Problem with freezing mouse, Windows Explorer

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Open task manager, processes tab. When it "freezes" look in task manager and
see what using all the cpu cycles. Then kill the process and uninstall the
program if you can or post back what it is. Also do a virus scan and spyware
check.

Jon Davis wrote:
> Every minute or so, the mouse freezes for anywhere between 1/2 to ten
> seconds. I don't know if it's a hardware problem or a software
> problem, but I really think it's a software problem, and I don't know
> where to begin looking. In fact, I think it's Windows Explorer, or
> something tied into it.
>
> The reason why I think it's a software problem is because even though
> Windows Explorer freezes while the mouse freezes, some other programs
> do not. For instance, I might be playing a game, such as, say, the
> Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo, and the mouse will just hang, while the
> action continues. I can use the keys and keep running around, but I
> can't change the direction I'm facing or fire my weapon because the
> mouse is busy freezing for a few seconds. No change in frame rate.
> Just frozen mouse. The mouse cable is fine.
>
> It is the weirdest thing, only just started happening in the last few
> weeks, and no, I don't remember any obvious installations I've done.
> (Obviously this is caused by an installation or configuration change,
> I just don't know what.)
>
> I suppose it could also be a hardware problem, such as an IDE drive
> problem perhaps, because Explorer is tied into those devices and it
> does freeze if it can't read a drive. But my drives generally seem to
> be working fine. Might my mapped drives over the network cause such
> this kind of problem?
>
> Help? Any ideas?
>
> Jon

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I've done that already. It never shows up because Task Manager freezes, too,
and when it unfreezes the process that did the freezing is no longer
showing. Explorer does come up to the top, though. Can't uninstall that.  

Jon


"Phil (a.k.a. purplehaz)" <software@for.me> wrote in message
news MQxbYLGEHA.624@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Open task manager, processes tab. When it "freezes" look in task manager
and
> see what using all the cpu cycles. Then kill the process and uninstall the
> program if you can or post back what it is. Also do a virus scan and
spyware
> check.
>
> Jon Davis wrote:
> > Every minute or so, the mouse freezes for anywhere between 1/2 to ten
> > seconds. I don't know if it's a hardware problem or a software
> > problem, but I really think it's a software problem, and I don't know
> > where to begin looking. In fact, I think it's Windows Explorer, or
> > something tied into it.
> >
> > The reason why I think it's a software problem is because even though
> > Windows Explorer freezes while the mouse freezes, some other programs
> > do not. For instance, I might be playing a game, such as, say, the
> > Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo, and the mouse will just hang, while the
> > action continues. I can use the keys and keep running around, but I
> > can't change the direction I'm facing or fire my weapon because the
> > mouse is busy freezing for a few seconds. No change in frame rate.
> > Just frozen mouse. The mouse cable is fine.
> >
> > It is the weirdest thing, only just started happening in the last few
> > weeks, and no, I don't remember any obvious installations I've done.
> > (Obviously this is caused by an installation or configuration change,
> > I just don't know what.)
> >
> > I suppose it could also be a hardware problem, such as an IDE drive
> > problem perhaps, because Explorer is tied into those devices and it
> > does freeze if it can't read a drive. But my drives generally seem to
> > be working fine. Might my mapped drives over the network cause such
> > this kind of problem?
> >
> > Help? Any ideas?
> >
> > Jon
>
>

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You'll probably have to start stutting things down in task manager one by
one to try and figure out what program is causing the freeze ups.

Jon Davis wrote:
> I've done that already. It never shows up because Task Manager
> freezes, too, and when it unfreezes the process that did the freezing
> is no longer showing. Explorer does come up to the top, though. Can't
> uninstall that.  
>
> Jon
>
>
> "Phil (a.k.a. purplehaz)" <software@for.me> wrote in message
> news MQxbYLGEHA.624@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Open task manager, processes tab. When it "freezes" look in task
>> manager and see what using all the cpu cycles. Then kill the process
>> and uninstall the program if you can or post back what it is. Also
>> do a virus scan and spyware check.
>>
>> Jon Davis wrote:
>>> Every minute or so, the mouse freezes for anywhere between 1/2 to
>>> ten seconds. I don't know if it's a hardware problem or a software
>>> problem, but I really think it's a software problem, and I don't
>>> know where to begin looking. In fact, I think it's Windows
>>> Explorer, or something tied into it.
>>>
>>> The reason why I think it's a software problem is because even
>>> though Windows Explorer freezes while the mouse freezes, some other
>>> programs do not. For instance, I might be playing a game, such as,
>>> say, the Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo, and the mouse will just hang,
>>> while the action continues. I can use the keys and keep running
>>> around, but I can't change the direction I'm facing or fire my
>>> weapon because the mouse is busy freezing for a few seconds. No
>>> change in frame rate. Just frozen mouse. The mouse cable is fine.
>>>
>>> It is the weirdest thing, only just started happening in the last
>>> few weeks, and no, I don't remember any obvious installations I've
>>> done. (Obviously this is caused by an installation or configuration
>>> change, I just don't know what.)
>>>
>>> I suppose it could also be a hardware problem, such as an IDE drive
>>> problem perhaps, because Explorer is tied into those devices and it
>>> does freeze if it can't read a drive. But my drives generally seem
>>> to be working fine. Might my mapped drives over the network cause
>>> such this kind of problem?
>>>
>>> Help? Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Jon

