microsoft mouse jumps around?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:48:25 -0500, "SL" <pillott@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Hey all,
>
>hours away...happy new year!
>
>Anyways, I bought a Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse. I have had all kinds of
>mice hooked up to the same XP Pro machine over the years. That is both
>optical and ball.
>
>Now, for some unknown reason, this new mouse will occasionally act a little
>funny. It seems to be while surfing and using Outlook Express.
>
>What happens, is if I seem to be idle (like writing this), and then go to
>scroll or whatever.... It will jump down towards the start menu. It kind
>of reminds me If I have dual monitor engaged and I accidently scroll off
>screen. Im using of course the generic xp supplied driver. I used to have
>a Logitech mouse attached that did not exhibit this behavior.
>
>I am possibly re-doing my system shortly, and will use the mouse again. I
>can hopefully rule out any driver conflicts that might be existing. I doubt
>it though. Is this a logical thought process? If not, what other symptoms
>should I look for?
>
>thanks all,
>SL
>
>
Same here, think it maybe the design, the plastic round the infra-red
detector looks too reflective and can pickup up misaligned signals
especially from "incorrect" mouse mat surface.

I also notice the scroll button doesnt work in a number of
applications.

Logitech on my W95 is much better!

Norm