Mouse acts erratic and jumps from corner to corner

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I also have the error. In my case, I use a Pen mouse in my TabletPC, as well as a USB optical mouse. If I open device manager, and
disable the pen (Human Interface Device in the list of devmgmt.msc), I don't get the erratic cursor.

If you have a second mouse device, (mousepad, ball, etc) I suggest trying a uninstall of it from dev mgr (action menu), to see if it
helps. I permanently disable (see checkbox in properties) my pen, till I need it. (a refresh of dev mgr devices finds it after
re-enable)

I realize this is a poor workaround (kludge) but I thought it might work for you till they find the bug in SP2 that (I believe) is
causing it.

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Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
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"AEmedic" <AEmedic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AD640D1D-0B55-49D5-A096-E1123AA04AA8@microsoft.com...
> My mouse pointer erratically jumps from corner to corner and is unusable
> every few minutes. If you move the mouse vigorously back and forth eventualy
> it will go back to proper function. I have run a spy ware and virus scan and
> have found nothing. I originally had a problem with another standard PS-2
> mouse where it would just hang and not move, I figured since it was an older
> mouse it was just failing, so I bought a new microsoft optical mouse that is
> NOT wireless to try and resolve the problem. As soon as I replaced the mouse
> this new problem came about. The previous mouse was PS-2 and the new one is
> USB so the location it is plugged into shouldn't be the issue. I have seen
> posts all over the web about with similar problems, but no one seems to have
> a solution. Please help!
> Chris