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> Mouse movement is jerky and cpu spikes
> Hello, I have a Dell Power Edge 2400, match pair 1000 p3's 1gig ram and
> 3 36 gig hard drive, I use the dell openmanage server assist program to
> install ms server 2003. All went well till open the desktop after
> installation completes. no sp have been added. Memory and hard drive
> check good using Ultra-X diagnostics. Mouse is USB and clean, and works
> fine another system.
>
> After logging in to desktop the mouse is very jerky or movement delayed
> when moved and notice that as I move the mouse the cpu spikes, not to
> 100% but still spikes.
>
> Can anyone please point me in the right direction. in finding out what
> or have a idea what is causing this?
Did you update all BIOS's on the PE 2400, it's a very old machine and
benefits from updated BIOS's.
You really should install all MS Service Packs and download the latest
video driver from the vendor.
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