I have a Toshiba M400 on which the mouse pointer always moves to various
spots on the lower left side of the screen and clicks, bringing up the start
menu or the TIP panel. This usually just happens whenever I am
reading/writing heavily from/to the hard disc (installing software,
defragging, etc.) I've heard this referred to as 'stuttering mouse' and such,
but no one seems to be able to offer a good explanation or fix for this. Any
ideas?

Jason

jrkaisersr at g mail dot com

Are you running the latest Wacom driver for your digitizer? You might check
their web site, www.wacom.com. Also, check this Microsoft Knowledge Base
article on mouse movements: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900475/en-us
If you have TweakUI installed, you might check this KB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/903270/en-us
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Jason R. Kaiser Sr." <Jason R. Kaiser Sr.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:8D0B65A8-38A8-4188-85D0-ED49CADD05A5@microsoft.com...
>I have a Toshiba M400 on which the mouse pointer always moves to various
> spots on the lower left side of the screen and clicks, bringing up the
> start
> menu or the TIP panel. This usually just happens whenever I am
> reading/writing heavily from/to the hard disc (installing software,
> defragging, etc.) I've heard this referred to as 'stuttering mouse' and
> such,
> but no one seems to be able to offer a good explanation or fix for this.
> Any
> ideas?
>
> Jason
>
> jrkaisersr at g mail dot com

I found that http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900475/en-us is a broken link, I
have seen this KB article referred to elsewhere, but I haven't been able to
access it :(

"Chris H." wrote:

> Are you running the latest Wacom driver for your digitizer? You might check
> their web site, www.wacom.com. Also, check this Microsoft Knowledge Base
> article on mouse movements: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900475/en-us
> If you have TweakUI installed, you might check this KB article:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/903270/en-us
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>
> "Jason R. Kaiser Sr." <Jason R. Kaiser Sr.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> in message news:8D0B65A8-38A8-4188-85D0-ED49CADD05A5@microsoft.com...
> >I have a Toshiba M400 on which the mouse pointer always moves to various
> > spots on the lower left side of the screen and clicks, bringing up the
> > start
> > menu or the TIP panel. This usually just happens whenever I am
> > reading/writing heavily from/to the hard disc (installing software,
> > defragging, etc.) I've heard this referred to as 'stuttering mouse' and
> > such,
> > but no one seems to be able to offer a good explanation or fix for this.
> > Any
> > ideas?
> >
> > Jason
> >
> > jrkaisersr at g mail dot com
>
>
>

Bouncing that one around a bit, Jason. I've reported it, and hopefully
it'll be fixed.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Jason R. Kaiser Sr." <Jason R. Kaiser Sr.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:16254F53-6420-4EC6-8FF9-70678679BCD1@microsoft.com...
>I found that http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900475/en-us is a broken link,
>I
> have seen this KB article referred to elsewhere, but I haven't been able
> to
> access it :(
>
> "Chris H." wrote:
>
>> Are you running the latest Wacom driver for your digitizer? You might
>> check
>> their web site, www.wacom.com. Also, check this Microsoft Knowledge Base
>> article on mouse movements: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900475/en-us
>> If you have TweakUI installed, you might check this KB article:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/903270/en-us
>> --
>> Chris H.
>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>> Associate Expert
>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>
>> "Jason R. Kaiser Sr." <Jason R. Kaiser Sr.@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote
>> in message news:8D0B65A8-38A8-4188-85D0-ED49CADD05A5@microsoft.com...
>> >I have a Toshiba M400 on which the mouse pointer always moves to various
>> > spots on the lower left side of the screen and clicks, bringing up the
>> > start
>> > menu or the TIP panel. This usually just happens whenever I am
>> > reading/writing heavily from/to the hard disc (installing software,
>> > defragging, etc.) I've heard this referred to as 'stuttering mouse' and
>> > such,
>> > but no one seems to be able to offer a good explanation or fix for
>> > this.
>> > Any
>> > ideas?
>> >
>> > Jason
>> >
>> > jrkaisersr at g mail dot com
>>
>>
>>

This is almost always a digitizer connection problem. Hardware issue so you
won't be able to fix it with drivers. You should contact Toshiba and
hopefully it is under warranty. I've personally seen this occur on all of
their 12" models even so far back as the 3500.

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"Jason R. Kaiser Sr." <Jason R. Kaiser Sr.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:8D0B65A8-38A8-4188-85D0-ED49CADD05A5@microsoft.com...
>I have a Toshiba M400 on which the mouse pointer always moves to various
> spots on the lower left side of the screen and clicks, bringing up the
> start
> menu or the TIP panel. This usually just happens whenever I am
> reading/writing heavily from/to the hard disc (installing software,
> defragging, etc.) I've heard this referred to as 'stuttering mouse' and
> such,
> but no one seems to be able to offer a good explanation or fix for this.
> Any
> ideas?
>
> Jason
>
> jrkaisersr at g mail dot com