In a message dated 8/15/2006 2:24:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, Soyamaven@aol.com writes: I use AOL 5.0/WIN98, and when the screen freezes, usually, but not always after using the internal Browser and not either FireFox or IE, if left alone, it "unfreezes" after about 3 to 5 minutes. So, when this "freeze" occurs, I walk away from the PC and do something else until the "freeze" passes. Walter- This would tend to confirm my suspicion that some activity going on in the backgroun--spyware scan or similar might be tying up the resources for a few minutes and freezing the cursor. The fact that it comes back later sort of indicates this is the case. Joan