Well, I don't thinkI have a beta running, but my laptop did make an unscheduled trip out to Internet Explorer once while the bookport was connected. Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 Email: Wstephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- .From: "Kitty Litter"<n8kl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> .Sent: 10/15/05 2:14:42 PM .To: "bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"<bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> .Subject: [bookport] Re: Dead Bookport . .And you probably get an error from windows saying the USB device has .malfunctioned. I wonder if it is a software problem with beta 8 and d+e+f? I .put 8 back in mine and will try not doing d+e+f and see what happens. . .