problem with plot() and R 2.1.0

The following line when pasted into an R Console window causes Windows 
XP to flash a blue screen and then restart.

R version 2.1.0

plot(x=c(1:100000),y=sin(c(1:100000)), type="l")

Windows XP SP2
I installed the precompiled version of R 2.1.0

This isn't the data I was originally trying to graph, but a way to 
reproduce the error I observed.  Plotting without the sin() did not 
reproduce the error.

I realize this might be unique to my system, but I thought I would 
report the problem and see if anyone else had encountered this 
difficulty.  I have also tried a variety of other plots and those 
results are summarized below.

Other plot() attempts:

R version 2.0.0

plot(x=c(1:100),y=c(1:100), type="l")
plot(x=c(1:100),y=sin(c(1:100)), type="l")
plot(x=c(1:1000),y=sin(c(1:1000)), type="l")
plot(x=c(1:10000),y=sin(c(1:10000)), type="l")
plot(x=c(1:100000),y=sin(c(1:100000)), type="l")
plot(x=c(1:1000000),y=sin(c(1:1000000)), type="l")
plot(x=c(1:10000000),y=sin(c(1:10000000)), type="l")

all plotted without problem (if you try the last one it might require 
some patience to plot)

R version 2.0.1

plot(x=c(1:100),y=c(1:100), type="l")
plot(x=c(1:100),y=sin(c(1:100)), type="l")
plot(x=c(1:1000),y=sin(c(1:1000)), type="l")
plot(x=c(1:10000),y=sin(c(1:10000)), type="l")
plot(x=c(1:100000),y=sin(c(1:100000)), type="l")
plot(x=c(1:1000000),y=sin(c(1:1000000)), type="l")
plot(x=c(1:10000000),y=sin(c(1:10000000)), type="l")

also all plotted without problem

R version 2.1.0 (further tests)

plot(x=c(1:100000),y=sin(c(1:100000)), type="p")

works

plot(x=c(1:1000000),y=sin(c(1:1000000)), type="p")

works

plot(x=c(1:1000000),y=sin(c(1:1000000)), type="b")

works

plot(x=c(1:1000000),y=sin(c(1:1000000)), type="o")

works

plot(x=c(1:1000000),y=sin(c(1:1000000)), type="n")
lines(x=c(1:1000000),y=sin(c(1:1000000)), type="l")

no plotting

plot(x=c(1,1000000), y=c(1,-1), type="p")
lines(x=c(1:1000000),y=sin(c(1:1000000)), type="l")

crashes the computer

plot(x=c(1:10000),y=sin(c(1:10000)), type="l")
plot(x=c(1:15000),y=sin(c(1:15000)), type="l")
works
plot(x=c(1:20000),y=sin(c(1:20000)), type="l")

The screen resolution is set to a very low level.
The color depth has been set to a very low level.
windows displays an error which reads:
"The ati2dvag display driver has stopped working normally.  Save your 
work and reboot the system to restore full display functionality.  The 
next time you reboot the machine a dialog will be displayed giving you 
a chance to upload data about this failure to Microsoft"

I was convinced that I had a hardware /driver issue until I saw the 
plots work in older versions of R.  Now I don't know what to think.  
So I'm sending out this email to see if anyone else has similar 
problems or can suggest a solution.

Errol Robinson
ewr at berkeley.edu