All Error dialog boxes disappear immediately.

[erpara]

Have you tried looking in the event viewer?
Start - Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Event
Viewer.
The application may log it's error in the event viewer.

Hope this helps,
erpara
>-----Original Message-----
>I am having a problem on my Windows XP Home system.
>Whenever any program tries to put up an error dialog box
>on the screen, the dialog box is dismissed immediately.
>
>I never have a chance to read the error message, unless
I
>can reproduce the error over and over again, hoping to
>read its contents in the milliseconds it appears.
>
>It is strange, because it seems to happen in any
software
>that puts up an error dlg. It's very frustrating, and
>I've never gotten any help. I've posted this question
in
>the General newsgroups, and tried contacting MS
>directly. No replies from either.
>
>I've recently done a full virus and spyware scan of my
>system, and everything is fine. I've also applied all
>recommended updates.
>
>Please, if you have ANY suggestions, I'd love to hear
>them. Please help!
>
>Thanks in advance.
>-Dan.
>.
>