Erratic behavior of mouse

I recently installed an older verison of microsoft cordless wheel mouse
application. I had some problems the mouse so I uninstalled the application.
Now my cursor's behavior is strange and out of control. It selects items,
close's windows, resize's them, it seems to have a life of it's own.
Sometimes I can just touch my mouse slightly and it will select whatever is
close by the cursor. I'm forced to try and find a safe place off the monitor
to let it rest. The cursor selets whatever it goes over or points to. How can
I solve this problem?

You might check your "mouse Properties" to see if the "snap to" feature is
selected. I use a corded optical mouse and the snap to feature can react this
way.
Snap to: Automatically moves pointer to the default button in a dialog box.
[look in pointer options or similar wording]. I can also adjust pointer speed
and visibility features.

"Lord Satyriasis" wrote:

> I recently installed an older verison of microsoft cordless wheel mouse
> application. I had some problems the mouse so I uninstalled the application.
> Now my cursor's behavior is strange and out of control. It selects items,
> close's windows, resize's them, it seems to have a life of it's own.
> Sometimes I can just touch my mouse slightly and it will select whatever is
> close by the cursor. I'm forced to try and find a safe place off the monitor
> to let it rest. The cursor selets whatever it goes over or points to. How can
> I solve this problem?

I am having this same problem. I have a corded optical mouse and the snap to
feature is not selected but my screen consistantly changes as I pass the
mouse pointer over the screen. No system to it. It' very eratic. My
pointer speed is set at about the half way mark and the "enhance precision"
box is selected. Any suggestions. This is a mouse that I lwas previously
using with a Windows 98 system. I am now on Windows XP and this problem has
surfaced.

"Frankie" wrote:

> You might check your "mouse Properties" to see if the "snap to" feature is
> selected. I use a corded optical mouse and the snap to feature can react this
> way.
> Snap to: Automatically moves pointer to the default button in a dialog box.
> [look in pointer options or similar wording]. I can also adjust pointer speed
> and visibility features.
>
> "Lord Satyriasis" wrote:
>
> > I recently installed an older verison of microsoft cordless wheel mouse
> > application. I had some problems the mouse so I uninstalled the application.
> > Now my cursor's behavior is strange and out of control. It selects items,
> > close's windows, resize's them, it seems to have a life of it's own.
> > Sometimes I can just touch my mouse slightly and it will select whatever is
> > close by the cursor. I'm forced to try and find a safe place off the monitor
> > to let it rest. The cursor selets whatever it goes over or points to. How can
> > I solve this problem?

"buzz" and "Lord Satyriasis",

I am sorry that you are hitting this issue. This does not seem like a
Windows Update problem. Perhaps these other newsgroups would be more
helpful:

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
microsoft.public.win2000.hardware


Sincerely,

Pat Walters [MSFT]


"buzz" <> wrote in message
news:61FE5A14-DD99-464F-8EA5-...
> I am having this same problem. I have a corded optical mouse and the snap
to
> feature is not selected but my screen consistantly changes as I pass the
> mouse pointer over the screen. No system to it. It' very eratic. My
> pointer speed is set at about the half way mark and the "enhance
precision"
> box is selected. Any suggestions. This is a mouse that I lwas previously
> using with a Windows 98 system. I am now on Windows XP and this problem
has
> surfaced.
>
> "Frankie" wrote:
>
> > You might check your "mouse Properties" to see if the "snap to" feature
is
> > selected. I use a corded optical mouse and the snap to feature can react
this
> > way.
> > Snap to: Automatically moves pointer to the default button in a dialog
box.
> > [look in pointer options or similar wording]. I can also adjust pointer
speed
> > and visibility features.
> >
> > "Lord Satyriasis" wrote:
> >
> > > I recently installed an older verison of microsoft cordless wheel
mouse
> > > application. I had some problems the mouse so I uninstalled the
application.
> > > Now my cursor's behavior is strange and out of control. It selects
items,
> > > close's windows, resize's them, it seems to have a life of it's own.
> > > Sometimes I can just touch my mouse slightly and it will select
whatever is
> > > close by the cursor. I'm forced to try and find a safe place off the
monitor
> > > to let it rest. The cursor selets whatever it goes over or points to.
How can
> > > I solve this problem?

I am having the same problem as "buzz' with the exceptio of previous
W98usage. I have changed devices,uninstalled and reinstalled drivers and the
same erractic behavior. Any suggestions?
--
Donna A.


"buzz" wrote:

> I am having this same problem. I have a corded optical mouse and the snap to
> feature is not selected but my screen consistantly changes as I pass the
> mouse pointer over the screen. No system to it. It' very eratic. My
> pointer speed is set at about the half way mark and the "enhance precision"
> box is selected. Any suggestions. This is a mouse that I lwas previously
> using with a Windows 98 system. I am now on Windows XP and this problem has
> surfaced.
>
> "Frankie" wrote:
>
> > You might check your "mouse Properties" to see if the "snap to" feature is
> > selected. I use a corded optical mouse and the snap to feature can react this
> > way.
> > Snap to: Automatically moves pointer to the default button in a dialog box.
> > [look in pointer options or similar wording]. I can also adjust pointer speed
> > and visibility features.
> >
> > "Lord Satyriasis" wrote:
> >
> > > I recently installed an older verison of microsoft cordless wheel mouse
> > > application. I had some problems the mouse so I uninstalled the application.
> > > Now my cursor's behavior is strange and out of control. It selects items,
> > > close's windows, resize's them, it seems to have a life of it's own.
> > > Sometimes I can just touch my mouse slightly and it will select whatever is
> > > close by the cursor. I'm forced to try and find a safe place off the monitor
> > > to let it rest. The cursor selets whatever it goes over or points to. How can
> > > I solve this problem?

what the hell is this place for if no one can help you i thinjk it is a
cospiracy to force us to buy optical usb mouses

This is the Windows Update newsgroup. It deals with issues with Windows
updates, not mouse behavior. Post the issue to a hardware newsgroup:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...owsxp.hardware

Clicking that link will open Outlook Express and send you to the proper NG.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006]
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*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
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chris wrote:
> what the hell is this place for if no one can help you i thinjk it is a
> cospiracy to force us to buy optical usb mouses