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   copmom
   Member

   The past week or so my mouse has had a mind of it's own. It's not wireless but is optical and when I move it, it seems to skip all over the screen. It is clean.. no lint or anything in it. I've gone to control panel, mouse, checked settings, everything seems OK there.
   Anyone have any ideas on this?

   Posted 14 years ago #
2. 

   notblocklox
   retired

   When my mouse misbehaved like that, I found a crack in the cable.
   The foot of my monitor stood on the cable and the sharp edge squeezed it.
   When releasing the cable - the mouse was happy again.

   From the perspective of the poor mouse, quite understandable ;)
   graylox

   Posted 14 years ago #
3. 

   Lester (Chip)
   English Mod

   Yeah that happens to me sometimes with my laptop mouse. Just put some cheese on your screen where you want your mouse to stay and it should stay there.

   Regards,
   Chip

   Posted 14 years ago #
4. 

   Robert
   StrayCat

   1)Straighten the cable where it's connected to the mouse
   2)Try another USB port
   3)Make sure the hardware manager only shows 1
   (and maybe reinstall the mouse)
   4)Put something non reflective underneath the mouse
   5)Try and use the mouse off line (just in case...)
   6)Don't put your cell phone close to it ...
   7)Try another mouse

   

   Posted 14 years ago #
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   GMMan, Hexadecimal Blacksmith
   Blocked

   If it's one of those darn Microsoft mouse... It just happens.

   Posted 14 years ago #
6. 

   pavid
   gamer extraordinaire & knowledgeable computer nerd who likes to argue, but is still a very nice guy

   That happens to me from time to time. I discovered that it was hairs over the optical sensor. I have cats as well so I solve this by blowing on the the bottom of the mouse and removing anything caught around the feet from time to time.

   Posted 14 years ago #
7. 

   copmom
   Member

   Thanks to all that responded to this! Nothing sitting on the cable or crimping it. Happened whether online or offline. Tried a piece of cheese (Extra sharp cheddar) and the mouse ate it! Don't have a cell phone, so not that.. but, guess what? I did VERY closely inspect where the red light is on the bottom while blowing on it, and sure enough there was a very fine hair that showed up when I blew on it! Maybe it was a 'mouse hair'?? LOL Hopefully that has fixed the mouse! Now it seems to be behaving once again!

   Posted 14 years ago #
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   GMMan, Hexadecimal Blacksmith
   Blocked

   Now I wonder if anyone has a fix for my mouse. It's a Logitech wireless mouse, and it seems to have an intermittent connection. If I put my cursor over a window button on the taskbar and hold the left mouse button, my window minimizes and restores quickly more often than not. I don't think it helps that the laptop stand is aluminum.

   Posted 14 years ago #
9. 

   Michelle
   Member

   My dad bought a wireless mouse and on that sometimes he can't move the cursor. I use to have a wireless mouse and keyboard and it had some kind of pad with it on this one it doesn't. It sometimes stops where he can't use it. Which leaves me to think it isn't hooked up right. Do you only put it into the back of the computer with these new mice?

   Posted 14 years ago #
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    GMMan, Hexadecimal Blacksmith
    Blocked

    Mine only came with the mouse, receiver, and a couple of batteries. They have some sort of software for use with the mouse, but previous experience with it didn't have me liking it. (I think it interfered with the built in touchpad on my previous laptop running Win2K.)

    Posted 14 years ago #
11. 

    copmom
    Member

    Mine isn't hopping all over like it was, but it is still intermittently moving on it's own when I play one game - Solitaire! I think what we all need to do is get some cats to help control our mice!

    Posted 14 years ago #
12. 

    goodgotd
    Member

    one point if using a ps/2 mouse with a scrollwheel on a laptop with a trackpad- turn the trackpad off in the bios or the totally insane pointer action happens. code conflict or something.

    hairs will cause erratic motion if they get locked where the lens focuses to snap pix.

    some new optical mice (generally cheap chinese ones- like there are a lot of us built cheap ones) I have tried lately have had jitters, really fast tracking speed, and one would slam the pointer to a random side of the screen if it got lifted off the surface and couldn't 'see' anything.

    and that wireless mouse- does that machine have wi-fi? many low-cost wireless mice use the same 2.4 ghz band and can get interfered with by the wireless card. or vice versa- but the mouse usually is lower powered and has a smaller antenna. I've seen lots of diy projects have that problem.

    I *have* cats- and still prefer .22 CB caps for exterminating troublesome mice. (rats I get out the 9mm)

    Posted 14 years ago #
13. 

    NolafromNZ
    Member

    Copmom, Is your mouse attached to a laptop? I had the same problem with my laptop mouse and when I googled it, I found that a lot of other people also had the same problem which was fixed by a free program called TouchFreeze, found at http://touchfreeze.software.informer.com/1.0/ So I downloaded and installed it and haven't had my mouse cursor do anything I haven't wanted it to do since. Apparently, the touch pad on some laptops is so sensitive it moves your mouse when it even senses hands near it, you don't even have to touch it. Typing used to be a nightmare for me and it would take 4 times longer to type an email, or even a forum answer like this.

    Posted 14 years ago #
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    GMMan, Hexadecimal Blacksmith
    Blocked

    My computer has wifi off, so that's not it.

    Posted 14 years ago #
15. 

    goodgotd
    Member

    have you checked the logitech site? they are usually fairly good about qc. and is it mouseware or setpoint it came with?

    hmmm.. LOS ok?

    Posted 14 years ago #

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