> Looks like in my case that it's vmware causing my issues. I'm stayed out > of it all afternoon and have not had a mouse or sound problem since. I > remember when I installed the latest vmware player that it complained > about the version of compiler I am using (4.1 instead of 4.0 or > something), but I had it go ahead anyway. Maybe that's the reason, not > sure. Correction, I guess vmware is not completely to blame. Lost sound again. I'm still thinking that's got something to do with flash. I think I might remove the flash plugin and see what happens then. Mouse is still working though....