I've been enjoying this hobby for years. A month ago I had to reformat my hard drive and reinstall XP SP2. Since that time any stationery with scrolling interferes with my seeing the status bar (ticker). Mousing across the stationery causes the 'ticker' to flash off and on but it doesn't remain in place as scripted. Does anyone know the cause. I have asked several of my fellow hobbyists and no one knows the solution. -- spunky