Mouse cursor jumps on screen XP

[brother21]

The cursor on my XP machine jumps around on screen corner to
corner opening and closing files even on the start button.

I've swapped out working mice from cordless to optical
and tried usb or ps2. The computer works fine with an old
rolling ball style logitech in the ps2 port.

I start the computer in safe mode and all of these work
with no problems.

I really don't want the hassle of a reformat and install
This would take hours or days with windows XP...

THIS BUG IS DRIVING ME CRAZY !

Anything you guys can do to help would surely be appreciated.

Mainbord ECS geforce 6100SM_M
2gig patriot memory ddr2
AMD4800+

Thanks in advance..
my#1 post

 

[halcyon]

Do you have ANY 3rd party mouse drivers/utilities installed...something you may have forgotten about?

 

[major53]

brother21 I know it is a cordless mouse but what brand and how long have you had it,mite be bad battery's or you could check the sensitivity in the software of that mouse utilities also try another cordless mouse.you shouldnt have to reload xp to fix this problem.sense it works correctly with ps2 mouse .the cordless mouse may have went bad.hope this helps you out.

 

[brother21]

Drivers for the mouse is a logitech in device manager
it lists and exe file with 5 other sys files.
i8042prt.sys
L8042pr2.sys
etc...
LColnst.Dll

maybe this is the issue...
I could udated rollback or unistall ?
maybe use XP to install the correct one?

 

[major53]

brother21 thats a start m8.I would try first to uninstall mouse drivers and reinstall them.

 

[brother21]

Thanks for the help, I'll just unistall them then let Windows
install the driver with my mouse of choice.
I'll let you know in a few...

 

[Inferno1217]

I had the same problem and all I did was clean the eye on the mouse using a Q-tip....problem solved. Another problem could be the receiver is not in the line of sight. Check your batteries. Don't let windows install the driver go to the product website.

 

[1haplo]

I had a problem with the Logitech MX5500 Revolution mouse jumping. It was the mousepad. Change the surface that you use it on. I had a pad that had a gloss coat on the surface and went with a dull cloth pad and fixed my problem.

That sounds wierd but it worked.

1Haplo

 

[draxssab]

I had the same problem using my old optical mouse direcly on the glossy surface of my desk, and using a cheap foam mousepad, the problem was gone! Try it.
This also explain why a ball mouse works well

 

[ram1009]

I use a Kensington track ball and have a similar problem only in Solidworks. I've contacted both vendors. SW says the Kensington driver is working outside of the Microsoft spec. Kensington has stonewalled the issue and refuses to even update their drivers anymore. It' been happening for so many years that I've gotten used to it. I like my Kensington trackball too much to ababdon it.

 

[brother21]

I think the Logitech driver is my problem.
using the same mouse I installed the standard XP driver. i8042prt
It worked 100% for one full day. I'm assuming its fixed
same mouse pad too.
Thanks to everyone for their input !
Cheers

 

[halcyon]

That doesn't surprise me. I've had the Logitech drivers either be really beautiful for some devices (DiNovo Edge & MX Revolution) and just plain stink for others (DiNovo).