Guest Fan924 Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 I ran for virus and adware. Nothing. Periodically, the mouse starts to jump about erratically. Like the PC is really busy even though it shouldn't be. This gets worse until it is not usable. Continues even after all applications are closed. Symptoms are gone after reboot. I never had this on my old PC running at 450MHz on win 98. I am now at 2.6GHz with win 98SE. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Is this common?
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 Re: My mouse gets the jitters While it sounds like a controller gone nuts, have you tried a different mouse? Otherwise, I recommend using a different interface --- If now you use USB mouse, try the PS/2 slot (may require an adapter), and vice versa. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Fan924" <a924fan@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:e2e2f418-7068-48d5-af37-97fd9dfa96fb@e6g2000prf.googlegroups.com... >I ran for virus and adware. Nothing. Periodically, the mouse starts to > jump about erratically. Like the PC is really busy even though it > shouldn't be. This gets worse until it is not usable. Continues even > after all applications are closed. Symptoms are gone after reboot. I > never had this on my old PC running at 450MHz on win 98. I am now at > 2.6GHz with win 98SE. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Is this > common?
Guest PCR Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 Re: My mouse gets the jitters Fan924 wrote: | I ran for virus and adware. Nothing. Periodically, the mouse starts to | jump about erratically. Like the PC is really busy even though it | shouldn't be. This gets worse until it is not usable. Continues even | after all applications are closed. Symptoms are gone after reboot. I | never had this on my old PC running at 450MHz on win 98. I am now at | 2.6GHz with win 98SE. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Is this | common? It sounds like what happened to me. Ultimately, the cure was a new mouse. Two dozen cleanings of the ball & rollers & untwistings of the cord did provide spells of relief until then, but was ultimately tiresome to continue. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, Should things get worse after this, PCR pcrrcp@netzero.net
Guest Fan924 Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 Re: My mouse gets the jitters Problem resolved. A program (SBC Tools) from my internet provider was gobbling up recourses. Uninstalled it. ;)
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 Re: My mouse gets the jitters Thing to remember: "Mouse gets jitters" = "low resources". Funny, we'd all recognize it if we saw it, just didn't flash on it from the description. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Fan924" <a924fan@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:38dbb656-5e54-47ce-b777-f116e24d3403@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > Problem resolved. A program (SBC Tools) from my internet provider was > gobbling up recourses. Uninstalled it. ;)
Guest PCR Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Re: My mouse gets the jitters Fan924 wrote: | Problem resolved. A program (SBC Tools) from my internet provider was | gobbling up recourses. Uninstalled it. ;) Interesting. My mouse jitters came & went too, but ultimately came to stay, until I finally switched to an MS WheelMouse Optical. I hope yours are gone for good. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, Should things get worse after this, PCR pcrrcp@netzero.net
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