Windows XP weirdness with Applets

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I have this applet that when ran under IE in Windows XP it sometimes
royally screws up the border around the text in the screen.



        /**
         * Overides the paint method.  Used here to draw a
         * border around out label
         * @param g Graphics
         */
        public void paint(Graphics g) {
                Rectangle rect = clockText.getBounds();
                int brd = Integer.parseInt(brdSize);

                if(brd < MINIMUM_BRD_SIZE)
                  brd = MINIMUM_BRD_SIZE;

                if(brd > MAXIMUM_BRD_SIZE)
                  brd = MAXIMUM_BRD_SIZE;

                g.setColor(foreGround);
                this.setBackground(backGround);
                this.setForeground(foreGround);

                for(int i=1; i <= brd; i++)
                {
                  g.drawRect(rect.x - i, rect.y - i,
                    rect.width + (i *2), rect.height + (i *2));
                }

        }

Unde IE in any other Windows platform this does not cause a problem. 
Sometimes the border will disappear and I can see right through it to
the desktop.  I've installed JRE 1.4.1_01 on the Windows machine.  This
code was compiled with a target of 1.1.  Is there a good way to fix
this?  Or when I update clockText in the thread should I just call the
paint() method so that the graphics could be updated.  This is a simple
clock applet with the clock displayed as a

Label clockText = new Label("", Label.CENTER);          // Label that
displays time


Every second that label gets updated.  Maybe every second after I update
the label I should run paint()?

Thanks,
Chris