I've got a Microsoft "Basic Optical Mouse 1.0A", whose pointer keeps jumping
around the screen. I've tried unchecking options like "improving precision",
"hide pointer", "automatically move pointer to standard button", but it
keeps doing it. It's terribly annoying, especially because one older
application crashes when I type while the mouse pointer is outside its
window. What can be the problem, and how do I fix it?

Cheers,

Rouke

Rouke Bakker;2968992 Wrote:
> I've got a Microsoft "Basic Optical Mouse 1.0A", whose pointer keeps
> jumping
> around the screen. I've tried unchecking options like "improving
> precision",
> "hide pointer", "automatically move pointer to standard button", but
> it
> keeps doing it. It's terribly annoying, especially because one older
> application crashes when I type while the mouse pointer is outside its
> window. What can be the problem, and how do I fix it?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rouke

Have you checked that the light under the mouse is not covered with
dirt or any foreign material?.




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"Rouke Bakker" <zn.ten.esidarap@rekkab.ekuor> wrote in message
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> I've got a Microsoft "Basic Optical Mouse 1.0A", whose pointer keeps
> jumping
> around the screen. I've tried unchecking options like "improving
> precision",
> "hide pointer", "automatically move pointer to standard button", but it
> keeps doing it. It's terribly annoying, especially because one older
> application crashes when I type while the mouse pointer is outside its
> window. What can be the problem, and how do I fix it?

Hi
Sometimes this can be caused by the surface on which the mouse is moved. I
have one particular folding table with a slightly rough plastic surface that
makes all optical mice jumpy. A mouse pad or piece of paper taped to the
table fixes the problem.

-Paul Randall

Have you tried reinstalling mouse drivers? Or another mouse?

"Rouke Bakker" wrote:

> I've got a Microsoft "Basic Optical Mouse 1.0A", whose pointer keeps jumping
> around the screen. I've tried unchecking options like "improving precision",
> "hide pointer", "automatically move pointer to standard button", but it
> keeps doing it. It's terribly annoying, especially because one older
> application crashes when I type while the mouse pointer is outside its
> window. What can be the problem, and how do I fix it?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rouke
>
>
>

Thanks Paul,

I tried the old trusted mouse pad just now, but it didn't help. It must be a
dodgy mouse.

Cheers,

Rouke
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>
> "Rouke Bakker" <zn.ten.esidarap@rekkab.ekuor> wrote in message
> news:46e372cc@clear.net.nz...
> > I've got a Microsoft "Basic Optical Mouse 1.0A", whose pointer keeps
> > jumping
> > around the screen. I've tried unchecking options like "improving
> > precision",
> > "hide pointer", "automatically move pointer to standard button", but it
> > keeps doing it. It's terribly annoying, especially because one older
> > application crashes when I type while the mouse pointer is outside its
> > window. What can be the problem, and how do I fix it?
>
> Hi
> Sometimes this can be caused by the surface on which the mouse is moved.
I
> have one particular folding table with a slightly rough plastic surface
that
> makes all optical mice jumpy. A mouse pad or piece of paper taped to the
> table fixes the problem.
>
> -Paul Randall
>
>

You don't happen to have a piece of glitter in the little mouse "eye" do
you?

Rouke Bakker wrote:

> I've got a Microsoft "Basic Optical Mouse 1.0A", whose pointer keeps jumping
> around the screen. I've tried unchecking options like "improving precision",
> "hide pointer", "automatically move pointer to standard button", but it
> keeps doing it. It's terribly annoying, especially because one older
> application crashes when I type while the mouse pointer is outside its
> window. What can be the problem, and how do I fix it?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rouke
>
>