RE: mouse frozen in centre of screen

February 27, 2008

RE: mouse frozen in centre of screen

This is a recurring problem that I have been experiencing on an erratic basis

for at least 2 years. Upon startup (whether a cold boot or awakening from

hibernation), my mouse is occasionally frozen. Only a cold reboot restores

mobility. Sometimes I have to reboot twice but a warm reboot never does the

job. I normally use a PS/2 mouse but I have tried several others with the

same behavior. I would like to reinstall the mouse driver but I cannot locate

a copy. My diagnostics simply say that I am using 5.1.2600.0 dated 07/01/2001

and that it is the most current driver. Various techies that have spoken at

our club all beg off. McAfee shows no virus so I have simply lived with the

multiple reboots. Any suggestions?

February 27, 2008

Re: mouse frozen in centre of screen

Re: mouse frozen in centre of screen

StevenC wrote:

> This is a recurring problem that I have been experiencing on an erratic basis

> for at least 2 years. Upon startup (whether a cold boot or awakening from

> hibernation), my mouse is occasionally frozen. Only a cold reboot restores

> mobility. Sometimes I have to reboot twice but a warm reboot never does the

> job. I normally use a PS/2 mouse but I have tried several others with the

> same behavior. I would like to reinstall the mouse driver but I cannot locate

> a copy. My diagnostics simply say that I am using 5.1.2600.0 dated 07/01/2001

> and that it is the most current driver. Various techies that have spoken at

> our club all beg off. McAfee shows no virus so I have simply lived with the

> multiple reboots. Any suggestions?

A few thoughts:

- Are the other mice you tried all PS/2?

- None of the other mice had a driver on a CD?

- If both PS/2 and USB mice freeze, look at the BIOS for some obscure

setting.

- If both PS/2 and USB mice freeze, try lowering graphics hardware

acceleration slide. You can lower graphics hardware acceleration in

Display Properties, Settings tab, Advanced button, Troubleshooting tab.

If this helps, you probably need a different graphics card or drivers.

- As a test, remove extraneous hardware that may be conflicting with the

mouse or graphics card.

--

Joe =o)

February 27, 2008

Re: mouse frozen in centre of screen

Re: mouse frozen in centre of screen

On Feb 27, 1:59 pm, Elmo <elmog...@iglou.invalid> wrote:

> StevenC wrote IN 2005:

> > This is a recurring problem that I have been experiencing on an erratic basis

> > for at least 2 years. Upon startup (whether a cold boot or awakening from

> > hibernation), my mouse is occasionally frozen. Only a cold reboot restores

> > mobility. Sometimes I have to reboot twice but a warm reboot never does the

> > job. I normally use a PS/2 mouse but I have tried several others with the

> > same behavior. I would like to reinstall the mouse driver but I cannot locate

> > a copy. My diagnostics simply say that I am using 5.1.2600.0 dated 07/01/2001

> > and that it is the most current driver. Various techies that have spoken at

> > our club all beg off. McAfee shows no virus so I have simply lived with the

> > multiple reboots. Any suggestions?

>

> A few thoughts:

>

> - Are the other mice you tried all PS/2?

> - None of the other mice had a driver on a CD?

> - If both PS/2 and USB mice freeze, look at the BIOS for some obscure

> setting.

> - If both PS/2 and USB mice freeze, try lowering graphics hardware

> acceleration slide. You can lower graphics hardware acceleration in

> Display Properties, Settings tab, Advanced button, Troubleshooting tab.

> If this helps, you probably need a different graphics card or drivers.

> - As a test, remove extraneous hardware that may be conflicting with the

> mouse or graphics card.

>

> --

> Joe =o)

I certainly hope in two and a half years the OP got this resolved

somehow.

February 27, 2008

Re: mouse frozen in centre of screen

Re: mouse frozen in centre of screen

throwitout <throwitout@dodgeit.com> wrote:

>I certainly hope in two and a half years the OP got this resolved

>somehow.

Check back in another two years to get his reply

February 29, 2008

Re: mouse frozen in centre of screen

Re: mouse frozen in centre of screen

Check your power options. Device Manager > Universal Serial Bus Controllers.

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