Odd mouse behaviour

[TheSlee]

My mouse has been acting oddly and has not been getting any better.

 

Every 2 - 4 mins, my mouse becomes uncontrollable and whenever I move it, the pointer dashes all over the screen and drastically slows my computer down as well.

 

Can anyone help me solve this problem?

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Hello TheSlee

 

Welcome to Extreme Tech Support - Free PC Help

 

What type of mouse is this, ie, Ball, Wired Optical, Wireless Optical, Touch Pad?

[TheSlee]

wireless ball, but I get the same problem with any mouse I use (I have wireless ball, wired ball, touch pad and wireless optical)

 

except with the wireless ball mouse, it does not become uncontrollable but it still slows my laptop right down. My desktop PC is fine and doesn't have any of these problems but my laptop is being very problematic.

[Guest Wolfeymole]

This sounds like a track ball mouse, have you tried using just the touchpad?

 

Is the mouse a Logitech?

[TheSlee]

yes, I still get the same problem when I use the touch pad and the wireless ball mouse is a logitech

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Consider this from Microsoft

[TheSlee]

I still get the slowing + erratic behaviour in any DirectX applications and I have tryed the solutions put forward in that article

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Ok uninstall any logitech software and uninstall the mouse in Device Manager.

 

Reboot and let XP find the mouse again without reinstalling the logitech software.

 

Try that and get back to us.

[TheSlee]

already tried, it didn't work unfortunately but I now only get the odd mouse behaviour in games

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Well I'm not sure where I heard it but I hear wireless optical mice are not the best mice to have when gaming, have you ever tried just a scrappy old normal PS2 ball mouse?

[TheSlee]

Yes I have 2 and I always used PS/2 ball mice because they are very reliable, until I started to get this annoying mouse problem about 2 weeks ago

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Did you install any new software or hardware two weeks ago?

[TheSlee]

No

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Do you have any Yellow question marks in Device Manager?

 

When was the last time you changed the batteries in the mouse?

[TheSlee]

No yellow question marks in device manager and I changed the batteries recently, but still, the wired mice have the same problems

[Seth]

See if the problem occurs in Safe Mode:

 

Keep tapping F8 as soon as you turn on the laptop. A boot menu will appear in which you can choose Safe Mode.

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Ok have you tried going into Control Panel and disabling the touchpad?

 

I also feel that this has something to do with gaming but I'm not sure.

[TheSlee]

How can I disable the touchpad?

 

I have searched but I cannot find it as it appears as a PS/2 mouse and I cannot uninstall/disable it.

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Try what Seth said as Safe Mode will load base drivers only.

[TheSlee]

ok, but still, how do you disable the touch pad as I have always wanted to know

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Have a look here

 

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/05/disable-touch-pad-of-your-laptop-avoid.html

[Seth]

Go into Device Manager, then right click on the touchpad and choose Disable.

[TheSlee]

I have no 'touchpad' in my device manager

[Seth]

Click on the + sign beside Mice and Pointing Devices.

[TheSlee]

I have, it only has PS/2 compatible mouse and Logitech USB cordless mouse