My Firefox window will not stay highlighted.

It doesn't matter what website I am on. Every 5 seconds or so the color changes on the top blue bar. I can be in the middle of typing something (like this) and then it stops like it is inactive. I have to click on the page to start typing again.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== Just noticed it a few days ago, not sure why?

Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).
See [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]] and [[Troubleshooting plugins]]
If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all your extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears.
You can use "Disable all add-ons" on the [[Safe mode]] start window to disable all extensions.
You have to close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")

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== Issue
==
I have another kind of problem with Firefox
== Description
==
Clicking the maximize square in the top right works for half a second then it goes back; dragging with the mouse does not work; Alt+space and Resize or Move does not work; F11 does not work; right-clicking the shortcut and going to properties and selecting Normal or Maximized does not work. I know I pushed something on accident. Please let me know what it is!!
== This happened
==
Every time Firefox opened
== I wish I knew
==
== Troubleshooting information
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Application Basics
Name Firefox
Version 3.6.4
Profile Directory
Open Containing Folder
Installed Plugins
about:plugins
Build Configuration
about:buildconfig
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== Firefox version
==
3.6.4
== Operating system
==
Windows XP
== User Agent
==
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100611 Firefox/3.6.4 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)
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*Coupons, Inc. Coupon Printer Plugin
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*Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45
*Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 11.5
*iTunes Detector Plug-in
*DivX Web Player version 2.0.2.40
*GEPlugin
*4.0.50524.0
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*Google Update
*Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_17 for Mozilla browsers
*DRM Netscape Network Object
*Npdsplay dll
*DRM Store Netscape Plugin

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Opened Firefox (3.6.8) and an icon displays on the task-bar, but no window.
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