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| 438458 | 2006-03-15 20:36:00 | I have a customer who's mouse wanders. They don't need to touch it and all of a sudden the mouse moves very simular to a remote access. The mouse she has is a new Microsoft USB Wheel Optical 1.1a She has a HP Compaq D530 computer. She also has an intranet where she is able to access different desktop...a computer in Auckland. Why is her mouse wandering. It even wandered on shut down. I have done the standard scans for virus & spyware & everything is clean. (Although, she was previously infected) |
NZHawk (4093) | ||
| 438459 | 2006-03-15 20:41:00 | I used to get a marginal wandering effect similar to what you describe on my Asus laptop with an Asus optical mouse. Since I got a decent mousemat the problem has all but disappeared. So that's the first thing I'd suggest to your customer. Next recommendation of course is to get latest drivers - easily found from Microsoft's website. (If the mouse is still wandering when disconnected from the Internet, then it's unlikely to be a remote access problem). |
Greg (193) | ||
| 438460 | 2006-03-15 20:47:00 | Thank you, Greg! The mouse is she has is an optical mouse, so she doesn't use a mouse mat. But I will download the drivers & try the mouse when she is off line. |
NZHawk (4093) | ||
| 438461 | 2006-03-15 20:53:00 | Check behind the desk for cheese. Or like Greg said it will be the surface the mouse is on, try it on a plain piece of paper. | Rob99 (151) | ||
| 438462 | 2006-03-15 21:36:00 | I had a friend who had a wandering mouse, and nice home-cooked meals to care of the problem. Seriously, he used a mouse pad and the problem went away. It's a very common item in many computer stores. |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 438463 | 2006-03-15 21:47:00 | Check behind the desk for cheese. Also, don't leave fruit and nut chocolate lying around the desk - mice love it. My optical mouse often decides to have a little wander when I am not keeping it occupied sufficiently despite me using a black PC World "Evolve" mousepad. I suspect it is trying to pick the fleas off the monkey. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 438464 | 2006-03-15 22:21:00 | Get a glass marble and put it where the the mouse is, if rolls of it's own accord with the vibration in the area the area is smooth but not level. Solution is either a cloth type mouse mat as suggested or slightly rough up the 4 pads on the base of the mouse. After a few months use these pads get roughed up anyway.It is annoying with a new optical mouse for it to go walkabout when left to it's own devices. | FrankS (257) | ||
| 438465 | 2006-03-15 22:54:00 | Thank you for all the replies, but the "wandering" isn't so gradual, it is more deliberate. It's not floating, but direct. (I hope I am making sense.) Which to me doesn't indicate mouse pad or table problems. | NZHawk (4093) | ||
| 438466 | 2006-03-15 23:16:00 | try another mouse | quarry (252) | ||
| 438467 | 2006-03-16 04:24:00 | I have seen this before but never found a solution. I am presuming you are referring to the pointer wandering across the screen of its own accord? A friend has an MS Optical Wireless mouse and it does it quite frequently. You can be sitting there watching the screen, and the pointer just takes off across the screen. I have seen corded mice do it as well so it's not an RF issue. |
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