Acer laptop mouse pad shows hourglass fo no reason

[Mary Jean]

my mouse shows the hourglass off and on all the time , it also sticks in an up and down movement only,( sometimes), and it also jumps around and mixes up the typing. Is this a faulty mousepad or something else?

 

[ksiemb]

my mouse shows the hourglass off and on all the time , it also sticks in an up and down movement only,( sometimes), and it also jumps around and mixes up the typing. Is this a faulty mousepad or something else?

Have task manager running and look for resource with high cpu usage when it happens. Got plenty of memory ?

 

[Mary Jean]

Have task manager running and look for resource with high cpu usage when it happens. Got plenty of memory ?

Thanks so much for your answer, task manager and norton both said high cpu usage of firefox. does that mean I need more memory? Mary

 

[ksiemb]

Thanks so much for your answer, task manager and norton both said high cpu usage of firefox. does that mean I need more memory? Mary

Norton + Firefox high CPU Usage ?
How much memory do you have ?

Right click My Computer > Properties > General Tab.

 

[Mary Jean]

Hi, my norton anti virus said high cpu usage by firefox and so did the task manager, sorry for the confusion. I have 4 GB of memory. Mary

 

[ksiemb]

Hi, my norton anti virus said high cpu usage by firefox and so did the task manager, sorry for the confusion. I have 4 GB of memory. Mary

I don't know how Norton tells how firefox is using high CPU cycles.
If anything, i is Norton using lots of memory.
I use firefox on 1GB RAM and have no problem with any slowdown.

Can only suggest that you do a Windows system restore, if you know a date before experiencing these slow downs, to restore back to.

 

[Mary Jean]

Thank I will try that, Mary

 

[Mary Jean]

thanks again...seems to have worked. Mary

 

[Mary Jean]

Best answer selected by Mary Jean.

 

[nikorr]

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