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adew
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Mouse becomes erratic until restart computer

Post by adew »

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.

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dadioh
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Re: Mouse becomes erratic until i restart computer?

Post by dadioh »

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?

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glee
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Re: Mouse becomes erratic until i restart computer?

Post by glee »

"AdeW" <adnw14@live.co.uk> wrote in message
news:42ae843b-e666-4b5a-803f-cfbbbc0f687b@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?
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robert macy
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Re:_Mouse_becomes_erratic_until_i_restart_computer

Post by robert macy »

On Jul 23, 8:33

adew
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Re: Mouse becomes erratic until i restart computer?

Post by adew »

On 23 July, 19:41, "glee" <gle...@spamindspring.com> wrote:
> What kind of mouse? USB, PS/2, Wireless?


robert macy
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Re:_Mouse_becomes_erratic_until_i_restart_computer_

Post by robert macy »

On Jul 25, 3:45

adew
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Re:_Mouse_becomes_erratic_until_i_restart_computer

Post by adew »

On Jul 23, 10:48

adew
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Re:_Mouse_becomes_erratic_until_i_restart_computer

Post by adew »

On 25 July, 19:59, AdeW <adn...@live.co.uk> wrote:
> On Jul 23, 10:48

dan w
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Re: Mouse becomes erratic until i restart computer?

Post by dan w »

On 7/25/2010 4:46 PM, AdeW wrote:
> On 25 July, 19:59, AdeW<adn...@live.co.uk> wrote:
>> On Jul 23, 10:48 pm, Robert Macy<m...@california.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Jul 23, 8:33 am, AdeW<adn...@live.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>>> SAME PROBLEM!!!
>>
>>> This is standard keyboard and standar mouse cabling to dedicated ports
>>
>>> The mouse goes nust, move right, soemthing goes left andhighlights
>>> screens and weird beyond belief. At first thought was, a program
>>> doing it, but today after accidentally bumping the mouse plug, and
>>> itdoesn't feel very secure, and the thing went nuts until reboot; I'm
>>> going to guess that it all stems from some kind of unreliable contact
>>> to the mouse, causes the program to not understandand crass, but the
>>> keyboard keeps working ...sometimes. Sometimes the mouse going nuts
>>> combines with the keyboard going inactive. Again points to unreliable
>>> connection.
>>
>>> The connection is erratic, so after reboot works again.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>>> - Show quoted text -
>>
>> I have switched on my home computer after a week of not using it and
>> get a "Windows mouse support" message before the login dialog box
>> appears.
>>
>> "Windows Mouse Support: Windows did not detect a mouse attached to a
>> computer. You can safely attach a serial mouse now. To attach a mouse
>> to a PS/2 mouse port, you must first turn the computer off."
>>
>> I didn't think a serial mouse could be hot swappable.
>>
>> Atleast the ps/2 keyboard isn't getting confused by the mouse as i've
>> read it can on wikipedia, so far.
>>
>> I didn't mention that in one day i did about 4 soft (warm) boots
>> (restart windows + shift key) and the mouse kept working but just for
>> shorter periods of time, till eventually the mouse didn't even get
>> past the log in screen, and thats when i decided to try safe mode, but
>> then that would have been a hard (cold) boot.
>>
>> You're saying windows just gets confused by an erratic mouse and so
>> crashes.
>>
>> Looking at the ps/2 port it looks secure but i've not touched it yet.
>>
>> I have had the mouse cable sitting under the modem for months (cos i
>> didn't like the feeling of the mouse being pulled away from the mouse
>> mat with the cable dragging on the table edge) so i don't think its a
>> motherboard problem.
>>
>> ...so i have a theory that my problem is at the point where the cable
>> meets the mouse. Will have to see and try another mouse. So far I used
>> the computer for a while and no crashing.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> A few hours later and the keyboard stops responding except for the
> accessibility mouse keys on the numeric keypad.
>
> System properties has an ! exclamation by the mouse and my usb VGA
> dual camera
>
> So I've just 'restarted in MS-DOS mode' and the keyboard works fine in
> real DOS mode. Type exit and windows loads again (soft warm boot) same
> 'windows mouse support' dialog box 'windows did not detect a mouse'.
>
> System properties has an ! exclamation by the mouse only.

It sounds like you need to update your mouse driver(s). They have
become corrupted.

adew
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Re:_Mouse_becomes_erratic_until_i_restart_computer

Post by adew »

On 25 July, 23:57, Dan W <notha...@sorry.cuz> wrote:
> On 7/25/2010 4:46 PM, AdeW wrote:
> > System properties has an ! exclamation by the mouse only.
>
> It sounds like you need to update your mouse driver(s).

buffalo
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Re: Mouse becomes erratic until i restart computer?

Post by buffalo »

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.

adew
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Re: Mouse becomes erratic until i restart computer?

Post by adew »

On 26 July, 03:47, "Buffalo" <E...@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

adew
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Re:_Mouse_becomes_erratic_until_i_restart_computer

Post by adew »

> > > System properties has an ! exclamation by the mouse only.
>
> > It sounds like you need to update your mouse driver(s).

dan w
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Re: Mouse becomes erratic until i restart computer?

Post by dan w »

On 7/25/2010 7:08 PM, AdeW wrote:
> On 25 July, 23:57, Dan W<notha...@sorry.cuz> wrote:
>> On 7/25/2010 4:46 PM, AdeW wrote:
>>> System properties has an ! exclamation by the mouse only.
>>
>> It sounds like you need to update your mouse driver(s). They have
>> become corrupted.
>
> That was code 24 for the mouse, and code 28 for usb vga dual camera.
> But restart soft reboot and then no ! exclamation mark for the camera
> just the mouse.
>
> That was a few hours ago.
>
> I thought i would restart my computer (hard cold? reboot) thinking
> perhaps the week long break had affected my computer and now the mouse
> is working fine!
>
> A hard cold reboot is the same as pressing reset isn't it?
>
> Give it a few hours and we'll see.
>
> I've even looked at the device manager and it says the mouse 'device
> is working properly' so that means the drivers are fine right?

Well, here is what I found from Google by searching about your topic.

http://www.nodevice.com/driver/company/ ... page2.html

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/206034

If I were you, I would install the mouse driver(s) to make sure
everything is working properly otherwise the problem may come back after
a while.

(Note: Please use common sense when opening web links)

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