My mouse is super sensitive and seems to do things on its own. What do I do?

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My mouse is moving by itself. I passed antivirus actualized program, but it can not fix this trouble at all.
What can I proceed? Is it a new virose?

Thanks in advance,

Paulo R. de Faria

The article you just commented on has lots of ideas. This article may also help: http://ask-leo.com/why_does_my_computer_go_nuts_sometimes.html

But no, it's not a virus.

I've had similar issues with all the Dell portables in my building. Doesn't seem to matter what OS is on, almost all of them do it. By design, these Latitudes and Inspiron's are the most prone. Go to the Dell website and download the latest dual pointing decive driver for the touchpad (even if you use an external mouse). I believe it is called ALPS. Once installed, you can go into the touchpad properties and disable the "stick", or only use the touchpad. This fixed the issue for me. Hope this helps.

I greatly reduced the "wild cursor movement" experienced when using an optical mouse by using a piece of blue paper for a mouse surface (had been using a brown desktop).

Ditch your mousepad!

I've got a Dell USB Optical mouse, and have noticed the "jump to the corner" problem. It turns out it was caused by the mousepad.

What I've discovered is that the best surface for the mouse is for it to be both smooth and dull. A course or shiny surface will confuse the optical mouse. It also appears that patterns can confuse the mouse - one mousepad was a red circle on a black background - whenever it crossed from one color to another it would jump. It turns out the top of my desk is a better surface than the various mousepads I tried.

Hope it helps,
Andrew

My mouse is a laptop one, and it's one of those very sensitive devices where you can just touch it with the tip of your finger. I know I could buy a proper mouse, but for the moment I can't. I tried to check in the control panel, but didn't find anything. Any ideas before I throw this bloody comp out of the window?

Cheers.

Thanks for the advice. My new corded optical mouse was dancing all over the screen right out of the box. I tried multiple virus scanners but no luck. After reading the last post, I simply turned my mouse pad over from its light green top to its black underside and problem fixed. Time searching for a solution 2 days. Time to fix glitch 2 seconds. Thanks again.

My mouse is doing the same thing it is a brand new microsoft optical mouse. It keeps on going to the corners of the screen often to the start button. I have tried all the tips, used all the antivirus software and the surface on which i use the mouse is not shiny but when i remove it from my laptop the Track Point mouse also behaves in the same way Could anyone help me with this.
Thanx

I remember reading somewhere that ACPI may confuse the synchronization of the mouse, and cause prementioned behaviour. try turning it off.Haven't tested, tho.

Just reading the helpful comment left by: David Chambers at January 6, 2005
I too was experiencing regualr unwanted cursor movements when using an optical mouse on and old wooden table. I have just placed my mouse on a book instead and hey presto my hours of frustration have ended!!! It works fine now. :)

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