I have for some time been having a sporadic problem with stability on the web.

That is, I'll change to a new window, and the moment I try to click anywhere on the page, I'm thrown back to the previous page, which may be a separate website or may be merely a different window in my current website. I can (usually) regain the place I was trying to work by using the forward arrow, but many times I'll have the same problem. I may have to return to the desired screen 3 or 4 times before I can do whatever I wanted to do there. I said I could "usually" regain the intended window, but when that is a Mudcat post I'm trying to submit, it will sometimes but not always lack my typed-in message when I come back via forward arrow.

I am on a Compaq EVO W4000, running XP Pro. I use Netscape 7.1 ordinarily, but when I use FireFox I get the same thing. Netscape 8.1(2?), ditto. I don't know whether I would get it with IE too, because I almost NEVER use IE.

I have lots of memory, and lots of disk space available. Norton (up to date) okays me for viruses, and Ad-Aware, Spybot, and Easy Spy Remover declare me clean. Registry Mechanic has no complaints about my registry.

Wierder and wierderer!

Dave Oesterreich