[snip] >She has no devices plugged in apart from a Swann OptiGlow mouse (not the >culprit as problem occurs with other mice too). She is on a wireless LAN >and this issue might have first appeared when we first enabled USB Printer >Sharing but I haven't been able to troubleshoot yet. Software-wise, she >only runs Office 2001 and a couple of others so there is very little third >party software on her machine - although she is using USB Overdrive 1.3.7 >which I have found to be problem-free on other machines. [snip] have you switched the USB port that the mouse is plugged into? i found the one closer to the firewire port to be more reliable, esp. for daisy chained USB peripherals. (or, perhaps it's just my ti500 also under 9.2.2.) bill -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * William Scammell Creative Director wscamel @ pop.ici.net 781-956-3548 http://www.idesignofboston.com provides graphic, advertising, and web site design services. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *