Yet another very happy user, thanks a lot!
The fix - It works with Processing too, btw.
I am trying to get a link to this fix included in the
http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#toc14
.. I hope this will be possible. I remembered seeing this solution long time ago, but I had trouble refinding it.
More links to this genious 
with humble respect
Christian Liljedahl