In article <7fefe387cc5842354f2ce437991e36ad@news.meganetnews .com>, nospam@all
says...
> Somehow this evening my computer has been invaded by software I did not
> deliberately install. When I rebooted my computer (something I must do
> every 3 hours or so, because my OS is ME), there was a splash screen
> informing me that the machine was installing new software - among the
> names were Gameport Joystick and some others.

Gameport Joystick is a hardware resource on your computer - the chip resources
connected to the DB-15 on the back panel. All recent versions of Windows
automatically detect new hardware and install the drivers for it. Have you made a
change in your system configuration lately, such as updating the BIOS ? If you
never use the gameport you can disable it in the BIOS. That's the best choice to
stop this. Next best would be to allow it to install as it wants, then check the
box to disable the device. That way the OS knows about the hardware and has a
driver for it, but will not initialize or support it for any application.

The RichFX player and some other applications that you mention are installed
applications that you can deal with through "uninstall" or spyware tools.