Hi, have you checked your device manager for IRQ conflicts ?
You can do this by going to:
   Start/ Settings/ Contol Panel/ System/ Device Manager/
At this point you should see any obvious problems denoted
by a yellow or blue exclamation.
   Take a look at the Mouse category. If it's not already
extended you can do so by clicking the "+" next to it.
Hopefully, you only have one mouse listed.

   You should also check the IRQ list by double-clicking
Computer at the top of the device list. On this list you should
see IRQ's 00 thru 15 .
Do you see which IRQ your modem and mouse are using ?
   They should be independent and not sharing. They're are some
exceptions to the rule but for now make a note of which IRQ's
are being used.

Now you should have enough info to detect obvious IRQ conflicts.
You may need to remove all your  "mice" from the device manager
and allow Windows a chance to load it again.
You can do this for the modem if you have the driver disk, or it's
a modem supported by Windows.

   If you still have a problem you may want to post to the list
what IRQ's your mouse and modem are on. And what Com
ports they're using, as well.

    As a last resort, if your comfortable doing it. You can remove
the modem from the pc and reinstall it after Windows reloads the
mouse.

I wasn't sure of your techno level, which is why the letter's long.
-goodluck
 yui shin

----- Original Message -----
Jim Phillips wrote:


> Hi everyone,
>
> I'am experiencing a problem with my mouse when I exit my dial-up program.
> When I finish an internet connection and click "disconnect", my mouse
> pointer freezes on the screen. I can right click the mouse and still get
the
> pop-up menu even though the pointer is frozen. This same freeze up happens
> when I begin my dial-up connection and click "cancel" during the
connection
> phase. The only way to recover seems to be a restart!
>
> I'am running a P3 system, 64MB SDRAM, PS/2 mouse. This same problem also
> occurs if I use a serial mouse. All suggestions are greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks, Jim.

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