Mouse pointer moves to side and stays there

Back in the days I had time to be a Windows MVP, there were a lot of
questions I knew how to answer, but this wasn't one of them. Let's see if
anybody can help me out.
We have a Vista machine running Vista Ultimate. It is a Toshiba Tecra.
Within a few minutes of booting up, even in safe mode, the mouse pointer
drifts to one side, usually the right, and stays there. If you leave the
machine alone for a while, the issue goes away, but the moment a user starts
doing anything, the mouse becomes unusable in this way. I have tried exiting
all applications, and meticulously exiting every service whose function I
know is not a core Windows function, without avail. Windows Defender has not
found an issue. Any suggestions?

Tried disabling the onboard mouse/trackpad/whatever?

"Bob Delaney" <> wrote in message
news:603084C0-1F2F-4BD0-9899-...
> Back in the days I had time to be a Windows MVP, there were a lot of
> questions I knew how to answer, but this wasn't one of them. Let's see if
> anybody can help me out.
> We have a Vista machine running Vista Ultimate. It is a Toshiba Tecra.
> Within a few minutes of booting up, even in safe mode, the mouse pointer
> drifts to one side, usually the right, and stays there. If you leave the
> machine alone for a while, the issue goes away, but the moment a user
> starts doing anything, the mouse becomes unusable in this way. I have
> tried exiting all applications, and meticulously exiting every service
> whose function I know is not a core Windows function, without avail.
> Windows Defender has not found an issue. Any suggestions?

Hi, Bob.

(Long time no see.)

Sit up straight! I've never had a laptop, but maybe your lap is just tilted
to the right a little. :^}

More seriously, I suppose you've already checked out the settings for mouse
sensitivity in Control Panel. Since each mouse is different, I won't try to
outline the steps for your hardware. Are you using the mouse that came with
the computer, or did you add it on? Could it be a driver issue?

Sorry I don't have any solid advice, but I couldn't miss a chance to say Hi.
;<)

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100

"Bob Delaney" <> wrote in message
news:603084C0-1F2F-4BD0-9899-...
> Back in the days I had time to be a Windows MVP, there were a lot of
> questions I knew how to answer, but this wasn't one of them. Let's see if
> anybody can help me out.
> We have a Vista machine running Vista Ultimate. It is a Toshiba Tecra.
> Within a few minutes of booting up, even in safe mode, the mouse pointer
> drifts to one side, usually the right, and stays there. If you leave the
> machine alone for a while, the issue goes away, but the moment a user
> starts doing anything, the mouse becomes unusable in this way. I have
> tried exiting all applications, and meticulously exiting every service
> whose function I know is not a core Windows function, without avail.
> Windows Defender has not found an issue. Any suggestions?

That would be the simplest solution to try, assuming you have an external
mouse to use instead. I hate trackpads, so I bought a laptop for the first
time this year and the first thing I did with it was plug in a trackball and
set it to disable the trackpad whenever an external mouse is detected.

I prefer the trackball but I also have a wireless USB laser mouse which
works great. In the old days a "wireless" mouse was just a mouse with a
laser which had to point directly at a laser reader which was a real pain.
Now you can point the mouse anywhere from anywhere in the room and it works.
Of course I didn't buy my mouse for the mouse (since I prefer the
trackball). It came with the wireless USB keyboard I bought since the
laptop doesn't have a full keyboard with numpad, and I use the numpad for
gaming. The external keyboard is also nice if you want to sit the laptop on
a table and sit the keyboard on your lap (or a desk keyboard tray).

If your mouse pointer drifts with an external mouse attached and the
trackpad disabled, you've got one screwy laptop (or maybe you need your lazy
eye checked).

"Richard G. Harper" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Tried disabling the onboard mouse/trackpad/whatever?
>
> "Bob Delaney" <> wrote in message
> news:603084C0-1F2F-4BD0-9899-...
>> Back in the days I had time to be a Windows MVP, there were a lot of
>> questions I knew how to answer, but this wasn't one of them. Let's see if
>> anybody can help me out.
>> We have a Vista machine running Vista Ultimate. It is a Toshiba Tecra.
>> Within a few minutes of booting up, even in safe mode, the mouse pointer
>> drifts to one side, usually the right, and stays there. If you leave the
>> machine alone for a while, the issue goes away, but the moment a user
>> starts doing anything, the mouse becomes unusable in this way. I have
>> tried exiting all applications, and meticulously exiting every service
>> whose function I know is not a core Windows function, without avail.
>> Windows Defender has not found an issue. Any suggestions?
>

felmon wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:32:13 -0400, Bob Delaney wrote:
>
>> Any suggestions?
>
> I remember behavior like this in the old days when I occasionally used
> Windows 98. as I recall, it was due to contention with the interrupts.
>
> I am not using Vista so I am not in a good position to troubleshoot but I
> would suggest deinstalling the driver and reinstalling it. whether my
> theory applies or not, this might be a good measure.
>
> Felmon
>

You are not using Vista and you are in the Vista group? Are you friends
with Alias?

