Dory: Were you able to regain control of the Book Port? Don't worry about connecting it or chasing down Windows Assistance messages until you get the Book Port Working. The Windows Assistance messages are useless in this situation anyway. Rob Meredith >>> doryfish@xxxxxxxxxxx 08/11/05 07:49AM >>> While reading early this morning, Marion got the battery warning. It is very easy to lose track of time but he does not think he was near the 40 hour timeframe. About a minute later, he then got a second warning, pressed def to change batteries. Did not have any handy. So waited awhile before changing batteries. When he changed batteries , the bp would not work. I plugged it into both his and then my computer which resulted in an approximation of the following message: "usb device not recognized one of the usb devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned and windows does not recognize it. For assistance in solving this problem, click this message." That's the end of the message and I cannot find where to click. I do not understand why we are having so many initial difficulties. Dory doryfish@xxxxxxxxxxx