Actually, there are reports that 2 options can setup your system for more frequent crashes. 1) Autohiding the taskbar and 2) Making the desktop as a webpage using one-clicking to access files. This is a problem with how Bryce operates on my machine, it seems like atleast one other user here is experiencing the same problem on WinXP as I am. I don't use a tablet, just a mouse. I know you can ALT+TAB just like clicking the WINDOWS key, but I have chat programs open that I can't see blink when an incoming message is sent because the taskbar isn't active..it pretends to be an image.