Creeping cursor

[Guest]

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I have a Dell Inspiron laptop with an Alps Touchpad and a Microsoft USB
Wireless Optical Intelli Point mouse.

A few days ago, my cursor started acting very strangely. It now has a mind
of it's own. I don't know if it is related to either the mouse or touchpad
but I thought I would throw the quesiton out to you gurus.

At times, the mouse will just "take off" at a diagonal (up/right or
down/left) slow crawl until it hits the edge of the screen and then it
crawls left or right until it gets to the corner. If I move the cursor
(with the mouse or or Touch Pad) it will allow itself to be pulled, but when
I stop moving it, it crawls right back to where it came from.

I have updated my antivirus program (Kaspersky) every three hours and I am
at a loss. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Tom

 

[guest]

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It's a documented problem. Check Dell's forums. I had this problem at random
times. I just tap the touchpad and it usually stops.

 

[Guest]

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guest@unknown.com wrote in message news:<Gkond.640254$8_6.211499@attbi_s04>...
> It's a documented problem. Check Dell's forums. I had this problem at random
> times. I just tap the touchpad and it usually stops.

I've got the same problem and from the previous posts (I don't use a
mouse pad) that might be the solution to the problem.

 

[Guest]

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Uncheck "Enhanced Pointer Precision" in Mouse properties, Pointer Options.

baldric@australia.edu wrote:

> guest@unknown.com wrote in message news:<Gkond.640254$8_6.211499@attbi_s04>...
>
>>It's a documented problem. Check Dell's forums. I had this problem at random
>>times. I just tap the touchpad and it usually stops.
>>
>
> I've got the same problem and from the previous posts (I don't use a
> mouse pad) that might be the solution to the problem.
>

 

[Guest]

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Actually, the fix was rather simple. That was one of the most annoying
problems I have ever had with a computer. I went into
Start/Run/Msconfig/Startup and selected "Disable All" and it immediately
solved the problem. I then went back into the Startup panel and reselected
the items I know I need (antivirus, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, etc) and
it still works fine.

Something must have creeped into that startup routine what caused it to
screw up the mouse cursor but I don't know what it was. I am just very happy
it's now gone.

Tom




<guest@unknown.com> wrote in message
news:Gkond.640254$8_6.211499@attbi_s04...
> It's a documented problem. Check Dell's forums. I had this problem at
> random
> times. I just tap the touchpad and it usually stops.

 

[StevenTorrey]

I don't think any of the answers hit the nail on the head. I have a second-hand Dell Latitude and it suffers--and has suffered--from creeping cursor almost since I got it. It disables the computer, making it useless.

I don't know whether creeping cursor is caused by a virus, a short circuit, radio interference, hardware or software deficiencies.

What I do is to connect several mouses--mice--to the computer and that sometimes is a solution but no quarantee.

I have recently met one other person who has the problem, and based on what I read here, others must have the problem as well. I note that the last entry for this is 2006.

Thanks, Steven Torrey

 

[aford10]

Necro post.