In a message dated 08/06/2009 13:58:25 GMT Standard Time, Peter-redfern@runbox.com writes: I bought a new pc a few months ago and occasionally, a few times a day, the screen goes blank for a second. It doesn't effect what I'm doing so perhaps it's the monitor with the problem but that's less than a year old and the problem only started when I bought the pc. I think it is very slowly getting worse. Any advice please? Hi Peter It doesn't sound like a problem to me. Is it your first Microsoft Vista PC ? If so, are you always faced with a dialogue box immediately after the screen has momentarily gone blank ? When you ask a program to do something, Vista will often cut in - for security purposes - and ask you do you really want the program to do something ! That might well be what you are experiencing. Best wishes. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk)

It is my first vista pc but I'm sure that's not the problem as it happens when I'm just doing word processing. Peter > Hi Peter > > It doesn't sound like a problem to me. Is it your first Microsoft Vista PC > ? If so, are you always faced with a dialogue box immediately after the > screen has momentarily gone blank ? > > When you ask a program to do something, Vista will often cut in - for > security purposes - and ask you do you really want the program to do something ! > That might well be what you are experiencing. > > Best wishes. > > Paul Gaskell > Publicity Officer > Oxfordshire Family History Society > Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk) > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > If it's not immediately apparent, be sure to mention how your query relates to family research. > > Please don't post promotions of commercial products or services, and avoid mentioning prices. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ----- End Original Message -----

My sister has somehow got a program on her laptop called Personal Antivirus which, according to a website, is regularly telling her in popups she has bogus trojans and she needs to purchase the program to get rid of them. I have tried to delete this program but cannot find it in the Programs list or anywhere. Can anyone help please? Thanks Peter