Leifmb

TUT, my factory state reinstall fixed the problem. I reinstalled AVG8 and still no problems. I suspect it's an odd combination of AVG, UAC and perhaps windows firewall. Since I never really nailed it down I won't really know.
As far as the scribble device- it's a Lenovo X61 Tablet. It's my first tablet and so far I like the new things I can do with handwriting. Computers help organize people to some extent but everyones "writing" looks pretty much the same. The tablet allows me to mix it up a bit.

Thanks for your help.

-Leif