I also had a similar problem and I resolved it by going to My Computer, Properties, Performance, Graphics and moving the slider down a notch. It will tell you that doing so resolves problems with mice. Does not seem to affect any other thing as far as graphic viewing. I would lose the hand that clicks on URL's in Netscape or IE. Took me a long time to find that as I was very green at the time. That led me to the MS Knowledge Base that is indispensable. Hope this helps. Brad Loomis Morro Bay, CA I had a similar problem while ago, but I am not sure that it is identical, though. In the end I discovered that my Pentium chip was overheating owing to a malfunctioning fan. I bought a new fan and clipped it on, and my troubles were at an end. In your part of the world (California?) it should not cost you much more than say $4 or so. At that price it is probably worth a try. Inspect your motherboard first though - the fan might just have slipped a bit and may not be cooling the chip properly. Good luck. >dear fellow listies, > Im having an annoying problem my mouse cursor >will just disappear it started when I used windows explorer now is doing >in almost all programs like if I use netscape and click on the menu >button it will go POOF and the system freezes I have tried to slow the >speed of the cursor but it doesn't seem to help can anybody offer and >suggestions for this as im going nuts