I think I got it... i just added everything under USB HID (not just mouse and keyboard support), and that seemed to have done it.. (plus I restored, under mouse support, default resolution of 1024x768...) Patrix. -- "No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow." -- Lt. Cmdr. Susan Ivanova, Babylon 5. "It's the Magic that counts." -- Larry Wall on Perl's apparent ugliness.