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problem with my mouse!
Of late I have noticed a delay in the movement with my cursor.
Sometimes it just sits there even though I am moving the mouse all over the place and then you will see the indicator that it is getting ready to move (O blue in color rotating) and it will move. Is there any fixes or is this normal? I have a Gateway DX430X with 4 gigs of memory and VISTA, it does not seem to matter if I have a lot going on or even doing this newsgroup. Lee (in Florida) |
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problem with my mouse!
Uhh... Seriously, when was the last time you cleaned the mouse? If it's a
non-optical mouse, open the bottom and remove the ball. Look at the two shafts and the little wheel that the ball comes in contact with. Those things can get lots of crud on them that interfers with normal mouse operations. "Lee" wrote in message . .. Of late I have noticed a delay in the movement with my cursor. Sometimes it just sits there even though I am moving the mouse all over the place and then you will see the indicator that it is getting ready to move (O blue in color rotating) and it will move. Is there any fixes or is this normal? I have a Gateway DX430X with 4 gigs of memory and VISTA, it does not seem to matter if I have a lot going on or even doing this newsgroup. Lee (in Florida) |
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problem with my mouse!
Greg Smithers wrote:
Uhh... Seriously, when was the last time you cleaned the mouse? If it's a non-optical mouse, open the bottom and remove the ball. Look at the two shafts and the little wheel that the ball comes in contact with. Those things can get lots of crud on them that interfers with normal mouse operations. Hi Greg No it is an optical mouse! This is my second one since getting the new computer, never had these before and never had this problem either. I am sure it is because something is running and it just freezes up the cursor temporarily. Always something. Hey thanks for taking the time to reply it is appreciated. Lee (in Florida) |
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problem with my mouse!
Is it a USB wireless mouse? Is the USB connection solid?
Lee wrote: | Hi Greg | | No it is an optical mouse! This is my second one since getting the | new computer, never had these before and never had this problem | either. I am sure it is because something is running and it just | freezes up the cursor temporarily. Always something. Hey thanks for | taking the time to reply it is appreciated. | | Lee (in Florida) |
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problem with my mouse!
If wireless, then the battery may be going dead. Some of the early wireless
mice conserved power when not in use and took forever to wake up... Ben Myers On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:55:05 -0400, "Joan F \(MI\)" wrote: Is it a USB wireless mouse? Is the USB connection solid? Lee wrote: | Hi Greg | | No it is an optical mouse! This is my second one since getting the | new computer, never had these before and never had this problem | either. I am sure it is because something is running and it just | freezes up the cursor temporarily. Always something. Hey thanks for | taking the time to reply it is appreciated. | | Lee (in Florida) |
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Go for best quality of optical mouse..or use USB mouse This will solve all your problem.. |
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problem with my mouse!
Ben Myers wrote:
If wireless, then the battery may be going dead. Some of the early wireless mice conserved power when not in use and took forever to wake up... Ben Myers On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:55:05 -0400, "Joan F \(MI\)" wrote: Is it a USB wireless mouse? Is the USB connection solid? The mouse is a USB connected optical mouse. (not wireless) Yes the connection as far as I can determine is good. I am beginning to believe it just might be McAfee checking on stuff in the background or maybe another program? I have the total protection program and it does a great job I am not sure how much of the memory it is chewing up. But better safe than sorry. Again thanks to both of you for your responses. Since I stopped the monitoring of IE which I don't use it (use SeaMonkey) seems to have cut back on the processing time of the cursor action. It still does it but not as much in my opinion. Lee (in Florida) |
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problem with my mouse!
NathanRosseister wrote:
Go for best quality of optical mouse..or use USB mouse This will solve all your problem.. Hi Nathan Thanks for your reply! I guess maybe I will look around to see what is available. Maybe that will cure the problem. Lee (in Florida) |
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problem with my mouse!
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Lee typed on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:04:30 -0400: NathanRosseister wrote: Go for best quality of optical mouse..or use USB mouse This will solve all your problem.. Hi Nathan Thanks for your reply! I guess maybe I will look around to see what is available. Maybe that will cure the problem. Hi Lee! I think you are right and the rest are wrong. I do think it is software hogging up the CPU as you previously thought. And both McAfee and Norton can very well do this as well. Although one thing to add about optical mice. Most don't work well on a shinny surface. A mouse pad or something should rule that one out though. -- Bill Gateway Celeron M 370 (1.5GHZ) MX6124 (laptop) w/2GB Windows XP Home SP2 (120GB HD) Intel(r) 910GML (64MB shared) |
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problem with my mouse!
BillW50 wrote:
Hi Lee! I think you are right and the rest are wrong. I do think it is software hogging up the CPU as you previously thought. And both McAfee and Norton can very well do this as well. Although one thing to add about optical mice. Most don't work well on a shinny surface. A mouse pad or something should rule that one out though. Hi Bill Thanks for the come back! I know the blue ring shows that something is running but was not positive and since I use Vista it is somewhat new to me! Just wanted to be sure so as each made a suggestion I wrote if off after checking it and I did have my op mouse on white paper and on a red mouse pad and a gray one so I think I have eliminated most everything. I guess it is what I will have to live with or up the memory to 8 gigs. Right now I think I can live with it. After Norton for a few years McAfee has been great but they added so much to it I think that it is taking up a lot of memory. Every time I turn around it pops up with something changing registry settings ie Internet Explorer etc. Thanks again! Lee (in Florida) |
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