yup and its annoying when it happens - BUT you don't have to reboot! just sleep your iBook and then wake it up. From the keyboard, option-command-eject and hold for a bit, wait til its soundly asleep then wake it up. Your normal cursor movement should be restored (at least under osx).. :) anders On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 10:36 PM, 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