Hi gang,had a strange temporary problem with the XP machine,something I've never seen.I would click on a desktop icon and all the other icons would become highlighted,hmmm.And when I used the keyboard,the Caps Lock button would work in reverse{caps light off,and text would show uppercase,and vice versa),also was unable to restart for reboot,had to use shut down.Almost sounds like a virus,I did perform a virus scan and used the Windows MRT tool and all good,even used CC crap cleaner.Anyway, the machine is humming away normally and maybe it had a temporary case of indigestion,any ideas? Sparky

@Sparky, it never hurts to scan for viruses and malware, but it does sound like a temporary glitch.

@Bill, a reboot fixes a lot, but the ultimate panacea to fix ALL computer problems is:

Do COMPLETE WIPE of all hard drives, then CLEAN INSTALL OS from ORIGINAL install disc or Slipstream Copy With All Device Drivers.

LH, yes! DBAN definitely meets the criteria for a "complete wipe", especially if you use a 35-pass Guttmann wipe.

a reboot works great unless you have the virus i had recently.. every time i rebooted 1000 plus exe files created themselves and autoran at startup..
i was spending 30mins stopping them in task manager before i could delete them.. did this for 2 weeks before i wiped harddisk and started fresh..very frustrating and all this time mcafe showed no viruses