Avisynth 2.08 does not work with XP?

[mgh]

I normally capture movies/TV shows from TV and transfer clips to miniDVDs with my CD writer and store them. Some I leave on my PC for repeat viewing.
I read in a thread here that rmvb format can backup DVDs at 450 kbps. I downloaded the free Helix Producer which cannot crop or resize videos. So I started frameserving with Avisynth. The following shows a template type script I use . I disable whatever I don't need for particular video.

#Sample code for Avisynth2.08
# Lines starting with # are treated as comments
#Code for loading avis
AviSource("path")
#Code-loading mpgs or vobs-you need to rip sound to wav-DVD2AVI or TMPGEnc
video = DirectShowSource("path")
audio = WAVSource("path")
AudioDub(video, audio)
#Code for PAL deinterlace with external plugin-bottom frame first
GreedyHMA(0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0)
#Code for PAL deinterlace with external plugin-top frame first
GreedyHMA(1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0)
#Code for starting and end frame
Trim(11785,17833)
#Code for cropping,nos are left,top,width,height
crop(6,0,696,572)
#Code for resizing
BiCubicResize(400,320)
#Code for Hue,Saturation,brightness,contrast
Tweak(0.0,0.9,-20,1.0)
#Code for mild smoothing or sharpening
UnFilter(-100,-100)
#If encoding from a mpg ripped from VCD add next line
AmplifyDB(-10)
#If encoding from a vob ripped from DVD with Dolby surround sound
Normalize(0.5)
#Subtitler
Subtitle("subtitle")

Has worked very well with Helix Producer Basic. Have also used it for frameserving to TMPGEnc., Dr.DivX trial version, Virtualdub, media player 9 etc.

Have dual boot- 98 and XP. Above holds true for 98, with XP only the video loads if the original is an mpg (1 or 2) in TMPGEnc as well as Virtualdub. Any attempt to proceed further with either virtualdub or TMPGEnc crashes the program (Ah! The joys of XP!!)
+ for XP is that TMPGEnc takes my mpeg2 files (Have only Power DVD there , no external codecs).
Does anyone have a way to make 2.08 to work with XP?
2.5 series scripting is much more complex and am not interested in switching to that.

[Poplar]

I don't think AVISynth 2.50 or later makes scripts more complex. The same script should work with 2.50, 2.52, if you update your plugins and filters. After reading your script, I think you only need to update GreedyHMA and Unfilter, everything else should be fine.