Sometimes when I turn on my computer and start doing things I open up my web browser and notice that as soon as I perform some action on one tab, I can no longer switch to another tab before minimizing the window and opening it up again from the tray. If I do this, then, once again I am limited to one single mouse action before needing to minimize the browser once again to switch tabs. Not only tabs can only be clicked once, but also buttons and any flash objects. Text links work fine though. And it's not only my browser that weirds out in this way, it's all applications, if I need to switch application I first need to minimize it to the tray before opening up a new one. Within the applications everything works fine though, except sometimes the right-mouse-button pop-up menu appears while clicking the left button, repeatedly, and stays that way for a long time. In this state of computer, another action that I cannot do is move files or folders. I can drag them to a different location on the desktop, nor can I move them to or between folders with the mouse. I can still copy and paste them, however, but between switching folders I must minimize the folder and return to Windows for a while.

This doesn't happen very often, but it's been happening more and more the past few years. If it is an error within Windows XP or my computer hardware I will probably know, but it bothers me that as soon as I think I'm grasping the less surface features of my Operating System, things like this turn up. I did a quick Google as well, and a few similar problems appeared regarding the folder issue only. One way of solving the problem was downloading a Registry file and installing it through a click. I couldn't install it through a click, since I have Win XP Home Edition. Now, this is strange since when I rewrote my hard drive last time I was given the options to start my computer with either Home or Professional MODE while turning on my system. After using the restore discs and installing Drivers n' Stuff instead of just the OS, this option is no longer given to me, and on the disc only "Home" is visible. So I'm confused.

Another thing that confuses me is the font 'Minion'. I used it once, with Adobe Illustrator, and then I went to another program to use it again, but it just wasn't there. I checked through Illustrators files in the program directory and found two font folders, one empty, the other with three fonts and a list of them. Minion wasn't in the list. I haven't compared the Illustrator font list with other font lists since it's just waaay too big, so I'm wondering if the font has a different name than the filename, even though I know it is installed by default - I haven't done it. Or if different programs parse fonts differently. Or if the font really is embedded within Adobe Illustrator. Hmm. Can someone clear the tense tranquility around these three mysteries and launch an answer? Let me know.