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Why does my mouse cursor move on it's own?

After booting up and the desktop is displayed, with no programs open, my usb microsoft optical mouse will move to the upper right of the desktop on its own. I have a difficult time dragging it back to the middle of the desktop.

Now, the mouse has moved itself to the lower left of the desktop (and I have a hard time dragging it back).

After about 30 seconds, I can move the mouse anywhere just fine.

WeThePeople

ASKER

Note: I have unchecked: Enhance pointer precision (in the control panel \ mouse \) section.

Problem still exists.

Dr. Klahn

Try swapping the mouse with a different, known working mouse. If the problem goes away, there is something wrong with the mouse. Since there is not much to fix in an optical mouse, the only real option would be to replace it.

bz43

What's the model name of your mouse? If you go into device manager does it say the device is working normal? Or is their a red x or yellow exclamation mark for the device?
See: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/devicemgr.mspx

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shadowmantx

I had a similar problem but it affected USB keyboard and mouse. Had to upgrade BIOS and that resolved the problem.

WeThePeople

ASKER

I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop and a microsoft optical mouse.

WeThePeople

ASKER

I disabled the nipple mouse in the bios. That fixed the problem.

kiloelectronvolt

Is disabling the nipple in the BIOS the only way, I've got a similar problem but am hoping there's a Windows way of doing this. I have a HP Elitebook 2740p. Thanks.

PatDoyle

have you got the HP supplied drivers for the touchpad and "Nipple" installed? If so, there should be a tick box somewhere to to disable the hardware. The Applet to do this could be on the Control Panel, or in the System Tray area.