It works!!!  Thanks Aaron, I really appreciate you taking the time to help me out.  BTW, I got the initial project from the MSDN here.  Take care.

Thanks Aaron.  I've got the full project posted to Media Fire at http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=90942cba74b4da4c0c814df2efeadc50e04e75f6e8ebb871

Hey Aaron, thank you for the reply.  Yes, I have added the .png file to the content project.  I can send you my project if you like.  If you could take a look I would very much appreciate it.  I have been trying to get this to work for almost a week.

Ok, once again a content problem.  When I run my game within the IDE, it loads the content and everything runs fine.  I tried using ClickOnce deployment, but it failed to install on my machine and a friend's and I figured out through the debugger that it was not finding my .png file.  Here is the code.  There are 3 cs ...

Thanks, although I was kind of hoping to stay away from the MSDN.  It looks like you have to know the class library before you can find the class you are looking for.

Well, I have no idea what fixed it, but the hum is now gone.

Yeah, I understand.  I was just joking.  My experience with XNA has not been very smooth either, but I am still working at it.  And dude, I just realized you were the OP.  Hahahaha....now that is funny.

dadoo, you have helped me once again, sir.  Thank you.  bixel, you sound bitter, man.  And hey, I got no problems reviving a thread if it means I can get a question answered.  Why post a new thread when you can reuse a 5 year old one?  I just saved their server some space.  I'm trying to lessen my footprint.  ...

Thanks for the replies.  I got it to work.  Is there a site that lists all the classes in XNA in alphabetical order kind of like Java's documentation? Edit: accidentally typed methods instead of classes.

dadoo, thanks for the info.  I tried overriding LoadContent, but now I get a different error: Error    1    'XnaPong2.PongGame.LoadContent(bool)': no suitable method found to override. The method has the following type: protected override void LoadContent(bool loadAllContent). The class looks like ...