Why does the mouse pointer jump around the screen?

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Please email me with a direction to fix this problem. My pointer or mouse wont stay latched to a page. Even with email I have to click back on the page to keep typing. I can be typing something then I found out there is nothing that I typed and have to re-click on the page. This happes with any think Im doing weather its a internet page or a word document. Please ehlp
Thanks

Often the cause is very simple. i haven't used a mouse mat in years and have found that over time the surface the mouse is operating on has become more and more polished due to the teflon feet on the mouse and it is the shiny surface that is causing the optical mouse to mis-behave

Dear Leo,
Although most of the common solutions to mouse pointer and scroll jump were covered, many times the culprit is the driver that has been reinstalled every time you plug in a different or the same mouse in a USB adapter meaning the registry bcomes cluttered with many instances of the driver(s). Look it up and you will find the manual registry removal sequence at Microsoft for the registry. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321122
Not everyone is hacked or using a reflective surface. I too was troubled with a jumping mouse and found the solution to the poor design of the mouse driver installation into the registry of Windows 98, NT, 2000, XP, and Vista. Matter of fact this problem has plagues every microsoft laser mouse to hit the market. I could be wrong. Most mistakes I repeat a few times before I solved the mistery and I am not suggesting that the average computer person dwell into the registry.

Paul

CLEANING MY MOUSE PAD MADE A BIG IMPROVMENT .
THANKS FOR ALL THE INFO.

my mouse kept moving around.. i took my cell phone off table and it stopped must have been causing it

ooops now it started agian

In my experice it can be a small hair or dust particle caught in the led's hole at the botton of the mouse. Blow it away.
But, why does the mouse driver accept these obvious data-errors? You *can not* possibly move the mouse 10 inches in 1 microsecond.
The mouse driver shoud neglect these supersonic mousemovements imo, and dampen the accelerations. [If the driver 'knows' the weights of your hand mouse and the forces that generally are applied, (changes in) accelerations and speeds can be capped.]
~h

In addition to the Surface issues and a hair or dust mote that the Led illuminates, I've also found that the USB connector can become corroded with a thin oxide layer that can quickly change resistance - sending the mouse into flight - even though you are not moving the connector or cord. The vibrations of the computer chassis from fans is sufficient to trigger this. I find it most often after a few years, with the seasonal changes from winter to summer or summer to winter. Unplugging and re-plugging several times cleans the connections for the next few years.

My pointer on screen keeps jumping all over my page traveling mostly to the left. Help please. I feel as if I downloaded a virus when I ran the coupon maker for Oprahs free KFC coupons. Is that possible?

I found that cat hair on my mouse pad was the culprit. Even nearly invisible hairs will cause this problem.

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