:D Well I actually found a fix!!!! (Wish I could say I worked it out myself....with the title 'newbies assistant..oh well) . It is indeed a problem caused by windows updates. Unfortunately there appear to be quite a few, inc self with this problem, that is caused by this. Would have never guessed it...

Ah yes....others have this problem too. And it is frustrating being told either to update your drivers or stop hitting buttons on your keyboard. I have 2 XP pc's networked at home. One does just this....paly for anuthing between two and five minutes, and the game minimizes to the tray, and goes to d...