Hello RickandRana, Sunday, December 13, 2009, 5:53:38 PM, you wrote: R> I want to let everyone know that finally changing the mouse has R> returned my hyperactive computer to its normal state. Good to see that you found the solution - it did sound like the mouse was the problem :-) Right time of the year to be looking for a new mouse too <lol> -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic'