I had a similar problem, and discovered that the restarting cure was coincidental and not reliable. I tracked the problem down to a defect in the cord, about 2 inches from the mouse. When I bent the cord to a position that lit the light, and taped it in that position to the mouse, all was well, and still is.

Rob

>I am running Windows ME and My compaq Z5000 quits sending messages to my
>Microsoft Trackball Optical mouse. The light on my mouse goes out and the
>buttons
>don't work. If I shutdown and restart the computer it runs for 10 or 15
>minutes then stops sending again.The keyboard commands still work fine.
>When I hit control+alt+deleate I get the message that msgsrv does not respond. I
>understand that msgsrv is a Windows ME program that controls power
>allocation(?)
>Is there anyway to replace that file.
>I have a second computer with ME on it and it works fine. Could I possibly
>use the msgsrv out of it?
>
>Thanks
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William L. Carterw

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