Vixe said:
You continue to jump to conclusions here ... Just because you activate Windows Updates and you get a problem, does not directly link it to the problem being the operating system. It might be a virus, triggered by a certain update. Or your copy of Windows might be illegal.
Download Malwarebytes Antimalware. It's a free, useful utility for scanning for viruses.
How was my post inflammatory? Read it again and maybe you will learn something from it >_> My point was that my mouse-issues were not caused by drivers.
No, it does not drag down performance because the settings are stored on-board the mouse. The add-on program simply accesses those settings on the mouse to change them. I can uninstall the program and the settings will still work. And that FreeMove feature is only useful for fast-paced First Person Shooting gaming. It's useful when aiming at the head in particular, and does not mean I'm "stoned".
Here's a picture explaining it.
And last of all, typing in all caps makes you the "inflammatory" "jerk". I replied to your original post to clarify some issues, and to respond to people who have the same problem. I'm only replying to this again to finalize this topic. I won't be replying to it again, so swallow your arrogance and try not to reply to this, because an attitude like yours is highly frowned upon here on THF.
first of all, I typed caps solely because my caps lock just happened to be on. I personally could not care less about all of the internet im/texting fiend etiquette crap you obsessed types prescribe to. You simply damaged your mouse cable; such is not the case every time. I offered another option to those who DIDN'T break their mouse. You just chose to be a snippy it.
second, there's nothing of use that you could possibly teach me about system configuration and security. Done it by profession for 20 years. So I had just refreshed my OS as I do EVERY few months or so. Professional strength virus protection and firewall [port specific to every individual application - Tedious, but I'm anal that way]. Thus, no virus. I merely neglected to fully disable automatic updates [which does more than just load updates - it alters system service settings as well - among other things]. Updates ran overnight and bang, my mouse got flaky in the morning.
Lastly, DRIVER updates DO frequently cause device failures or otherwise trigger conflicts elsewhere. You would know that if you had a glimmer of a clue about the myriad number of cross-interactions that occur in real life in the IT service field. The lastest and greatest of anything, is not always advisable - especially Microsft updates [the point I was trying to make].
In your case: your fancy mouse [for which I'm sure you overpaid] might have just had some known manufacturing defect. Of course they'd never tell you; they'd just indicate that your cable was damaged.
In my case, backwashing of a couple of those hardware based updates has solved my problem just PERFECTLY.
Simply put: Don't believe everything you're told by some inadequately trained, inexperienced phone support tech who is just reading from a scripted list of problem responses [precisely how most manufacturers operate their support line now - if you didn't know].
Further and especially: there is not always any one single across the board solution to these glitchy problems, junior.
YOU should LEARN that...