thanks guys the person owning the computer decided to "try fixing" herself before she brought me the computer. and as with all computers I agree to work on or build, if any other tech or non tech touches it, I no longer fix that computer. I warned her many times but she knew better than me. and now she must have some moron reload windows as she screwed it up. so thank you all for your hard work and effort I do appreciate it even though the stupid person will never again get to experience how smart our group of idiots really are. but I promise i will have other issues creep up. actually since I am thinking about it. my friend just got cod2 loaded up he has win 7 ultimate and a g500 mouse (same as me) but in the controls screen when I try to assign the side, back and forward buttons, they both show up at the alt button. on my system they show up at button 4 and 5 respectivally. we have the same setpoint software same versions. but his will not show up correctly. any ideas?