Crazy Mouse

Help! I have a Dell laptop with built in mouse pad and
external logitech trachball and microsoft trackball. My
pointer will disengage from all controls and "wander"
accross the screen going where ever it desires. Sometimes
hitting the "control" locator key will bring it back on
line, other times it will just get stuck in a corner and
will take a time before it becomes usable again. Either
trackball will have the same problem and sometimes the
mouse pad can be used even if the external mouse (mice?).
Dell has been unable to understand a fix and microsoft has
not been of help either. Any ideas besides "skipping" the
laptop accross the lake?

Thanks, John

corvettekid95@hotmail.com

oops!!
Wed May 05 04:35:57 CDT 2004


John,

Any GPS devices installed?

Zee


"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message =
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> Help! I have a Dell laptop with built in mouse pad and=20
> external logitech trachball and microsoft trackball. My=20
> pointer will disengage from all controls and "wander"=20
> accross the screen going where ever it desires. Sometimes=20
> hitting the "control" locator key will bring it back on=20
> line, other times it will just get stuck in a corner and=20
> will take a time before it becomes usable again. Either=20
> trackball will have the same problem and sometimes the=20
> mouse pad can be used even if the external mouse (mice?). =20
> Dell has been unable to understand a fix and microsoft has=20
> not been of help either. Any ideas besides "skipping" the=20
> laptop accross the lake?
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> Thanks, John
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> corvettekid95@hotmail.com

Rick
Wed May 05 10:20:11 CDT 2004

Hi,

Could you rephrase that, including...

what combination of touchpad/logitrack/mstrack causes it

the documentation for the laptop states that you can use an external
device without disabling the touchpad?


Rick




John wrote:
> Help! I have a Dell laptop with built in mouse pad and
> external logitech trachball and microsoft trackball. My
> pointer will disengage from all controls and "wander"
> accross the screen going where ever it desires. Sometimes
> hitting the "control" locator key will bring it back on
> line, other times it will just get stuck in a corner and
> will take a time before it becomes usable again. Either
> trackball will have the same problem and sometimes the
> mouse pad can be used even if the external mouse (mice?).
> Dell has been unable to understand a fix and microsoft has
> not been of help either. Any ideas besides "skipping" the
> laptop accross the lake?
>
> Thanks, John
>
> corvettekid95@hotmail.com