My mouse recently started freezing for a second or more at a time. Does
anybody know what might cause this problem?

It seemed coincident with getting my cable modem (although I don't see
why) so I tried disconnecting the cable to the PC and rebooting and it
still had the problem.

I tried scanning with Norton anti-virus (and it claims it's up-to-date)
but didn't find anything.

When I look at Performance part of Windows Task Manager, there is no
undue activity going on. Just now it showed less than 10% CPU usage.
And while the mouse is unresponsive, the performance chart keeps rolling
on (at the fast pace - 2 updates per sec, I think) - so the PC doesn't
seem to be frozen.

Any help will be appreciated.

Jae

"Jae" <jae@wowway.com> wrote in message
news:55mdneKoOrMpiZTdRVn-hA@wideopenwest.com...
> My mouse recently started freezing for a second or more at a time. Does
> anybody know what might cause this problem?
>
> It seemed coincident with getting my cable modem (although I don't see
> why) so I tried disconnecting the cable to the PC and rebooting and it
> still had the problem.
>
> I tried scanning with Norton anti-virus (and it claims it's up-to-date)
> but didn't find anything.
>
> When I look at Performance part of Windows Task Manager, there is no
> undue activity going on. Just now it showed less than 10% CPU usage.
> And while the mouse is unresponsive, the performance chart keeps rolling
> on (at the fast pace - 2 updates per sec, I think) - so the PC doesn't
> seem to be frozen.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Jae
>
The most likely cause of erratic operation, freezing and skipping are
faulty or incorrect drivers and programs running in the background. Check
that you are using the
correct driver for your mouse, rather than relying on the ones included
with Windows. If you are using Windows 98 or later got to Run on
the Start menu and type 'msconfig' to open the Windows Configuration
Utility. Click the Start-up tab and look down the list and check for any
unfamiliar programs, try unchecking any you find, and re-boot, and see if
that makes a difference, but only do it to one thing at a time.