On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:21:48 +0530, grahamerowland
<grahamerowland.36gobf@DoNotSpam.com> wrote:

>
>Hi, I have an Acer laptop with XP. Possibly(??) since installing a new
>copy of MS Office the screen flickers esp. on start up.
>
>I have tried the diagnostic and the only clue is the BIOS may need
>updating - however after reading posts elsewhere I'm pretty nervous
>about messing about trying to upgrade it. (I know I don't have the
>latest one.)
>
>Heeelllppppp please!
>
>TIA
>Grahame

Maybe MS Office altered the screen refresh rate ?