This is occurring on a Windows XP SP2 machine with no Microsoft updates applied (except KB893357) and no anti-virus or other security software. (Please, no lectures; the system is used for development testing.)
Needless to say, the issue does not occur on any of my other machines, including a fully updated XP SP3 machine.
not unlike Khaled, I can not do this, because we are not at anywhere near the same update level.
Sorry