Thanks Steve..it's not the video card, the resolution went down fine..it was the screen "look", a bit fuzzy. And thanks on the mouse info also!!! :) That touch pad is just tooo frustrating. Programs/windows opening without me touching them..btw..is it normal for windows to open by just moving the cursor over them? That drives me nuts..if I linger too long on some part of an open window, and it has a sub-window?, it opens automatically...I can't explain but I spend more time closing programs/windows I didn't want opened than actually learning the machine. Aaaarrrghhh! Jackie In a message dated 11/28/02 8:06:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, spatz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > A USB mouse should be no problem. I think when you install an USB muse the > Touch is automatically disabled, I just tried to move my mouse using my > touchpad and no movement, I do remember that when I had the PS2 mouse, I > could also use the touchpad. > > I'm pretty sure the screen can be brought down to 800x600, I've never seen > a video card not go to a valid lower resolution, but YMMV. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Computer Talk Shop http://www.computertalkshop.com Un-subscribe/Vacation, http://szaroconsulting.com/cts/list_options.htm List HowTo: http://szaroconsulting.com/cts/faq To join Computer Talk Shop's off topic list, please goto: http://szaroconsulting.com/cts/other_cts_lists.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------