I am replying to my own post after finding a solution on my own.
The solution was to do a repair install of my LV8.20 by going to:
Windows XP | Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs | Change or Remove Programs | National Instruments Software | Change.in the resulting dialog window:
Select
NI Labview 8.2 and then
Click the
Repair button.
When the repair completes, select the restart option. After Windows restarts, MAX will be able to find its database and will list your installed software and device configurations.
J. Cardinal