The horrendous product is the malware that has likely infected your machine.
What you describe is not normal behavior, and the underlying cause in most
cases is malware. Run scans with your preferred antivirus and antispyware
products in safe mode.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
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"bobby88211" <> wrote in message
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> Whenever I click on the calendar or volume in the taskbar, the windows
> appear for about 1 second and "disappear" before I can change volume or
> the time and date. Why did MS release such a horrendous product? How can
> I fix this?