Losing control of the cursor

[Guest John Pollard]

I have a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop. Recently had a Symantec

tech-support person "fix" a NAV problem on the laptop using one

of those remote login pieces of software. The original problem

seems to be fixed, but now I can not keep control of the cursor.

 

At random times, the cursor becomes disengaged from the touchpad

(or usb mouse), and drifts off the screen. Nothing done with

the touchpad or mouse will get control of the cursor. Sometimes

the cursor can be moved partway back in view on the screen, but

it then quickly moves off the screen again. Left clicking

usually displays the Start menu, left clicking again closes the

Start menu. Right clicking usually does nothing.

 

If I wait 2 to 5 minutes, I can usually regain control of the

cursor with the touchpad or mouse.

 

Needless to say, this make using the pc nearly impossible.

 

I do not see any options in the Control Panel, Mouse Properties

that look like they would pertain. When I click the

"Troubleshoot" button on the Hardware tab there, I'm told the

"Alps Touch Pad" is working properly.

 

Is this the correct forum to ask if anyone knows what might be

the cause of, and the fix for, my problem? If not, can you

direct me?

 

Thank you.

 

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John Pollard

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[Guest Ronaldo]

Re: Losing control of the cursor

 

Install a "Synaptics driver" to solve evident touchpad-mouse conflict.

http://www.synaptics.com/support/index.cfm

 

 

 

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"John Pollard" <invalid@invalid.com> escribió en el mensaje

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>I have a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop. Recently had a Symantec tech-support

>person "fix" a NAV problem on the laptop using one of those remote login

>pieces of software. The original problem seems to be fixed, but now I can

>not keep control of the cursor.

>

> At random times, the cursor becomes disengaged from the touchpad (or usb

> mouse), and drifts off the screen. Nothing done with the touchpad or

> mouse will get control of the cursor. Sometimes the cursor can be moved

> partway back in view on the screen, but it then quickly moves off the

> screen again. Left clicking usually displays the Start menu, left

> clicking again closes the Start menu. Right clicking usually does

> nothing.

>

> If I wait 2 to 5 minutes, I can usually regain control of the cursor with

> the touchpad or mouse.

>

> Needless to say, this make using the pc nearly impossible.

>

> I do not see any options in the Control Panel, Mouse Properties that look

> like they would pertain. When I click the "Troubleshoot" button on the

> Hardware tab there, I'm told the "Alps Touch Pad" is working properly.

>

> Is this the correct forum to ask if anyone knows what might be the cause

> of, and the fix for, my problem? If not, can you direct me?

>

> Thank you.

>

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>

> John Pollard

> First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com

> Please reply to newsgroup

>

[Guest Plato]

Re: Losing control of the cursor

 

John Pollard wrote:

>

> I have a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop. Recently had a Symantec

> tech-support person "fix" a NAV problem on the laptop using one

> of those remote login pieces of software. The original problem

> seems to be fixed, but now I can not keep control of the cursor.

 

Remove any Symatec apps ASAP:

http://www.bootdisk.com/helpdesk.htm

 

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[Guest John Pollard]

Re: Losing control of the cursor

 

John Pollard wrote:

> I have a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop. Recently had a Symantec

> tech-support person "fix" a NAV problem on the laptop using

> one

> of those remote login pieces of software. The original

> problem

> seems to be fixed, but now I can not keep control of the

> cursor.

>

> At random times, the cursor becomes disengaged from the

> touchpad

> (or usb mouse), and drifts off the screen. Nothing done with

> the touchpad or mouse will get control of the cursor.

> Sometimes

> the cursor can be moved partway back in view on the screen,

> but

> it then quickly moves off the screen again. Left clicking

> usually displays the Start menu, left clicking again closes

> the

> Start menu. Right clicking usually does nothing.

>

> If I wait 2 to 5 minutes, I can usually regain control of the

> cursor with the touchpad or mouse.

>

> Needless to say, this make using the pc nearly impossible.

>

> I do not see any options in the Control Panel, Mouse

> Properties

> that look like they would pertain. When I click the

> "Troubleshoot" button on the Hardware tab there, I'm told the

> "Alps Touch Pad" is working properly.

 

For anyone interested: the solution was to reinstall the mouse

driver (and I chose to get a newer version), and disable the

pointing stick.

 

And it is a real pain to do this when you can only control the

cursor for about 30 seconds out of every 2 to 5 minutes (or

more).

 

I had to disable the pointing stick for this same reason several

years ago, but had forgotten about it. And when I looked at the

mouse driver that was running this time, there was no way to

disable the pointing stick ... the tab that allows that was

missing from the driver dialog. I have no idea how that

happened. Installing the new mouse driver, restored the tab

that permits enabling/disabling the pointing stick.

 

I do still suspect that some combination of the installation of

NAV, (and the Flash Player it wanted installed), coupled with

the Symantec tech person logging on remotely, triggered this

problem, as it only started right after I got back control of

the laptop from the Symantec tech person.

 

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