Mouse pointer not aligned

I am using a New Vista PC. Installed Optical Cordless Mouse. Did not install
its software since the OS assigns/installs the Mouse driver. Encountered
alignment problems. In order to click on something (especially when the item
is small; I am using a High Screen resolution with my 22" Monitor) I must be
real careful and place the mouse finger tip slighly above the item I am going
to click on.....then it works. But if I place the end of the finger right on
the item, it will not. Also, sometimes no matter what I do, alignment or
not, nothing will happen. Thinking maybe it was the mouse, I went out and
purchased a NEW Optical Cordless Mouse....works the same way so at least I
ruled out the mouse as the problem. I did try the new mouse before I
installed the software that came with it, it had the same problems....I did
Install the Software that came with the new Mouse but it made no difference.
So this must be a Vista problem.

I have checked for Vista Updates at Microsoft....nothing available (I have
the PC set to Automatically Download Updates)

Suggestions?

denmarfl wrote:

> I am using a New Vista PC. Installed Optical Cordless Mouse. Did not install
> its software since the OS assigns/installs the Mouse driver. Encountered
> alignment problems. In order to click on something (especially when the item
> is small; I am using a High Screen resolution with my 22" Monitor) I must be
> real careful and place the mouse finger tip slighly above the item I am going
> to click on.....then it works. But if I place the end of the finger right on
> the item, it will not. Also, sometimes no matter what I do, alignment or
> not, nothing will happen. Thinking maybe it was the mouse, I went out and
> purchased a NEW Optical Cordless Mouse....works the same way so at least I
> ruled out the mouse as the problem. I did try the new mouse before I
> installed the software that came with it, it had the same problems....I did
> Install the Software that came with the new Mouse but it made no difference.
> So this must be a Vista problem.
>
> I have checked for Vista Updates at Microsoft....nothing available (I have
> the PC set to Automatically Download Updates)
>
> Suggestions?

It would appear that it is not a Vista problem, but a
failure to read and follow instructions.

From what you are saying, you did not install the software
in accordance with the instructions. Usually the software
states that it must be installed before the new cordless
mouse is connected. Then you shut down the computer, attach
the new mouse, start the computer up again and Widows will
see the new hardware and install the proper drivers for it.
What you appear to have done is install the mouse first and
as a result Windows found a driver that 'kind' of works with
it so you would have some functionality.

Suggest you go to Control Panel, Device Manager, select the
mouse, uninstall the driver for it, reboot the computer and
with luck on the reboot Windows will find the 'new' device
and install the proper drivers for it. (That's provided that
you have installed the correct, compatible with Vista,
software.)

Hobo

Hi, I have teh same problem. Did you ever get it to work? I have called pc manufacturer and microsoft...they said it all looks fine. Had them even do a connect to my computer to view.....they said looked fine and was working fine on their end. I don't know what the heck to do! Have considered returning pc...back to a new one with XP i guess.

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Would be nice to know what problem you are talking about.

"BC" wrote in message news:...
> Hi, I have teh same problem. Did you ever get it to work? I have called
> pc manufacturer and microsoft...they said it all looks fine. Had them
> even do a connect to my computer to view.....they said looked fine and was
> working fine on their end. I don't know what the heck to do! Have
> considered returning pc...back to a new one with XP i guess.
>
> EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com

Any message with EggheadCafe on the end is going to be like that: No clue
as to what the original message was.



"Ed." <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Would be nice to know what problem you are talking about.
>
> "BC" wrote in message news:...
>> Hi, I have teh same problem. Did you ever get it to work? I have called
>> pc manufacturer and microsoft...they said it all looks fine. Had them
>> even do a connect to my computer to view.....they said looked fine and
>> was working fine on their end. I don't know what the heck to do! Have
>> considered returning pc...back to a new one with XP i guess.
>>
>> EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
>> http://www.eggheadcafe.com
>

I have the same problem.

It is most likely a Vista problem because the problem is not with the mouse pointer itself or its response. The problem is associated with the mouse "hotspot". When I click it is as if the click occured to above and to the left of the mouse.

This occured with both my MS mouse and Logitech mouse. The logitech mouse was installed "correctly" as instructed above.

please help!

Kevin

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I have the same problem and it is driving me mad. Brand new Dell computer, new Dell mouse, an extra Microsoft mouse, tried several USB ports... The same problem. The "hotspot" is off.

The only that that works sometimes is changing the mouse pointer scheme. That works with the 3d bronze the best (or maybe only one), and again only sometimes, and tempermentally.

I have to point at something with the stem of the pointer, or to adjust screen size, I have to move a whole centimeter down and the the right below the right hand corner of the screen I'm trying to size. It's rather rediculous.

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On Dec 1, 5:32 pm, denmarfl <denma...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> I am using a New Vista PC. Installed Optical Cordless Mouse. Did not install
> its software since the OS assigns/installs the Mouse driver. Encountered
> alignment problems. In order to click on something (especially when the item
> is small; I am using a High Screen resolution with my 22" Monitor) I must be
> real careful and place the mouse finger tip slighly above the item I am going
> to click on.....then it works. But if I place the end of the finger right on
> the item, it will not. Also, sometimes no matter what I do, alignment or
> not, nothing will happen. Thinking maybe it was the mouse, I went out and
> purchased a NEW Optical Cordless Mouse....works the same way so at least I
> ruled out the mouse as the problem. I did try the new mouse before I
> installed the software that came with it, it had the same problems....I did
> Install the Software that came with the new Mouse but it made no difference.
> So this must be a Vista problem.
>
> I have checked for Vista Updates at Microsoft....nothing available (I have
> the PC set to Automatically Download Updates)
>
> Suggestions?

