[AccessD] Saved Form will not release focus

Hey All
This first occurred when I was updating an Access97 (mdb) application to 
Access2000 on my WINXP machine, but is now occurring in a different 
Access97 (mdb) application that I am updating in Access97 and which I 
copied from my old Windows 98 machine onto another (different) WINXP 
machine. 
If I go into design mode and edit a form and then save it, when I come 
back to the main database form I cannot use the scroll bar or select 
another form to edit/work on. If I click on either it opens the previous 
form I just saved. I have to basically select the query or report tab 
and then the form tab to be able to scroll or select another form. I can 
open forms in the design mode and simply close them and I am fine, no 
sticking. I thought it was just something flaky with Access2000, but it 
seems to have occurred on the Access97 (XP) application after I 
decompiled it.
The old version does not have this problem.  I have followed all the 
rules of decompling, creating a new MDB and coping over all components 
and checking for viruses. The weird thing is if I copy the problem 
Acess97 MDB to my WindowsNT machine it works fine no sticking.  Also all 
my progress bars freeze after displaying 15 to 20 % of the total 
progress, I now have to use DoEvents to enable them to display the 
ongoing progress.

Is there something specific that I need to be aware of when working in 
the WinXP environment??? 
Is there something I have unwittingly done or twittingly done, this has 
got me baffled.
I also tried creating a new MDB and just copying only some of the forms 
over to it, sticking still occurs.