unusual problem !!

wincustomize is cool! how nice to see you all once again here...

ok, long back, if anyone remembers, i had requested a solution to one problem with my

laptop...: in WinXP when i try to fullscreen my DOS window (applications especially) it

gets STUCK. but it doesnt get stuck if i run COMMAND.com or CMD.exe in fullscreen.

i have also noticed something really nasty. when i start my computer, i heard the music

lalalalalallllaaa... (WinXP default) quite after sometime ONLY. in the mean time, my

desktop is loaded and i can see my icons in the system tray. now, before the music

plays, i immediately ran a dos APP in fullscreen mode, VOILA!! it worked! nothing got

stuck! it was amazing. but after sometime, the app hanged. so, i guess its not a problem

with my laptop, but its some APP thats causing this stupid problem. well, i am not able

to figure out which app! i have disabled Norton AV and still, the problem is hanging

around. so norton is not the one. so which one is it? i am confused! please help!!

thanks!!

ALso, there is one more stupid problem!
when i connect to the internet, after connecting, for few seconds, the computer is

ALMOST stuck. then the messenger signs in. i figured out why. when i connect to the

internet, an instance of SVCHOST.exe uses 100% CPU usage and then it calms down. whats

going on here??

Vimal...

System:
WinXP SP1 Original
Acer 1600 series Laptop
P IV 2.8 Gig. 256MB DDR.SDRAM

i hope these configs are enough