the mouse moves all by itself

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Mr. T.

Hi,

on my laptop (Dell Latitude with Windows 2000 Professional) i have a
wireless optical mouse from Microsoft on the USB port.

Suddenly, and for no apparent reason or after no apparent of obvious
interval, the mouse cursor just starts pulling towards an end of the screen.
If i drag the cursor towards the middle of the screen, it just goes back
towards one of the edges of the screen. Often even i can't drag the cursor
to the middle of the screen, it just stays at the edge of the screen.

I don't think it's connected to the wireless mouse, because when i
disconnect it, and just work with the mousepad that's on the laptop, the
same thing happens. Even rebooting doesn't solve the problem. Sometimes
moving the mouse around very fast stops this behaviour, but most of the
times the only thing that helps is waiting till it stops.

I have done all the updates from windowsupdate, i even updated the driver of
the mousepad but nothing helped. I also scanned for viruses, and none were
found. Anyone got any idea on what is happening here?

Regards & thx in advance for any help!

Thomas L.
 
Hardware issue.

Usually associated with "eraserhead" type pointing
device on laptop. Some "drift" with these
devices is normal.

If your laptop has a touch pad, and it's doing
this, send it in for repair.
 
We have solved this issue on several Latitudes by tightening all the screws
on the bottom of the laptop.

Dave
 
i saw such an effect when the batteries of the mouse went low. so
recharge or replace them and the problem should have gone. this was the
reason for me to switch back to the wired mouse ;-)


bimbom
 
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