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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Sara on August 25, 2005, 11:15:38 AM

Title: Erratic mouse cursor
Post by: Sara on August 25, 2005, 11:15:38 AM

I work in IT, so I\'m not a complete retard.  I also realize that this opens me up for comments from the peanut gallery...

Anyway, this is my work PC.  Acer tablet, travelmate c300, xp pro, 512 ram, 1.5 GHz.

The mouse cursor jumps down to the sys tray all the damn time. And it clicks, too.  So if I leave for awhile, I\'ll come back to the date/time window, lan status window, etc.  The cursor also jumps to the start button, but not as often as the sys tray.

I completely removed the pointing devices from the reg and let them reinstall.  No luck.  Clean a/v scan, no spyware that I can find.  I could post my hijack this log, but I hate it when people do that.  It gives me bogus results when I try to google specific processes.  I honestly don\'t think this is a spyware issue.

The cursor is erratic in safe mode as well.  Happens whether I have my usb mouse plugged in or not.

Any ideas?

Title: Erratic mouse cursor
Post by: mm on August 25, 2005, 11:28:29 AM

sounds like a dodgy touchpad, seem it before on notebooks i\'ve fixed

disable it completely and see if problems remains

Title: Erratic mouse cursor
Post by: Luke on August 25, 2005, 01:02:54 PM

we just had to return 8 acer tablets here at work today cause they suck.


they were the c310\'s. we had nothing but problems with them from the beginning.

Title: Erratic mouse cursor
Post by: THX on August 25, 2005, 01:30:43 PM

+1 on crappy touchpad, such a PITA.  Wouldn\'t happen with a Thinkpad ;)

Title: Erratic mouse cursor
Post by: Living-In-Clip on August 26, 2005, 09:50:48 AM

+2 on crap-ass touchpad.
Damn IT people.
:p

Title: Erratic mouse cursor
Post by: Knotter8 on August 26, 2005, 02:12:27 PM

Err0tic mouse cursor !? :lmao:

Title: Erratic mouse cursor
Post by: videoholic on August 27, 2005, 02:27:39 PM

Rub cheese on it.

Title: Erratic mouse cursor
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on August 27, 2005, 02:28:47 PM

FREEZER!!!

Title: Erratic mouse cursor
Post by: Evi on August 27, 2005, 02:37:36 PM

Oven...

Title: Re: Erratic mouse cursor
Post by: Cyrus on August 29, 2005, 06:53:00 AM

Quote

Originally posted by Sara
I work in IT, so I\'m not a complete retard.  I also realize that this opens me up for comments from the peanut gallery...

Anyway, this is my work PC.  Acer tablet, travelmate c300, xp pro, 512 ram, 1.5 GHz.

The mouse cursor jumps down to the sys tray all the damn time. And it clicks, too.  So if I leave for awhile, I\'ll come back to the date/time window, lan status window, etc.  The cursor also jumps to the start button, but not as often as the sys tray.

I completely removed the pointing devices from the reg and let them reinstall.  No luck.  Clean a/v scan, no spyware that I can find.  I could post my hijack this log, but I hate it when people do that.  It gives me bogus results when I try to google specific processes.  I honestly don\'t think this is a spyware issue.

The cursor is erratic in safe mode as well.  Happens whether I have my usb mouse plugged in or not.

Any ideas?

HMM we had the same exact problem you wouldnt happen to be using a little cheap mouse I dont rember what brand we started off with but we ended up buying microsoft mini mouses infrared and havent had a problem since.

same notebooks all 8 of them were doing the same thing.

Title: Erratic mouse cursor
Post by: Cerberus on August 29, 2005, 07:16:40 AM

I have the exact same thing happen to me, as described in this thread (http://www.psx2central.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36857)

Title: Erratic mouse cursor
Post by: Sara on August 29, 2005, 08:04:26 AM

The cheese worked!  Though it responded better to imported than domestic.  

I am indeed using a cheapo logitech usb wheelmouse.  It\'s not even optical. Disabling touch pad seemed to work for awhile, but may have been coincidental since the cursor started to go erotic again while touchpad was still disabled.  

I\'ll remove the cheapo mouse from the reg again and try getting by with just the touchpad for awhile.

Title: Erratic mouse cursor
Post by: Evi on August 29, 2005, 10:01:11 AM

Save up for a non crappy mouse. :thumb:

Title: Erratic mouse cursor
Post by: Cyrus on August 30, 2005, 01:05:48 PM

we switched to the mini microsoft opical for 24 bucks and no problems since...

Title: Erratic mouse cursor
Post by: Avatarr on August 30, 2005, 02:25:29 PM

damnit, I read erratic as erotic somehow. damn you sara!

Title: Erratic mouse cursor
Post by: Titan on August 30, 2005, 04:00:01 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Sara
Disabling touch pad seemed to work for awhile, but may have been coincidental since the cursor started to go erotic again while touchpad was still disabled.  

:lmao: I found that funny for some reason.