ok, because i started the CPU client, second one on the list of CPU clients here
Folding@home - DownloadWinOther (Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008 SMP client console version 6.22 beta2 for MPICH (32-bit or 64-bit))
and it is just sitting at 0%
Completed 0 out of 5000000 steps (0%)
i just did a fresh install of XP PRO, and have .net 1.1, 2 and 3 installed and had to reboot, going to give it a few minutes and see if it starts working