Hi Andrew, Did you check the mute all checkbox within volume control before you did a restore? I have often had my system go silent, only to find that, for some reason or other, something had disabled all sound by having that check box checked. I can't for the life of me determine what program caused it specifically, but this has occurred whenever I have 1. closed real player, 2, closed Jaws, 3, closed winamp. In all cases I closed these programs with an alt F4, which, I think, placed a check in the mute all checkbox of volume control. You can either, undo the last restore and check out that checkbox, or consider that perhaps your flashing window is from Messenger service in which case you will need to run shoot the messenger. Another thing you can try is go into Sygate and select, allow all from the pull down menu. Peter -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 12:17 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Display flashing something Hi all. Yesterday, for no reason, I lost all sound on my computer. Despite re-booting a number of times, jaws simply did not come on atboot up. I resolved the problem by Restoring my computer back one day. However, all day today I am getting a message on my display which is not there long enough for even my wife to read. It comes in a flash and seems to cover the whole of the centre of the screen. I have my computer set onto High Contrast number 2, so the bright flashing message is really quite annoying. It seems to flash every ten seconds or so. Anyone any idea what is causing this. Best wishes. Andy from sunny Kilcreggan. Drop me a wee line at: andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.1.0 - Release Date: 2/18/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.1.0 - Release Date: 2/18/2005 ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq