Jumpy Cursor

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<*(((><{ wrote:
> I'm using XP Home SP 1. Suddenly, my cursor is jumpy. It's like a
> caffein rush -- jigging around.
>
> How can I settle it down?

"Like a fish out of water"?

You mean your mouse pointer, correct? Not your cursor (which is the bar
used when typing)...

If so, I would do the following..

If a wireless mouse, change the batteries and use the "connect" buttons to
synch the base and mouse together again.
If a wired mouse (optical/laser) then clean the surface/change the surface
it is sitting on.

Also - check for a later driver, install if necessary and check the settings
for acceleration.

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<*(((><{ wrote:
> I mean the cursor -- it happens with the pointer and with the I-beam,
> depending on which application or window is active. Just jitters
> around.
>
> I use a pretty fast acceleration and such, but none of those settings
> have changed recently. I did clean the mouse and surface, but it
> still jitters and jiggles around.
>
> It's an optical mouse and pad, both bought a week ago. No problems
> until today. I don't know anything about drivers. No software in the
> box. I just plugged it in. Where do I find a better chauffer?

Depends on the manufacturer of the mouse.. Go to their web page and search
for the driver for download there.

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suggested you research for yourself before you take any advice - you
are the one ultimately responsible for your actions/problems/solutions.
Whenever possible, the advice will include the method/places used in
compiling the answer. Also, questions may have been asked to clarify
your situation OR to give you an idea of where to look - do not dismiss
them lightly.

Likewise, I have a jumpy cursor. I posted a thread on it in the XP forum: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] umpy-mouse

In short, its not the drivers as I reformatted my computer with the factory defaults (which worked for 4 years) and it doesn't work. Its not the mouse because I tried a PS/2 mouse and a USB mouse. Both optical and ball.

I did find that in the windows environment I can enable mouse trails (and scroll them to almost non-existant) and it seems to fix the problem. Though its still buggy in programs without a mouse trail.

Im thinking it has to be hardware at this point given the reformat...but I dunno what part of hardware would leave the computer running fine but the mouse pointer jumpy. Also note, if I draw in paint the lines draw completely smooth even though the cursor is jumpy.

Very bazaar. Sorry to resurrect an old thread but I figured my findings may be relevant to someone searching for it like I did.