Gordon's Psychiatrist wrote:
> felmon wrote:
>> On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:32:13 -0400, Bob Delaney wrote:
>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> I remember behavior like this in the old days when I occasionally used
>> Windows 98. as I recall, it was due to contention with the interrupts.
>>
>> I am not using Vista so I am not in a good position to troubleshoot
>> but I would suggest deinstalling the driver and reinstalling it.
>> whether my theory applies or not, this might be a good measure.
>>
>> Felmon
>>
>
> You are not using Vista and you are in the Vista group?

Not a requirement. Having a computer and Internet access is the only
requirement.

Are you friends
> with Alias?

What is your solution to the OP's problem, hot shot?

Alias
>

Alias wrote:
> Gordon's Psychiatrist wrote:
>> felmon wrote:
>>> On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:32:13 -0400, Bob Delaney wrote:
>>>
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> I remember behavior like this in the old days when I occasionally
>>> used Windows 98. as I recall, it was due to contention with the
>>> interrupts.
>>>
>>> I am not using Vista so I am not in a good position to troubleshoot
>>> but I would suggest deinstalling the driver and reinstalling it.
>>> whether my theory applies or not, this might be a good measure.
>>>
>>> Felmon
>>>
>>
>> You are not using Vista and you are in the Vista group?
>
> Not a requirement. Having a computer and Internet access is the only
> requirement.
>
> Are you friends
>> with Alias?
>
> What is your solution to the OP's problem, hot shot?
>
> Alias
>>

Gotta be the same as yours!! Oops.

Gordon's Psychiatrist wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>> Gordon's Psychiatrist wrote:
>>> felmon wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:32:13 -0400, Bob Delaney wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> I remember behavior like this in the old days when I occasionally
>>>> used Windows 98. as I recall, it was due to contention with the
>>>> interrupts.
>>>>
>>>> I am not using Vista so I am not in a good position to troubleshoot
>>>> but I would suggest deinstalling the driver and reinstalling it.
>>>> whether my theory applies or not, this might be a good measure.
>>>>
>>>> Felmon
>>>>
>>>
>>> You are not using Vista and you are in the Vista group?
>>
>> Not a requirement. Having a computer and Internet access is the only
>> requirement.
>>
>> Are you friends
>>> with Alias?
>>
>> What is your solution to the OP's problem, hot shot?
>>
>> Alias
>>>
>
> Gotta be the same as yours!! Oops.
>
>

My solution, of course, would be to nuke Vista and install Ubuntu.

Alias

Alias wrote:
> Gordon's Psychiatrist wrote:
>> Alias wrote:
>>> Gordon's Psychiatrist wrote:
>>>> felmon wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:32:13 -0400, Bob Delaney wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>>
>>>>> I remember behavior like this in the old days when I occasionally
>>>>> used Windows 98. as I recall, it was due to contention with the
>>>>> interrupts.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not using Vista so I am not in a good position to troubleshoot
>>>>> but I would suggest deinstalling the driver and reinstalling it.
>>>>> whether my theory applies or not, this might be a good measure.
>>>>>
>>>>> Felmon
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You are not using Vista and you are in the Vista group?
>>>
>>> Not a requirement. Having a computer and Internet access is the only
>>> requirement.
>>>
>>> Are you friends
>>>> with Alias?
>>>
>>> What is your solution to the OP's problem, hot shot?
>>>
>>> Alias
>>>>
>>
>> Gotta be the same as yours!! Oops.
>>
>>
>
> My solution, of course, would be to nuke Vista and install Ubuntu.
>
> Alias

That isn't a solution you idiot. If you install that INFERIOR Ubuntu
then his Windows based programs won't work. What a 'TARD you are.

Gordon's Psychiatrist wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>> Gordon's Psychiatrist wrote:
>>> Alias wrote:
>>>> Gordon's Psychiatrist wrote:
>>>>> felmon wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:32:13 -0400, Bob Delaney wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I remember behavior like this in the old days when I occasionally
>>>>>> used Windows 98. as I recall, it was due to contention with the
>>>>>> interrupts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am not using Vista so I am not in a good position to
>>>>>> troubleshoot but I would suggest deinstalling the driver and
>>>>>> reinstalling it. whether my theory applies or not, this might be a
>>>>>> good measure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Felmon
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You are not using Vista and you are in the Vista group?
>>>>
>>>> Not a requirement. Having a computer and Internet access is the only
>>>> requirement.
>>>>
>>>> Are you friends
>>>>> with Alias?
>>>>
>>>> What is your solution to the OP's problem, hot shot?
>>>>
>>>> Alias
>>>>>
>>>
>>> Gotta be the same as yours!! Oops.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> My solution, of course, would be to nuke Vista and install Ubuntu.
>>
>> Alias
>
> That isn't a solution you idiot. If you install that INFERIOR Ubuntu
> then his Windows based programs won't work. What a 'TARD you are.
>

You're the one who said your solution would be same as mine. Har, har, har!

Alias