Mouse goes awol

[Guest epi-pissed!]

Whenever i'm using a USB mouse on my laptop(or even the touchpad)

the cursor will just shoot out in a random direction, sometimes ruining

gaming/photoshoping.

 

i doubt its a sensetive issue

[Guest Elmo]

Re: Mouse goes awol

 

epi-pissed! wrote:

> Whenever I'm using a USB mouse on my laptop (or even the touchpad)

> the cursor will just shoot out in a random direction, sometimes ruining

> gaming/Photoshopping.

>

> I doubt it's a sensitivity issue.

 

A few causes of the pointer jumping:

 

- The touchpad vibrates (bounces up and down) as you type or tap on a

laptop or its keyboard. This causes intermittent contact within the

membrane, that is read as a tap, and causes the pointer to be moved.

 

- An optical mouse needs to be on a porous, non-glossy surface. Any

shiny surface can cause the mouse to think that an extreme move was made.

 

- Any of these devices, or an older mouse with a ball, could have an

intermittent short, or open in the cable, that causes the pointer to

jump to a new position.

 

- The driver for one of the devices, including the graphics card, could

be damaged. I can't explain how this could cause sporadic jumps to a

new location; I think it's possible, just not explainable by me..

 

- Malware could do the same thing, damage drivers, etc.

 

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Joe =o)