Mouse becomes erratic until i restart computer?
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From: dadiOH on 23 Jul 2010 14:18 AdeW wrote: > My mouse becomes erratic a while after starting computer where the > pointer disappears into the corners and the context menu is randomly > activated. USB mouse? Serial? Wireless? What? -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
From: glee on 23 Jul 2010 14:41 "AdeW" <adnw14(a)live.co.uk> wrote in message news:42ae843b-e666-4b5a-803f-cfbbbc0f687b(a)g35g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... > My mouse becomes erratic a while after starting computer where the > pointer disappears into the corners and the context menu is randomly > activated. > > So i use the accessibility mouse which uses the arrows on number pad > until eventually the keyboard stops responding but accessibility mouse > on the number pad still works. > > I restart the computer and its all fine. > > I tried Dr Watson but it just said nothing obviously unusual > > Scan reg nothing wrong. Scandisk fine. System file checker just says > setupx.dll is wrong but i've read its a file not to worry about. > > I thought it could be a problem in the internet explorer cache but > i've had this mouse problem when i had never started IE after > restarting computer. What kind of mouse? USB, PS/2, Wireless? Optical or ball-type? Are third-party (manufacturer) drives installed or standard Windows mouse drivers? If third-party, which ones? Have you tried using a different mouse to test? Have you tried using your mouse on another computer? Does the problem happen in Safe Mode? -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 A+ http://dts-l.net/
From: AdeW on 24 Jul 2010 07:01 On 23 July, 19:41, "glee" <gle...(a)spamindspring.com> wrote: > What kind of mouse? USB, PS/2, Wireless? Optical or ball-type? > Are third-party (manufacturer) drives installed or standard Windows > mouse drivers? > If third-party, which ones? > > Have you tried using a different mouse to test? > Have you tried using your mouse on another computer? > Does the problem happen in Safe Mode? Its a ps/2 mouse ball type. I was thinking because both the keyboard and mouse start working again when the computer is restarted and that the accessibility mouse keys on the numberpad still worked that it wasn't a hardware problem? why is that? I haven't tried a different mouse yet, but i did read a webpage suggesting static? I've not tried the mouse on another computer. Will have to find one. I did try safe mode for about 10 minutes and no problems. But then when out of safe mode the mouse has worked fine for a few hours until it goes wrong. Its a Genius brand mouse. Seems to use standard drivers vmm32.vxd When i get back home will have a look if the mouse plug is secure.
From: Buffalo on 25 Jul 2010 22:47 AdeW wrote: > > A hard cold reboot is the same as pressing reset isn't it? No, a hard cold reboot is shutting the computer off and giving the HDD time to quit spinning before restarting the computer, IMO. Buffalo PS:At least in Win98, it was different.
From: AdeW on 26 Jul 2010 18:08
On 26 July, 03:47, "Buffalo" <E...(a)nada.com.invalid> wrote: > AdeW wrote: > > > A hard cold reboot is the same as pressing reset isn't it? > > No, a hard cold reboot is shutting the computer off and giving the HDD time > to quit spinning before restarting the computer, IMO. > Buffalo > PS:At least in Win98, it was different. I did scan reg while the mouse pointer was frozen and its fine it says. Dr watson fine, device manager no problems, then some minutes later the mouse was working again. While it was frozen i could still move the pointer with the numeric keypad. That was yesterday, today the mouse froze again for five minutes and then worked. These are my mouse driver files. Are they all up to date? mouse.drv modified Friday, April 23, 1999 10:22:00 PM version 9.01.0.000 msmouse.vxd modified Friday, April 23, 1999 10:22:00 PM version 4.10.1998 vmm32.vxd modified Saturday, December 10, 2005 12:59:00 PM |