Not sure if this is relevant but I used to have a similar weird thing happening (not
exactly the same) until I corrected the user theme settings, via Display Properties,
then saved the theme under a new name and switched to the newly-saved theme as the
default. The problem started after a bit of jiggery-pokery with Desktop settings
in the registry so it was entirely self-inflicted - served me right in fact. Cheers.
Spexx.
You are not paranoid. They really do have it in for
you.