basic optical mouse going berserk

[Guest]

hello I have the microsoft basic optical mouse with the windows vista logo on
it but when i use it at times the mouse jumps to the top of the screen and
run back and forth uncontrolably what can I do to fix this problem i am
runing vista basic
thank you

 

[Cymbal Man Freq.]

| hello I have the microsoft basic optical mouse with the windows vista logo on
| it but when i use it at times the mouse jumps to the top of the screen and
| run back and forth uncontrolably what can I do to fix this problem i am
| runing vista basic
| thank you

Use a firewall?

 

[Richard Urban]

Use caned air and blow away the accumulated fuzz and lint from the led on
the bottom of the mouse.

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[Guest]

The mouse that came with my recently bought HPM7750n did same on a smooth
plastic surface. Jumped to left upper corner of screen etc. Was better on
rougher surface but I reverted to old wheel mouse optical from previous
computer.

 

[Conor]

The mouse that came with my recently bought HPM7750n did same on a smooth
plastic surface. Jumped to left upper corner of screen etc. Was better on
rougher surface but I reverted to old wheel mouse optical from previous
computer.

It's not a hardware fault.

I found that the Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse also does this in Vista.
Works fine when XP is installed but put Vista on and it jumps to an
edge of the screen at random intervals.