A new article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base points out an incompatibility between Kazaa and Windows XP Service Pack 2: 878485 – You cannot open Sharman Networks Kazaa version 2.52 in Windows XP with Service Pack 2.
Sadly, there’s a newer version of Kazaa available that fixes this problem. My personal experience? I have been called to work on many computers on which Kazaa was installed. Every single one, without exception, was infested with spyware and riddled with other problems. When I take on a cleanup job as a consultant, part of the contract requires that the client remove Kazaa and promise never to reinstall it.
Think I’m exaggerating? Ask Dave Winer what he thinks of Kazaa: “I did something realllly stupid this morning.”