Lisbeth, Thanks for that suggestion, but Sticky Keys and Slow Keys (in Universal Access) are both turned off. I was SO hoping that was the solution, but it's *still* beeping at me. And driving me nuts! Any other thoughts? Bill >> TiBook beeps when I hit *any* key > ------- > You have activated the keyboard helpfunction. I may help if you simply > press the skift key rappidly 5 times. Otherwise open System preferenses > (Control Panel in your language?) and go to the System and its Help > section. Under Keyboard you should be able to turn on or off the > functions as prefered.