Mouse Problems

[Eric998765]

I went out of town last week, and when I got home, my Logitech wireless mouse was jacked up. I couldn't get it off the right side of my screen. I figured it was the mouse so I plugged in my GE Optical USB mouse and it was doing the same thing. everytime i move it, the pointer goes back to the right side of the screen before I can do anything. Over the past few days, I've learned many keyboard shortcuts to where I can do almost everything without my mouse, but it's still annoying. Since both my mice are messing up, I figured it wasn't the driver(s), but I went to Device Manager anyway and it said both devices are working properly. I don't have any gamepad or joystick plugged up, just the mice. Anyone know how I can fix my mouse issues? I have win XP home if that helps. thanks.

 

[stduc]

If you can move the mouse pointer, then I don't see it as a hardware or driver issue. If it was me I would:---

Want to know who had been using my PC whilst I was away!

Next I'd check the mouse (mice) out using a friends PC if I had no others available - take the mouse to work if necessary! Assuming the mice check out OK.

I would then check for any malware - using a virus scanner, ad-aware - spybot etc. If that didn't fix it I would use hijackthis and also look at my tasklist for anything odd. At some point, if I still wasn't winning I would set a restore point and then restore to a restore point prior to when I went away.

If none of that worked I'd try repairing XP and failing that I'd probably re-install.

 

[garebo]

There may be mouse software installed for the logitech wireless, so try uninstalling and re-installing that software. If there is software and you do uninstall and re-install, i bet that solves your problem.
Of course, you also have to check any batteries and press the small, round "connect" button that is on both parts, on the mouse itself and on the transmitter. I would check these first and then do the uninstall\re-install if needed.



Good advice + great people = tek-tips

 

[micker377]

Have you tried a regular PS/2 mouse? If this works, you know it is a driver problem. By the way, I installed a USB mouse on my laptop and it wouldn't recognize a regular PS/2 mouse until I un-installed the USB mouse.

 

[mainegeek]

Try changing the scheme for the mouse in control panel,mouse,pointers,schemes.