I Just bought this Compaq laptop and after I loaded Morrowind on it.

I started the game and in the screen's upper right hand corner, there is the bit of the explorer (minimize, exit) that keeps flashing in and out. At any point the screen does not move, the explore doesn't show through, but as soon as something changes on screen (i turn the character) it shutters through. I don't know whats up, anyone know whats causing it? Should I post a dxdiag?

It's probably Windows 7. Look to see if there's a compatability issue(s) and patch(es) available for Morrowind, either from gamesas or Microsoft. Vista pretty much killed a bunch of XP-compatable games, and Windows 7 is basically VIsta in a new package.

All-in-all, it's a very minor problem. Annoying, yes, but not neccissarily game breaking.

Have you tried using the compatibility settings?:

• Disable visual themes
  
• Disable desktop composition

It could be due to a graphics card driver, but I had no such issue on Windows 7.

Fullscreen flickering sounds like an OpenGL problem to me. I don't have Win 7, so I can't be of much help, but a quick Google search shows its pretty common.

Morrowind doesn't use OpenGL so why would this be relevant?

This may be caused by Aero (Vista/7 GUI) or a badly optimized device driver or weak graphics hardware (namely Intel IGPs).

crap, sorry about that. Got my bonehead post out of the way for today though