Jerky Mouse

[Kral]

My mouse pointer movement and Dragging are jerky. I have a Dell Dimension
8400 with a 3GHz Pentium Pro Processor, 3GB RAM. I'm Running XP Pro SP3. I
just installed the latest driver for the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Video Card. I
re-installed the HID compliant mouse driver. The "Enhanced Pointer
Precision" box is unchecked. According to Windows Task Manager, the CPU
Usage is 23%. This is much higher than it was before I installed the driver.
There is another, possibly related problem: Before I installed the new
driver, I set a restore point. When I tried to go back to this restore
point, I got a message that the restore point could not be completed, so now
I can't go back to my original configuration. Any suggestions?
Regards,
Jon

 

[VanguardLH]

My mouse pointer movement and Dragging are jerky. I have a Dell Dimension
8400 with a 3GHz Pentium Pro Processor, 3GB RAM. I'm Running XP Pro SP3. I
just installed the latest driver for the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Video Card. I
re-installed the HID compliant mouse driver. The "Enhanced Pointer
Precision" box is unchecked. According to Windows Task Manager, the CPU
Usage is 23%. This is much higher than it was before I installed the driver.
There is another, possibly related problem: Before I installed the new
driver, I set a restore point. When I tried to go back to this restore
point, I got a message that the restore point could not be completed, so now
I can't go back to my original configuration. Any suggestions?

Replace the batteries if it is a wireless mouse.

If using a touchpad on a laptop, see what happens when you connect a
real mouse.

Same problem is you reboot into Windows' Safe Mode (to get rid of all
the background programs you load in a normal startup)?

See what happens when you reinstall the older video driver you were
using before. Latest is NOT always best for your particular hardware
and software setup. ATI's Catalyst is now up to version 9.3 but for my
host version 7.8 works far better. You may have to walk back through
each major prior version until the problem goes away, then install
forward each minor version until the problem returns (or get the last
minor version before the next major version that you already tested and
found wasn't compatible).

Uninstall an reinstall the mouse's software (driver and support
programs). Not the generic mouse driver included in Windows but the one
the mouse's manufacturer created for their own device. Disable all
acceleration and retest. Then see what happens after you increase the
acceleration levels. Also up the sampling rate for the mouse (you might
have to do this in Device Manager for the mouse's properties).

Don't ever rely on System Restore getting you back to a prior state for
your host. It might work. It might not. It only is a SYSTEM restore
and might not cover whatever you are trying to undo. You still need to
perform regular backups for disaster or data recovery. Some backup
programs let you save incremental images so you can recover to a prior
state instead of having to figure out which individual files to restore.

 

[Unknown]

Type of mouse???

 

[Elmo]

My mouse pointer movement and Dragging are jerky. I have a Dell Dimension
8400 with a 3GHz Pentium Pro Processor, 3GB RAM. I'm Running XP Pro SP3. I
just installed the latest driver for the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Video Card. I
re-installed the HID compliant mouse driver. The "Enhanced Pointer
Precision" box is unchecked. According to Windows Task Manager, the CPU
Usage is 23%. This is much higher than it was before I installed the driver.
There is another, possibly related problem: Before I installed the new
driver, I set a restore point. When I tried to go back to this restore
point, I got a message that the restore point could not be completed, so now
I can't go back to my original configuration. Any suggestions?
Regards,
Jon

If an optical mouse, don't have a shiny surface; even a piece of paper
is a better surface than a shiny desktop. The better surface is a
rubber mousepad that has much porosity that the optical lens can see
moving below it.

 

[Kral]

It's a Microsoft Optical mouse, the one that came with the computer.

 

[Kral]

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried various mouse pads and surfaces,
including plain white paper. No change.

 

[Unknown]

Wireless?

It's a Microsoft Optical mouse, the one that came with the computer.

 

[Kral]

I think the problem is solved. When I initially download the new NVIDIA
driver, I downloaded it from the Phoenix Technologies "Driver Agent" site.
Apparently, I didn't get the latest driver. I subsequently downloaded a
driver from the NVIDIA website, and the problem went away. My CPU usage, as
reported by Task Manager, went down from the high 20s to around 5%. This
cured the mouse problem. Thanks to all who submitted suggestions.