Menus don't stay dropped

[JohnD-H]

In the past couple of weeks the pause or dwell time when i am working in
Windows has suddenly become very short. For example, if I stop typing in
this box for more than a few seconds the cursor jumps back to the beginning
of the box. The same kind of thing happens when I am trying to edit a
filename. If I don't keep key strokes going the cursor jumps out of the
editing box. I have SP3 loaded and have not added any software recently.
Any idea what is going on?

 

[Elmo]

In the past couple of weeks the pause or dwell time when I am working in
Windows has suddenly become very short. For example, if I stop typing in
this box for more than a few seconds the cursor jumps back to the beginning
of the box. The same kind of thing happens when I am trying to edit a
filename. If I don't keep key strokes going the cursor jumps out of the
editing box. I have SP3 loaded and have not added any software recently.
Any idea what is going on?

This might help, though it won't help discover what program is stealing
focus:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 66. (r-h column) Prevent Programs from Stealing Focus - Undo

 

[VanguardLH]

In the past couple of weeks the pause or dwell time when i am working in
Windows has suddenly become very short. For example, if I stop typing in
this box for more than a few seconds the cursor jumps back to the beginning
of the box. The same kind of thing happens when I am trying to edit a
filename. If I don't keep key strokes going the cursor jumps out of the
editing box. I have SP3 loaded and have not added any software recently.
Any idea what is going on?

Same thing happen if you load IE in its no add-ons mode?