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Happy Birthday 69Rat! 

Cholla's right on the delete, then re-install.  If your mouse is malfunctioning, could it be a physical problem with it that may be causing the error?  If you can, borrow a mouse from someone and swap it with the one you have.  Shut your machine down, and replace yours, then start 'er back  up and see if the errors recur. 
Problem with deleting instead  of disable is that, even though the driver is replaced, if it's a physical hardware rpoblem, it will not show that.  I believe tha MS was on the right track with disabling first. 
With you monitor, it will use the standard monitor for windows.  Things might get big and colors will be wacky, but when you re-enable your monitor, all should return to normal.  For the pacmanning, make sure you are inserting, not typing over.  Hit the Insert key once and try it after hitting the key.
BTW:, How old is your mouse and what windows (Programs) doesn't your mouse work on?

Edit: Network adapter is ok to disable but you won't be able to connect to the net until you re-enable it.  Only one I'd be shy about would be the usb controllers (I would consider this a system device).  If your mouse and keyboard are attached by these ports, you may have issues if you disable usb.  Check with MS prior to doing the USB. 

Cholla:  If he did not have an appropriate product key, he would not have been able to install the os, or the os would not have been installed sucessfully by the OEM.  Administrator password is still a good idea.     69Rat, if you want to see your product key you will need to run a program similar to this one: http://pcsupport.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=pcsupport&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.magicaljellybean.com%2Fkeyfinder.shtml
Your product key, which I just found out, for XP, is now NOT stored as clear text in the registry.     I've never used the software form this link, so I can't recommend it but someone else might have something that they could recommend.  If you run it, let us know how it goes.  You can compare the number you get from the program with the one on the tag somewhere on your computer.

Well, my product key is right on. I have a little ditty that came with a cd that I bought last year, so I checked the guys web site and he's come out with an updated version. It's from jd webworks/power solutions. Some stuff s pretty handy like the utility that works like an "encription converter" that pulls ALL of your personal stuff/passwords/info,etc., out of your registry and let's you read it in English It's kinda scary that all that info is in our puter. Back soon,,,,,,,,,

http://www.jdwebworks.com/SuperCD/supercd.htm

BTW; I did put in an administrator password the other day.

Try the one I posted above. There is some stuff in there for 98SE

OK, now I'll disable network adaptors and see what happens.

Hey dudes   I'm writing this from my other puter in the kitchen. It took 20 minutes to re-configure my router and reboot router and click "repair" etc, etc, to get both of them up and running at the same time. Anyhow, I'm running another complete virus scan on my main puter just because I was in safe mode again. I cannot reinstall my network chipset drivers even from my cd Not to worry, I did not uninstall the existing ones, but when I disabled the "network" and rebooted, the error came up WAY quicker than it ever has. BEFORE the desktop even came up Hummmmmmmmmmm, I smell a rat and not a 69 one either Now, here is a good one, when I clicked on my "Network Connections" properties page, the page/window, it was and still is BLANK It shows on this puter and of course I am not getting the error A window did popup during this process that said something like"Cannot find info/file, etc, to show" pertaining to the network connections page. Also tried to install new drivers from Abit and they will not. Downloaded twice and tried to install it would just start to install and then "blink away". Tried several times. Something is going on with my network connections or drivers, looks like, maybe this is the culprit .

BTW I couldn't find anywhere where you can disable hidden ones(maybe 98SE only?)

BTW X 2: I am back on my main puter now

Hi cak46. Well, first of all I don't have a nic, literally, just the default network drivers that come with my mobo: Abit An7/ with the Nvidia  Nforce 2 chipset. I did not try to reinstall my drivers while they were disabled. I re-enabled them so that I could go to Abit and look for new drivers, which they have, but of course they will not install I could go ahead and disable again and then try to install new drivers Have not heard of newdotnet. Comcast is my isp. My router is a Linksys BEFSR41, but BTW I have not used the router for several weeks until last night when I got on my other puter. My modem is an RCA DCM315 from Comcast. I have the hidden files per network adaptors, BUT they will not take in paint All I get is a blank screen in my pics folder I can't copy and paste I can't select all, only thing I can do is print Same thing happened when I tried to send my task mgr screen shot to MS. As far as trying to delete my local connection, that screen is blank also. Comcast helped me do that once when I lost connection, and it was quite a process, many things had to be changed, including in my services , ie they switched me from local area connection 2 to local area connection 3. My mobo is all Nvidia, including my network adaptor( which is NIVIDIA nforce MCP networking controller) Listed in the hidden files is the same entry with a hyphen and then- "packet scheduler miniport". Also listed is "Direct Parallel". Now, under WAN miniport are 5 lsitings, including:IP:IP Scheduler Miniport:L2TP:PPPOE:PPTP. NOW the entry that makes no sense whatsoever is this one[ VIA PCI 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet Adapter-Packet Scheduler Miniport] What the heck is VIA doing in my network adaptor line-up when this is an INVIDIA set-up. OR is this something that is supposed to be there. :or can I just delete it. OR, do I have to buy an extra case 

Hold on cak46 I had everyhting all written out and then went to load the shot and it's a bmp. so I lost my entire text that I wrote to you, I'm working on it.

OK. I changed it to Jpeg. The only thing I was doing wrong was I didn't click paste first, that's why it wasn't taking in the first place. Now, The VIA makes sense?  It seems to be a repeat of the nvidia. Where else can look for my network connections? My properites page is missing so it be a little difficult Now here goes-Load time
damn it didn't take I'm being told it already exists, Back in flash