Guest Scott Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 I have an IBM/Lenovo T43 Notebook, worked fine for first 1+ years that I had it. In the last few months it's decided to have a mind of it's own regarding the mouse. Primarily the problem is experienced when I'm clicking on text and moving the mouse over the text to select it while holding the mouse button down. Sometimes the mouse will just jump halfway across the page, sometimes it just deselects what I was trying to select, sometimes it copy and pastes the text elsewhere while I'm still holding the button down having pressed nothing else. It's finally driving me nutts. I've reloaded the system and replaced the mouse. In addition to reloading the system when it KEPT DOING IT after that I wanted to write zero's to the drive to ensure nothing was being left behind so to speak but I don't have time to wait for 48 hours for a zero write and confirmation so I just bought a new hard drive, installed a fresh copy of Windows XP Pro, Office and drivers and replaced the mouse AGAIN... SAME THING! I'm starting to lose it here. My wife has a Dell D600 and she keeps complaining about her keyboard doing wierd things like this too - not sure, is our house possesed? (just did it again while trying to edit something in this post). FYI, I have been a computer tech and systems admin for 10 years, no longer doing that, but just FYI as I've tried all the obvious stuff.
Guest Elmo Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: Mouse has mind of its own - replaced mouse, reloaded system,same Re: Mouse has mind of its own - replaced mouse, reloaded system,same Scott wrote: > I have an IBM/Lenovo T43 Notebook, worked fine for first 1+ years that I had > it. In the last few months it's decided to have a mind of its own regarding > the mouse. Primarily the problem is experienced when I'm clicking on text and > moving the mouse over the text to select it while holding the mouse button > down. > > Sometimes the mouse will just jump halfway across the page, sometimes it > just deselects what I was trying to select, sometimes it copy and pastes the > text elsewhere while I'm still holding the button down having pressed nothing > else. > > It's finally driving me nuts. I've reloaded the system and replaced the > mouse. In addition to reloading the system when it KEPT DOING IT after that I > wanted to write zero's to the drive to ensure nothing was being left behind > so to speak but I don't have time to wait for 48 hours for a zero write and > confirmation so I just bought a new hard drive, installed a fresh copy of > Windows XP Pro, Office and drivers and replaced the mouse AGAIN... > > SAME THING! > > I'm starting to lose it here. My wife has a Dell D600 and she keeps > complaining about her keyboard doing weird things like this too - not sure, > is our house possessed? > > (Just did it again while trying to edit something in this post). > > FYI, I have been a computer tech and systems admin for 10 years, no longer > doing that, but just FYI as I've tried all the obvious stuff. It's possibly the touchpad sensitivity.. any bounce caused by keystrokes, or a shirtsleeve touching the touchpad moves the pointer. -- Joe =o)
Guest Scott Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: Mouse has mind of its own - replaced mouse, reloaded system, s Re: Mouse has mind of its own - replaced mouse, reloaded system, s It's docked on the desk, lid closed, so that's not the problem. Plus, I've tried disabling the onboard mice (touch and stick) and still have the same problem "Elmo" wrote: > Scott wrote: > > I have an IBM/Lenovo T43 Notebook, worked fine for first 1+ years that I had > > it. In the last few months it's decided to have a mind of its own regarding > > the mouse. Primarily the problem is experienced when I'm clicking on text and > > moving the mouse over the text to select it while holding the mouse button > > down. > > > > Sometimes the mouse will just jump halfway across the page, sometimes it > > just deselects what I was trying to select, sometimes it copy and pastes the > > text elsewhere while I'm still holding the button down having pressed nothing > > else. > > > > It's finally driving me nuts. I've reloaded the system and replaced the > > mouse. In addition to reloading the system when it KEPT DOING IT after that I > > wanted to write zero's to the drive to ensure nothing was being left behind > > so to speak but I don't have time to wait for 48 hours for a zero write and > > confirmation so I just bought a new hard drive, installed a fresh copy of > > Windows XP Pro, Office and drivers and replaced the mouse AGAIN... > > > > SAME THING! > > > > I'm starting to lose it here. My wife has a Dell D600 and she keeps > > complaining about her keyboard doing weird things like this too - not sure, > > is our house possessed? > > > > (Just did it again while trying to edit something in this post). > > > > FYI, I have been a computer tech and systems admin for 10 years, no longer > > doing that, but just FYI as I've tried all the obvious stuff. > > It's possibly the touchpad sensitivity.. any bounce caused by > keystrokes, or a shirtsleeve touching the touchpad moves the pointer. > > -- > Joe =o) >
Guest Dell_C.A. Posted July 26, 2007 Posted July 26, 2007 Re: Mouse has mind of it's own - replaced mouse, reloaded system, same Hello, My name is Mike, I’m a Technical Analyst located at Dell corporate headquarters in Round Rock, TX. I’m part of an internet outreach team developed to interact with the online community regarding technical questions and issues that customers face with Dell products. I read your question and although I’m not an expert with Lonovo systems I have seen this issue before. With everything you’ve done so far I would look at software or drivers as a possible cause of the problem. Try booting the machine in safe mode, F8 at the startup screen, and see if the problem exists in there. If not, I would say it’s a driver issue and you should look at the IBM/Lonovo support site for either the latest driver or possibly a driver that’s one or two versions old (some new drivers cause compatibility problems with 3rd party software.) If it happens in safe mode as well then you should probably start looking at an actual hardware failure (internal hardware, not the mouse.) If it was doing this right after the fresh OS install then the driver or internal hardware will more then likely be the culprit. You can also click on Start and then Run and type in msconfig. When the configuration utility opens click on the Startup tab and clear all of the boxes, then apply and hit OK. Restart the machine and see if the problem persists. (This will keep your internet security from loading so make sure you are disconnected from the internet before trying this.) If the problem doesn’t occur here then the problem is one of the startup programs in that menu. Turn them back on one by one (using the same instructions to turn them off, only put a check in the tic box to turn the item back on) and see which one causes the failure. This is time consuming, but if it works it will be well worth it. I hope this information is helpful. Good luck! Mike Dell customer advocate -- Dell_C.A.
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