grumpyhugs, I can absolutely assure you that the yellow lines are not a 'feature' of Windows XP!
Without further information, it's impossible to tell you anything more useful. It would help for you to let us know some of the 'specifications' of your system - Motherboard ID, display card, and so on.
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Dude take a screen shot unless it's your monitor press PrintScrn button or PrintScreen. Then paste it in like paint or photoshop or some kind of picture editing tool save the picture and post it.
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