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I'm having the same problem, the mouse will hang for up
to ten minutes, though I can sometimes still use the
wheel on the mouse to scroll pages the cursor will not
budge. It's usually preceded by the mouse becoming more
and more sluggish. Other times the cursor will jump
around the page, or shoot off in one direction. Task
manager shows no other program using cpu aside from
system idle. Processes shows no other programs
operating. Have run virus scans and come up negative.
Have run scandisk and no change in mouse behaviour. This
is also recent behaviour, perhaps since the last windows
update....I'm wondering if it has to do with
that.....This makes using Windows, and trying to work
very frustrating...... Please help.....Thanks...

>-----Original Message-----
>You'll probably have to start stutting things down in
task manager one by
>one to try and figure out what program is causing the
freeze ups.
>
>Jon Davis wrote:
>> I've done that already. It never shows up because Task
Manager
>> freezes, too, and when it unfreezes the process that
did the freezing
>> is no longer showing. Explorer does come up to the
top, though. Can't
>> uninstall that.  
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>> "Phil (a.k.a. purplehaz)" <software@for.me> wrote in
message
>> news MQxbYLGEHA.624@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> Open task manager, processes tab. When it "freezes"
look in task
>>> manager and see what using all the cpu cycles. Then
kill the process
>>> and uninstall the program if you can or post back
what it is. Also
>>> do a virus scan and spyware check.
>>>
>>> Jon Davis wrote:
>>>> Every minute or so, the mouse freezes for anywhere
between 1/2 to
>>>> ten seconds. I don't know if it's a hardware problem
or a software
>>>> problem, but I really think it's a software problem,
and I don't
>>>> know where to begin looking. In fact, I think it's
Windows
>>>> Explorer, or something tied into it.
>>>>
>>>> The reason why I think it's a software problem is
because even
>>>> though Windows Explorer freezes while the mouse
freezes, some other
>>>> programs do not. For instance, I might be playing a
game, such as,
>>>> say, the Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo, and the mouse
will just hang,
>>>> while the action continues. I can use the keys and
keep running
>>>> around, but I can't change the direction I'm facing
or fire my
>>>> weapon because the mouse is busy freezing for a few
seconds. No
>>>> change in frame rate. Just frozen mouse. The mouse
cable is fine.
>>>>
>>>> It is the weirdest thing, only just started
happening in the last
>>>> few weeks, and no, I don't remember any obvious
installations I've
>>>> done. (Obviously this is caused by an installation
or configuration
>>>> change, I just don't know what.)
>>>>
>>>> I suppose it could also be a hardware problem, such
as an IDE drive
>>>> problem perhaps, because Explorer is tied into those
devices and it
>>>> does freeze if it can't read a drive. But my drives
generally seem
>>>> to be working fine. Might my mapped drives over the
network cause
>>>> such this kind of problem?
>>>>
>>>> Help? Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> Jon
>
>
>.
>

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My wife has a similar problem on her machine (XP system).
All keyboard commands still work and programs appear
unaffected. Happens after about 6-7 hours constant use.
Only way to remove it is to do a keyboard fired restart
through task manager. I've had a similar problem on my own
system (W2000), but more a 'juddering', doesn't really
freeze. Again, only seen after some hours of use.

No obvious cause. Reinstalling frivers had no obvious
affect. Upgrading Intellimouse software did, now freezes
totally instead of 'juddering'. Could it be due to an MS
patch?- no new software or hardware had been installed at
the time it was first seen, about late March.

Advice appreciated.


