just an update, I'm still working on a Logo I have to finish by tonight (for various reason it seems everything ends up being at the last moment as far as changes go

but I am going to work on seeing what more I can find out about possible driver conflits. I do not sleep all that much and it will give me something to keep me busy for a while, my brain doesn't seem to kick in until after being awake for 14 - 16 hours

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oh, let me know when you've done an un-install of Windowblinds, cleaned the registry, optimized it then rebooted and re-installed WindowBlinds.
Norton does not work as well as the one that comes with System Mechanic.
This is my learned opinion about Norton and some will argue against it but then again I work with many utilities and applications testing them for stability in cross platform networking enviroments on a professional level so I tend to pick out what I find works best in most instances and stick with it as does everyone else.
anyway...
If you run Nortons Registry Utilities and then run System Mechanics registry cleaner and optimizer afterward I bet you will find a number of things still not quiet right with your registry that Norton missed or ignored with trying to be safe about it's work...