Sorry, my last message was a "Reply to author" Not much help to
everyone else with the same problem.

I also HAD this problem. I have a new XPS 420 system with Vista.
While reading through this post, I started messing with the mouse
settings in the Control Panel. Under the Pointers tab, the Scheme was
set to Windows Aero. I chose (None), clicked Apply, and the problem
went away.

Before I could not close a window using the X if it was in the upper
right hand corner of the screen. Now, even while using Radio365
(which has a very small close button), the "close" dialog box is
displayed when the point of the arrow is in the center of the X - as
it should be.

On Dec 9, 5:30 pm, AaronR.Thurs...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Dec 1, 5:32 pm, denmarfl <denma...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I am using a New Vista PC. Installed Optical Cordless Mouse. Did not install
> > its software since the OS assigns/installs the Mouse driver. Encountered
> > alignment problems. In order to click on something (especially when the item
> > is small; I am using a High Screen resolution with my 22" Monitor) I must be
> > real careful and place the mouse finger tip slighly above the item I am going
> > to click on.....then it works. But if I place the end of the finger right on
> > the item, it will not. Also, sometimes no matter what I do, alignment or
> > not, nothing will happen. Thinking maybe it was the mouse, I went out and
> > purchased a NEW Optical Cordless Mouse....works the same way so at least I
> > ruled out the mouse as the problem. I did try the new mouse before I
> > installed the software that came with it, it had the same problems....I did
> > Install the Software that came with the new Mouse but it made no difference.
> > So this must be a Vista problem.
>
> > I have checked for Vista Updates at Microsoft....nothing available (I have
> > the PC set to Automatically Download Updates)
>
> > Suggestions?
>
> Sorry, my last message was a "Reply to author" Not much help to
> everyone else with the same problem.
>
> I also HAD this problem. I have a new XPS 420 system with Vista.
> While reading through this post, I started messing with the mouse
> settings in the Control Panel. Under the Pointers tab, the Scheme was
> set to Windows Aero. I chose (None), clicked Apply, and the problem
> went away.
>
> Before I could not close a window using the X if it was in the upper
> right hand corner of the screen. Now, even while using Radio365
> (which has a very small close button), the "close" dialog box is
> displayed when the point of the arrow is in the center of the X - as
> it should be.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks for the post!! disabling Aero worked for me too. Sounds like
if you own a Dell XPS 420 you should change this setting straight out
of the box.

On Dec 11, 7:11 am, Gene Counce <gcou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 9, 5:30 pm, AaronR.Thurs...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Dec 1, 5:32 pm, denmarfl <denma...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > I am using a New Vista PC. Installed Optical Cordless Mouse. Did not install
> > > its software since the OS assigns/installs the Mouse driver. Encountered
> > > alignment problems. In order to click on something (especially when the item
> > > is small; I am using a High Screen resolution with my 22" Monitor) I must be
> > > real careful and place the mouse finger tip slighly above the item I am going
> > > to click on.....then it works. But if I place the end of the finger right on
> > > the item, it will not. Also, sometimes no matter what I do, alignment or
> > > not, nothing will happen. Thinking maybe it was the mouse, I went out and
> > > purchased a NEW Optical Cordless Mouse....works the same way so at least I
> > > ruled out the mouse as the problem. I did try the new mouse before I
> > > installed the software that came with it, it had the same problems....I did
> > > Install the Software that came with the new Mouse but it made no difference.
> > > So this must be a Vista problem.
>
> > > I have checked for Vista Updates at Microsoft....nothing available (I have
> > > the PC set to Automatically Download Updates)
>
> > > Suggestions?
>
> > Sorry, my last message was a "Reply to author" Not much help to
> > everyone else with the same problem.
>
> > I also HAD this problem. I have a new XPS 420 system with Vista.
> > While reading through this post, I started messing with the mouse
> > settings in the Control Panel. Under the Pointers tab, the Scheme was
> > set to Windows Aero. I chose (None), clicked Apply, and the problem
> > went away.
>
> > Before I could not close a window using the X if it was in the upper
> > right hand corner of the screen. Now, even while using Radio365
> > (which has a very small close button), the "close" dialog box is
> > displayed when the point of the arrow is in the center of the X - as
> > it should be.- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Thanks for the post!! disabling Aero worked for me too. Sounds like
> if you own a Dell XPS 420 you should change this setting straight out
> of the box.

I agree, by turning off either the Aero theme in the "Personalization"
control panel (so your computer goes back to looking like Win2000) or
turning off the Aero mouse pointer theme (so your mouse looks like
it's from Win98), the pointer is accurate. I have a feeling it is
related to the video card. Sounds like the above people have a Dell
XPS 420, do you also have the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT video card (that
was a $200 upgrade!)? I hope there is a video card driver upgrade very
soon!