Hi,

system Windows 2000 sp4 Pro:

all of a sudden my mouse started halting for a minute or so, or until I
tap it on my desk a few times. also, it will jump to other areas of the
desktop or just hop around. then it will behave for 15 or 20 minutes and
start again.

thinking it was the mouse I put a spare mouse and had the same problem -
then tried a wireless mouse; same problem, and decided it was a system
problem

I ran chkdsk /r and sfc but it did not help.

any suggestions ???

thanks, bob

Re: mouse problem by philo

philo
Sat May 03 15:29:38 PDT 2008


"promicro" <promicro@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> system Windows 2000 sp4 Pro:
>
> all of a sudden my mouse started halting for a minute or so, or until I
> tap it on my desk a few times. also, it will jump to other areas of the
> desktop or just hop around. then it will behave for 15 or 20 minutes and
> start again.
>
> thinking it was the mouse I put a spare mouse and had the same problem -
> then tried a wireless mouse; same problem, and decided it was a system
> problem
>
> I ran chkdsk /r and sfc but it did not help.
>
> any suggestions ???
>
> thanks, bob


Are all the mice ps/2 mice or USB...

Or some of each?



Re: mouse problem by promicro

promicro
Sat May 03 16:04:48 PDT 2008

philo wrote:
> "promicro" <promicro@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:%23kvboRWrIHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> system Windows 2000 sp4 Pro:
>>
>> all of a sudden my mouse started halting for a minute or so, or until I
>> tap it on my desk a few times. also, it will jump to other areas of the
>> desktop or just hop around. then it will behave for 15 or 20 minutes and
>> start again.
>>
>> thinking it was the mouse I put a spare mouse and had the same problem -
>> then tried a wireless mouse; same problem, and decided it was a system
>> problem
>>
>> I ran chkdsk /r and sfc but it did not help.
>>
>> any suggestions ???
>>
>> thanks, bob
>
>
> Are all the mice ps/2 mice or USB...
>
> Or some of each?
>
>

hi philo, the wireless is usb, the others are ps/2

bob

Re: mouse problem by philo

philo
Sat May 03 16:35:58 PDT 2008


"promicro" <promicro@cox.net> wrote in message
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> philo wrote:
> > "promicro" <promicro@cox.net> wrote in message
> > news:%23kvboRWrIHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> system Windows 2000 sp4 Pro:
> >>
> >> all of a sudden my mouse started halting for a minute or so, or until I
> >> tap it on my desk a few times. also, it will jump to other areas of the
> >> desktop or just hop around. then it will behave for 15 or 20 minutes
and
> >> start again.
> >>
> >> thinking it was the mouse I put a spare mouse and had the same
problem -
> >> then tried a wireless mouse; same problem, and decided it was a system
> >> problem
> >>
> >> I ran chkdsk /r and sfc but it did not help.
> >>
> >> any suggestions ???
> >>
> >> thanks, bob
> >
> >
> > Are all the mice ps/2 mice or USB...
> >
> > Or some of each?
> >
> >
>
> hi philo, the wireless is usb, the others are ps/2
>
> bob


Well I guess it's not a port problem...
it was just an idea I had that does not seem to be the case here.
Hopefully someone else will have a better idea.