Is it worth it to update, will i have problems with the update. The previous version kept crashing win xp, and i had read some where here in the forums to go back to the version i have now when that kept happening
There was one user (No need to mention his name) who widely reported problems with builds 3.236 and 3.271. His advice, based on his own experience, was to downgrade to 3.204, and then use the automatic upgrade feature to get to 3.228 (the only way to get 3.228 - it wasn't available as a separate download).
Other users reported good results with that suggestion.
However, after having other computer issues, and doing a complete uninstall and reinstall, he was able to get 3.271 (as I recall) working, and has reported that he is also running fine with 3.296, the latest build as of today. (I don't know if he tried each of the builds in between or not).
So, 3.236 might not be as buggy as originally thought, but perhaps it (and 3.271) were prone to issues if there were other undetected file problems on the system.
That user has said that for each upgrade, he does a full uninstall (backing up his AHX files first), and then a full reinstall, and has had no trouble. You may want to try that, as another option.