Microsoft wireless optical mouse problem

[Graham]

Hi,

I've just installed Microsoft's wireless optical mouse
special edition with Intellipoint 4.1. Most of the time
it works OK but sometimes the pointer moves slightly the
wrong way initially. Sometimes the pointer jumps to a
different part of the screen when I've only moved the
mouse a little.

I've tried it with the USB connection and the PS2
connection. I've tried changing the radio channel. The
receiver is positioned at the right distance and away from
things that might cause interference. I've tried it with
two different mouse pads.

I'm not sure if this is a problem with the wireless part
or the optical part. Any help on this would be
appreciated.

 

[Graham]

I thought this was fixed but even with pointer
acceleration off it's still happening. It seems to be
that program operations interfere with the operation of
the mouse, but not all the time. For example loading a
new webpage (in Explorer 5.5) can cause the pointer to
shoot off to one side and be unresponsive for a couple of
seconds, but not every time. Sometimes it can be another
program that causes it and it doesn't seem to be any
particular program. The degree that the pointer is
affected varies. Sometimes it sort of falters before
going where it should.

Is there anything else I can do to stop this happening?