running XP Pro SP3 with all the patches - well all the ones that apply to
me...
in the last week - my cursor "giggles" and when the mouse is left alone -
the cursor slowly drifts down the page.

The mouse is a dell ball mouse (yes I cleaned it) and it also happens on
optical mouse too.

I've rebooted - changed usb ports - changed mice -

Anybody got an idea?

The date and time was Thursday, July 09, 2009 2:46:01 PM, and on a whim,
stumped-in-xpPro pounded out on the keyboard:

> running XP Pro SP3 with all the patches - well all the ones that apply to
> me...
> in the last week - my cursor "giggles" and when the mouse is left alone -
> the cursor slowly drifts down the page.
>
> The mouse is a dell ball mouse (yes I cleaned it) and it also happens on
> optical mouse too.
>
> I've rebooted - changed usb ports - changed mice -
>
> Anybody got an idea?

I've seen that behavior on a lot of Dells. There is a lot of different
ways to approach it. I Googled "how to fix drifting mouse cursor".

Report back if one resolves it.


Terry R.
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"stumped-in-xpPro" <stumped-in-xpPro@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:4E0A8490-1897-46C2-B4B5-F35D8DBB7B95@microsoft.com...
> running XP Pro SP3 with all the patches - well all the ones that apply to
> me...
> in the last week - my cursor "giggles" and when the mouse is left alone -
> the cursor slowly drifts down the page.
>
> The mouse is a dell ball mouse (yes I cleaned it) and it also happens on
> optical mouse too.
>
> I've rebooted - changed usb ports - changed mice -
>
> Anybody got an idea?

Try a different mouse.

"stumped-in-xpPro" wrote:

> running XP Pro SP3 with all the patches - well all the ones that apply to
> me...
> in the last week - my cursor "giggles" and when the mouse is left alone -
> the cursor slowly drifts down the page.
>
> The mouse is a dell ball mouse (yes I cleaned it) and it also happens on
> optical mouse too.
>
> I've rebooted - changed usb ports - changed mice -
>
> Anybody got an idea?


<Q::>

Go into the BIOS (F2). Press Alt-P until you reach "Page 4 of 7". Under
"Pointing Device" change the setting from "PS/2-Touchpad" to "PS/2". Reboot.

The touchpad and point stick will still function as long as there isn't a
mouse plugged into the PS/2 port. If the mouse is plugged in, it will
override the integrated devices.
</Q::>

This happened to me with my Dell. It turned out I just neede a new battery I
think.....
Pointer drifts to top left ?

"stumped-in-xpPro" <stumped-in-xpPro@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:4E0A8490-1897-46C2-B4B5-F35D8DBB7B95@microsoft.com...
> running XP Pro SP3 with all the patches - well all the ones that apply to
> me...
> in the last week - my cursor "giggles" and when the mouse is left alone -
> the cursor slowly drifts down the page.
>
> The mouse is a dell ball mouse (yes I cleaned it) and it also happens on
> optical mouse too.
>
> I've rebooted - changed usb ports - changed mice -
>
> Anybody got an idea?

Open Mouse properties, and UNcheck "Enhance pointer precision" on the
"Pointer Options" tab

stumped-in-xpPro wrote:

> running XP Pro SP3 with all the patches - well all the ones that apply to
> me...
> in the last week - my cursor "giggles" and when the mouse is left alone -
> the cursor slowly drifts down the page.
>
> The mouse is a dell ball mouse (yes I cleaned it) and it also happens on
> optical mouse too.
>
> I've rebooted - changed usb ports - changed mice -
>
> Anybody got an idea?