FS2002 reminds me of Win98 Gets fat and quits

The famous sign: Sorry Error must shut down microsoft comes up once fs2002 seems to get to fat. I also have a auto throttle problem coming on when taxing with auto throttle turned off. Anyone else experience this and have found a fix? I running xppro pent4 2000mhtz 1gig ddr mem geeforce3 soon to be geeforcefx Orginal sound blaster live. All drivers up to date. The reason I said it is like Win 98 is because once you load a lot of programs win98 has a habit of send a error directx box up. It seems xp does too. Any comments or fixes appreciated. My wish for fs2004 is a more reliable program with the same outstanding looks. They have come a long way since the amiga64. I still think microsoft owes us a patch it was the reason fs98 got so stable. REMEMBER SIMMERS!!!!But thats just my opinion. I love FS2002 don't get me wrong and was raising hell when the release was late because of Sept11. But that is water under bridge. If they don't make FS2004 give us that patch we deserve.Frank