network influences mouse behaviour?

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Fredo Vincentis

This might sound like a weird question, but do you think it is possible that
a network connection can influence the behaviour of a mouse, ie. make the
mouse stop react for periods of time?

Here's the situation:

I have got a small LAN - three machines hooked up via a router:

1. Windows 2000PC
2. Macintosh OX
3. Machine 3 (used to be Win98, now Win2000)

Machine 3 is the one causing difficulties: I used to have a computer
connected to the LAN which ran Windows 98 - it was an old bomb with 333Mhz
processor. I replaced it recently with a Pentium 4, Windows 2000 installed.

Strangely enough both machines have had the same problem: at times the mouse
stops reacting to movement or clicks. Before I connected the Pentium 4 to
the network, this didn't happen. So the only explanation I have is that
there is something in the network that stuffs my mouse up.

Before you ask: the two machines were using two different mouses, so I doubt
it's a hardware failure.

I'd be interested to hear whether anybody experienced this before.

Thanks!
 
Strangely enough both machines have had the same problem: at times
the mouse stops reacting to movement or clicks. Before I connected
the Pentium 4 to the network, this didn't happen. So the only
explanation I have is that there is something in the network that
stuffs my mouse up.

Before you ask: the two machines were using two different mouses,
so I doubt it's a hardware failure.

I'd be interested to hear whether anybody experienced this before.
Click to expand...

AFAIK, mouse responses are handled by interrupts on your computer. In
my experience, when a mouse stops responding it's either because a
computer crashed or there is a process running on the computer that is
consuming 100% of available CPU. I have had experiences in the past
where, when some spyware on my computer detects an internet connection,
it "kicks in" and consumes vast amounts of CPU and acts similar to your
problem.

If I were you, I would get a freeware program such as
"Adaware" <http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/>
or "Spybot S&D" <http://www.safer-networking.org/>
and see if purging the spyware from your machine helps.

HTH,
John
 
On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 17:42:43 +1100, "Fredo Vincentis"

Are you sure you don't have both the nouse and the network card on the
same interrupt?
This might sound like a weird question, but do you think it is possible that
a network connection can influence the behaviour of a mouse, ie. make the
mouse stop react for periods of time?
Click to expand...
Here's the situation:
Click to expand...
I have got a small LAN - three machines hooked up via a router:
Click to expand...
1. Windows 2000PC
2. Macintosh OX
3. Machine 3 (used to be Win98, now Win2000)
Click to expand...
Machine 3 is the one causing difficulties: I used to have a computer
connected to the LAN which ran Windows 98 - it was an old bomb with 333Mhz
processor. I replaced it recently with a Pentium 4, Windows 2000 installed.
Click to expand...
Strangely enough both machines have had the same problem: at times the mouse
stops reacting to movement or clicks. Before I connected the Pentium 4 to
the network, this didn't happen. So the only explanation I have is that
there is something in the network that stuffs my mouse up.
Click to expand...
Before you ask: the two machines were using two different mouses, so I doubt
it's a hardware failure.
Click to expand...
I'd be interested to hear whether anybody experienced this before.
Click to expand...


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Rotes Sapiens said:
On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 17:42:43 +1100, "Fredo Vincentis"

Are you sure you don't have both the nouse and the network card on the
same interrupt?
Click to expand...

I checked that, but it's not the case. Funnily enough the keyboard works
fine, so it is not as if the computer was crashing - it only effects the
mouse.
 
I checked that, but it's not the case. Funnily enough the keyboard works
fine, so it is not as if the computer was crashing - it only effects the
mouse.
Click to expand...

Another problem I have seen is that the mouse and keyboard have been
plugged into the wrong hole. It's been claimed that PS/2 ports are
interchangeable, but on some computer some of the devices won't work
properly. Try swapping over the hole the mouse and keyboard are
plugged in.


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