Quote Originally Posted by williamsiddell View Post
Seen this just a few times. Seems like an application accesses the desktop and RTW suffers. Auto virus scan etc. - sometimes no obvious culprit. If it's happening a lot maybe try starting task master and check running apps or processes. Google the processes.
Come to think of it, MTW did something similar whenever autoupdates ran. I have a few things running; first best guess would be my Hughesnet Status Meter or my virus program

RE: Reluctant Samurai - Without knowing which copy of RTW you are using:

Boxed disc with Barbarian Invasions. Checking out the linked discussion now (thanks).