I live in FL, so I don't know much about this stuff, but I think it's YOU shocking the computer. Try grounding yourself to something metal before touching it. Paul On 1/21/03 11:36 PM, "Shahara9 at aol.com" <Shahara9 at aol.com> wrote: > Now, this has happened twice... > My house is really dry (since its been 0 degrees outside lately) > and when I sit at the computer and touch the keyboard, I sometimes get > (give?) a big shock > then...my 'mouse' trackpad goes v e r y s l o w l y, and I have to move my > fingers > over and over to get the 'mouse' to move, a little at a time (like 15 times > to move across screen). > When I re-boot, it works fine again. > > Weird, huh? > ~shahara