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Nobus,<br />
Thanks for your comment.<br />
Yes, other devices have been tested and mbam is my &nbsp;tool of choice for these events.<br />
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I can kick myself in the bud for this one!<br />
One of our kids had plugged a Wacom penpad into this PC. So the only thing going on was the fight for the IRQ ;-)?<br />
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Unplugging the Wacom made the other pointing device behave as one would expect.<br />
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Many thanks,<br />
Bye. Michael.
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Nobus,
Thanks for your comment.
Yes, other devices have been tested and mbam is my  tool of choice for these events.

I can kick myself in the bud for this one!
One of our kids had plugged a Wacom penpad into this PC. So the only thing going on was the fight for the IRQ ;-)?

Unplugging the Wacom made the other pointing device behave as one would expect.

Many thanks,
Bye. Michael.

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hi tx for sharing the outcome!
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I have an issue with the mouse on an older XP Pro machine.<br />
The machine boots fine and when the login dialog appears the mouse works <br />
After the login, however, the mouse pointer's area is restricted to about a 10 by 10 pixel area in the lower part of the screen and I cannot get it out of that area.<br />
I've tried scanning for malware, but got a negative result. I've tried system reset without any luck.<br />
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Any input?
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I have an issue with the mouse on an older XP Pro machine.
The machine boots fine and when the login dialog appears the mouse works 
After the login, however, the mouse pointer's area is restricted to about a 10 by 10 pixel area in the lower part of the screen and I cannot get it out of that area.
I've tried scanning for malware, but got a negative result. I've tried system reset without any luck.

Any input?

Problem with the mouse on an older XP  Pro machine

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.

Windows XP

A personal computer is a general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities and price make it useful for individuals, and is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer time-sharing models that allowed systems to be used by many people, usually at the same time. Personal computers may be connected to a local area network (LAN), either by a cable or a wireless connection, and through that to the Internet. A personal computer may be a laptop computer or a desktop computer running an operating system such as Windows, Linux or Macintosh OS.