Ok..after trying a few things I re-OS'ed my system, installed the latest and greatest Windows 2k updates, installed the current version of Java...and guess what...all is working well now. Not sure what the problem really was but I am guessing a dll, vxd, or some other file related to DirectDraw became corrupted. I really don't believe that overclocking was the problem because I uninstalled the overclocking app and it did not make a difference. I may re-install it just to verify but there is an old saying that if it aint broken don't fix it! You all have a great evening and thanks for all of the advice!