My mouse gets the jitters

[Guest Fan924]

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]

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

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>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]

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.

 

 

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Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

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[Guest Fan924]

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]

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.

 

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Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"Fan924" <a924fan@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> Problem resolved. A program (SBC Tools) from my internet provider was

> gobbling up recourses. Uninstalled it. ;)

[Guest PCR]

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.

 

 

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Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

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