i agree with ZS. It sounds unrelated to flash.

you said you have a new computer....it probably has bloatware on there installed by the vendor.


You could run ad-aware http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ and see what crapware it finds.

Also go into CP > Admin Tools > Services > scroll down to Messenger and make sure it is disabled. If it's on automatic, double click it and choose disable from teh drop down box. You can also click the stop button to stop it.

I'd check for spyware and poke around start > run > msconfig > startup tab to see what is loading on startup that you don't need.

Worse comes to worse, if those ideas don't pan out, either ZS or I can do a remote assistance on your computer while online through XP and have a look around at some areas that might be causing it.