GMan!!! You are TOTALLy amazing and continue to astound me. I did exactly what you said (I noted you didn't even move your lips) .... adnd it Worked.!! ........ Ouch, I just got to this point when the cursor started playing silly b&%$#*@s again. Can you possibly tell me how to check for the OTHER "11 or 12 major parts" to which you refer??? please. Roger W On 21/07/2008 3:07 p.m., Gman wrote: > Hi Roger,....... > > > And now for something completely different: > What you are experiencing is either Alien Control of your computer &/or > mind OR a hardware driver conflict. My money is on the driver issue. Since > its primarily effect seems to be to your cursor, I would start there by > uninstalling the driver for the touchpad and any mice that might be > currently showing as installed. You will most likely then have to use the > keyboard commands to reboot your system. If you are not familiar with > those, simply press the Windows key (the one with the MS flag for its icon) > to bring up the start menu. Then, use your arrow keys to get to the Reboot > command. For most XP systems, that would be one tap UP ARROW, press Enter, > two RIGHT ARROW taps and press Enter again. Windows will reinstall the > drivers when the system comes back up, hopefully without any conflicts with > other drivers. > > If it doesn't help, then the true source of the conflict lies within the > driver installation of another device. The trick then is to track down > which device is causing it by repeating the above instructions for other > devices until the problem is resolved. Although there are only 11 or 12 > major parts to a typical computer system, there are many more driver files > loaded for them, so this is not exactly a simple task (or set of tasks) to > follow. Hopefully, reinstalling fresh touchpad drivers will be enough to do > the trick. :O) > > Peace, > Gman > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------