>-----Original Message-----
>I'm having the same problem, the mouse will hang for up
>to ten minutes, though I can sometimes still use the
>wheel on the mouse to scroll pages the cursor will not
>budge. It's usually preceded by the mouse becoming more
>and more sluggish. Other times the cursor will jump
>around the page, or shoot off in one direction. Task
>manager shows no other program using cpu aside from
>system idle. Processes shows no other programs
>operating. Have run virus scans and come up negative.
>Have run scandisk and no change in mouse behaviour. This
>is also recent behaviour, perhaps since the last windows
>update....I'm wondering if it has to do with
>that.....This makes using Windows, and trying to work
>very frustrating...... Please help.....Thanks...
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>You'll probably have to start stutting things down in
>task manager one by
>>one to try and figure out what program is causing the
>freeze ups.
>>
>>Jon Davis wrote:
>>> I've done that already. It never shows up because Task
>Manager
>>> freezes, too, and when it unfreezes the process that
>did the freezing
>>> is no longer showing. Explorer does come up to the
>top, though. Can't
>>> uninstall that.  
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>
>>>
>>> "Phil (a.k.a. purplehaz)" <software@for.me> wrote in
>message
>>> news MQxbYLGEHA.624@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>> Open task manager, processes tab. When it "freezes"
>look in task
>>>> manager and see what using all the cpu cycles. Then
>kill the process
>>>> and uninstall the program if you can or post back
>what it is. Also
>>>> do a virus scan and spyware check.
>>>>
>>>> Jon Davis wrote:
>>>>> Every minute or so, the mouse freezes for anywhere
>between 1/2 to
>>>>> ten seconds. I don't know if it's a hardware problem
>or a software
>>>>> problem, but I really think it's a software problem,
>and I don't
>>>>> know where to begin looking. In fact, I think it's
>Windows
>>>>> Explorer, or something tied into it.
>>>>>
>>>>> The reason why I think it's a software problem is
>because even
>>>>> though Windows Explorer freezes while the mouse
>freezes, some other
>>>>> programs do not. For instance, I might be playing a
>game, such as,
>>>>> say, the Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo, and the mouse
>will just hang,
>>>>> while the action continues. I can use the keys and
>keep running
>>>>> around, but I can't change the direction I'm facing
>or fire my
>>>>> weapon because the mouse is busy freezing for a few
>seconds. No
>>>>> change in frame rate. Just frozen mouse. The mouse
>cable is fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is the weirdest thing, only just started
>happening in the last
>>>>> few weeks, and no, I don't remember any obvious
>installations I've
>>>>> done. (Obviously this is caused by an installation
>or configuration
>>>>> change, I just don't know what.)
>>>>>
>>>>> I suppose it could also be a hardware problem, such
>as an IDE drive
>>>>> problem perhaps, because Explorer is tied into those
>devices and it
>>>>> does freeze if it can't read a drive. But my drives
>generally seem
>>>>> to be working fine. Might my mapped drives over the
>network cause
>>>>> such this kind of problem?
>>>>>
>>>>> Help? Any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jon
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

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In article <2b8c01c42336$d84bf800$3501280a@phx.gbl>,
anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> My wife has a similar problem on her machine (XP system).
> All keyboard commands still work and programs appear
> unaffected. Happens after about 6-7 hours constant use.
> Only way to remove it is to do a keyboard fired restart
> through task manager. I've had a similar problem on my own
> system (W2000), but more a 'juddering', doesn't really
> freeze. Again, only seen after some hours of use.
>
> No obvious cause. Reinstalling frivers had no obvious
> affect. Upgrading Intellimouse software did, now freezes
> totally instead of 'juddering'. Could it be due to an MS
> patch?- no new software or hardware had been installed at
> the time it was first seen, about late March.
>

I think you're on to something here, that there's a relationship to a
recent patch. My IntellimousExplorer using 4.12 has always worked like a
charm. After recently installing a couple of critical updates the mouse
would occasionally jump. It then started freezing for a second or two,
then it would freeze for 10 seconds or so, and finally it just stopped
working at all. All computer functions still worked and all keyboard
functions worked just fine, even though the mouse was frozen.

Uninstalling and reinstalling drivers didn't help. Switching the mouse
to different ports (USB and PS/2) didn't help. Switching to a standard
ps/2 mouse gave me my mouse back. I've tested the Intellimouse on
another machine and it works just fine (on that machine) so it's not a
hardware issue.

The machine is free from spyware. (Just scanned it.)

--
Howie
"The very belief that violence is unavoidable
is a root cause of violence."
Samdhong Rinpoche
1st Democratically Elected Chairman of the
Tibetan Cabinet-in-Exile

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I've been having the same problem... started a couple of weeks ago, every minute or two the cursor seems to freeze for about one second. I've updated drivers etc. to no effect, haven't been able to find any weird processes eating resources, ran Spybot S&D with no results...

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I am having a similar problem but my whole system freezes and requires turning the power off. I do a lot of audio editing and I can't work for more than about 10 minutes without freezing. I wonder too if it might have to do with an MS patch.

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On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 16:26:06 -0700, WHR
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I am having a similar problem but my whole system freezes and requires turning the power off. I do a lot of audio editing and I can't work for more than about 10 minutes without freezing. I wonder too if it might have to do with an MS patch.

Freezes can be due to hardware problems such as over heating or a
program in memory using up CPU power a lot (check EventVwr and Task
Manager or Perfmon.msc).

Peter Hutchison