a VM handy that skips SP3.

.. I guess it means I get a bit more milage out of VirtualPC (originally installed for testing purposes with older versions of Windows)...