Hi PC doctors! IN the last week or so, I am having problems with my computer. The poor thing is stressed out! OK how do I explain this one?! Do you know the sound the computer makes when the keyboard or mouse is locked? sort of a long clicking pressure sound. Did I explain that well! Wow that was good! well I am getting that computer locking sound when computer starts up. It comes when the windows lovely music has done its tune and when Jaws has started up. It only lasts a few minutes. Then the process continues of the desktop being launched and up comes the lovely anti-virus icon saying 'Control Centre' when I press start windows key, I am unable to arrow up or down through the menus. I do hear 'start menu' To get in to any programme, I can only do so, by rooting jaws to PC and arrowing to the required programme and hitting the left mouse button. Then I am in. I am able to read incoming emails for example and do word processing. but if I make a mistake in a document if I hit the back space key it just says blank, or space or some letter that I would have written a good bit up the document. I am unable to left or right arrow. Jaws doesn't speak. If I do control home or control end I hear blank. I can do a spell check fine. but when I am checking what I wrote in an email I have to wait until it is in the outbox so that I can read it and correct any errors. I can read only so far with insert and down arrow. jaws starts repeating itself and I hear the dong from windows. I think that is it. Sorry for the long email. a and hopefully some of you will have ideas for me. OH: I did a complete scan and no infection has shown up. Cheers, Sabrina and her poor PC who has the flu or is on its last legs -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.0.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.14/548 - Release Date: 23/11/06