erratic mouse

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Hi, I have just recently begun to have problems with my mouse on my dimension desktop.  I have reinstalled the drivers for the mouse.  Conducted the following: McAfee Virsus Scan Online Housecall Scan Spybot Search & Destroy Adware Removal Defragment Scandisk Disk Cleanup It just seems to freeze up or go over to the left side of the screen.  When I have tried to go into the control panel to add/remove hardware is where it literally goes crazy.  The toolbar menu pops up the control panel screen reduces and moves around the screen, the mouse arrow flickers about, the start menu pops up.  All of the above happens extremely fast and there is no control over the mouse whatsoever. I can only restart the computer.  The freezing can happen online or in a program, the the real erratic stuff when I go into the control panel. Any thoughts on what could be causing this. Thanks   Message Edited by quicktolearn on 05-17-2005 07:51 AM

quicktolearn · Answer

Hi, It is the Kensington Value-Mouse.  I have had this mouse for at least two years, it is clean of lint and working with a mouse pad or no mouse pad doesn't seem to make a difference.  The mouse that came with our Dell died. The problem has only occurred within the last week and half. Thanks

MichaelCretired · Answer

quicktolearn, Thanks for using the Dell Community Forum. Can you tell us what mouse it is that you're using on the Dimension system.

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