Cursor Mind Of Its Own

[petercallen]

When i am typing on the Internet every few words the cursor changes position by its self or disappears

Does anyone know how to fix this problem

Thanks in advance for any help

[meatboy]

when i click on any subject it starts rolling

[bobl]

Dodgy mouse would be my first guess. Virus would be 2nd. Given the limited info you've provided.

[lopburi3]

Your not using a laptop with pad turned on so palms or thumbs touch it during typing are you?

[petercallen]

Dodgy mouse would be my first guess. Virus would be 2nd. Given the limited info you've provided.

Thanks i think you are right its the mouse, i took my computer to someone to have a look at it

he left a receiver for a wireless mouse in the side of computer and now i have removed it the

computer is working fine

Many thanks

[RKASA]

Turn off auto history search in the browser. Another thing that can cause it to appear to do this is typing before the page is fully loaded over a slow connection and the script r-sets the page as elements are loaded.

[Guest]

Thanks i think you are right its the mouse, i took my computer to someone to have a look at it

he left a receiver for a wireless mouse in the side of computer and now i have removed it the

computer is working fine

Many thanks

So you had an wireless mouse receiver on your computer?

If your wireless mouse is using 2.4GHz frequency, it might pick up noise from close by sources.

Out of curiosity, did you or someone near do anything following:

- Use microwave oven

- Place an mobile phone or wireless home phone close to the computer

- Play Wii or other playstation

- Use any other device which is using the same frequency?

[petercallen]

Thanks i think you are right its the mouse, i took my computer to someone to have a look at it

he left a receiver for a wireless mouse in the side of computer and now i have removed it the

computer is working fine

Many thanks

So you had an wireless mouse receiver on your computer?

If your wireless mouse is using 2.4GHz frequency, it might pick up noise from close by sources.

Out of curiosity, did you or someone near do anything following:

- Use microwave ovennow the computer is

s not mine and - Place an mobile phone or wireless home phone close to the computer

- Play Wii or other playstation

- Use any other device which is using the same frequency?

None of those things, i have removed the wireless mouse receiver which was not mine

and everything seems to be working properly

[harrry]

Peter this advice may not be needed but would be safest to apply. The device may not have been a mouse wireless even if it looked like one. It may have enabled remote access to your computer. If it was my computer I would change all computer passwords and any bank credit card passwords which have been used on the computer. I would also give the computer a full virus scan. A wireless mouse adaptor on its own should not have made your cursor move.

[bobl]

Peter this advice may not be needed but would be safest to apply. The device may not have been a mouse wireless even if it looked like one. It may have enabled remote access to your computer. If it was my computer I would change all computer passwords and any bank credit card passwords which have been used on the computer. I would also give the computer a full virus scan. A wireless mouse adaptor on its own should not have made your cursor move.

Wise advice, definitely worth checking, but I'd be more inclined to think the guy he took it to hates trackpads as much as I do and used his own mouse while he was working on it, then forgot to remove the dongle (easy to do especially if it's miniscule like a Logitech Nano). You're right it "shouldn't" have affected the built in mouse if the wireless mouse was not present but who knows, if it was a 'cheap' wireless mouse reciever prone to spurious rf interference.

I have two - the Microsoft one goes completely nuts when the battery in the mouse is low... The Logitech's rock solid.

[IBoldnewguy]

Recently Microsoft updates installed "Microsoft Hardware USB Mouse & keyboard" - I had to uninstall as it overrode my mouse preferences and hyperactive mouse resulted as described. Check program settings s/b listed if this is problem.

[petercallen]

Still having problems i am going to buy a new mouse next time we go out

I had windows re installed and the computer cleaned out by Banana IT in chalong, they fixed all the problems i was having with it which other computer experts not do for less than 2400 baht for 500 baht , they used there own mouse as i did not take mine

My mouse is 4 years old and probably stuffed

I am a computer dummy and know very little about them

[petercallen]

thanks for everyone's help my new 149baht mouse seems to have fixed the problem