I had to reinstall my OS (XP Media Center) and the flashing screen that says "Installing applications...Please wait up to 30 minutes for the installation to complete, has been going for about 2 and a half hours now. I was wondering if this was normal, or if something is wrong. Nothing is frozen, the mouse still moves and the window is still flashing, but obviously im hesitant to just turn it off and start over. Any ideas? Thanks Tim