Erratic mouse

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Millybags

Hi all,

My mouse cursor will stop for a few moments then start again. I've looked
up the MSKB articles about this and diabled 'Enhance pointer precision'. No
difference.

System: WinXP Pro SP2, Logitech and Microsoft mice tried. Microsoft mouse
driver.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Steve
 
Try this:
Press the Ctrl+Alt+Del keys, this will launch Windows Task Manager, click on
the Performance tab, then monitor the CPU Usage for a while, especially when
your mouse problem occurs. What is the usage when this happens, if it is
near or at 100% then there is another process that is running and causing
the problem. If this is the case click on the Processes tab and look at the
CPU column to see what process or processes are using a high percentage of
the CPU.

JS
 
Thanks for that - it appears to be the System Idle process that eats CPU.

Is there anything I can do about that?

Steve
 
System Idle is normal, try clicking on the CPU column to sort CPU usage from
most to least, System Idle should now be at the top of the list, it's what
below this process that your are interested in when the mouse hesitates.

JS
 
OK - looking at that it's:

Media Server - I have a Pinnacle Showcentre 200 Media Player which is served
by a service.
Firefox - latest version
Spyware Doctor - latest version

The above seem to have the most CPU appetite.

Does this mean that maybe I need to disable the above?

Steve
 
A recent release of Firefox has been known to be a resource hog and bog down
a PC. I don't know if the latest version fixed this issue but I would start
by killing the process associated with Firefox and see if your mouse problem
goes away.

JS
 
Thanks for all your help JS. I'll uninstall the Firefox service and try
that. If it turns out to be FF, then I hope they sort it quickly as it's my
no.1 browser.

Regards and thanks,
Steve
 
No need to un-install, just kill the process or stop the service (if it is a
service). This will give you a chance to run the PC and see if the mouse
issue still exist. The next time you reboot the process or service will
restart, so if it is Firefox then you can choose to un-install.

JS
 
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