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In article <FpX5LPAGFJm4EwaV@pigsonthewing.demon.co.uk>
           andy@pigsonthewing.demon.co.uk "Andy Mabbett" writes:

> I have a curious problem on my other machine, running Win 95. When I
> click on a menu, by the time I've scrolled down to the item I want, it
> has disappeared again. This is especially noticeable when I try to use
> second- and third- level menus. I've tried changing the mouse, but that
> has made no difference; in fact, the same happens if I use [Alt] and
> keyboard shortcuts to reach the same menu items. It's happening in most
> if not all applications, too. Nothing else happens, so it's not that
> menu items are being spuriously "clicked".

Sounds like you have a regularly ticking process that steals the focus.

I have the same problem when using a certain brand of data transfer 
software at work.  Every time it pops up a status box (which with 
certain transfers is several times a second), it steals focus for 
a moment which collapses any active menus.
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