On a hunch, I went into the components menu of AVG 9 and selected the Resident Sheild component. I tabbed to the check box and un-checked it, then tabbed to the save button and saved it before exiting. After doing the above, JAWS no longer loses focus every 30 minutes. Of course, turning off the resident sheild prevents AVG from constantly monitoring every file opened on the computer, but scheduled and on-demand scans for viruses will still work. Alan _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: I wanted simpler, now it's simpler. I'm a rock star. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?h=myidea?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:112009