I hope everything gets fixed up soon for you. My previous laptop - Kadaj, a Dell Latitude - is still capable of running... he just doesn't recognize any form of mouse input other than mouse keys. *minor glare* Which is why I'm much happier with my new Toshiba, Deusericus. I also had an issue with my Sims 2 going haywire on me a while back, but luckily a reinstall fixed it and I was able to restore my backed up neighborhoods.