Mouse cursor freezes

[Don]

About once every 30 seconds my mouse cursor freezes for about 3
seconds. I'm running XP Pro on a Presario 900 laptop.

Any help would be appreciated.

Don

 

[Galen]

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About once every 30 seconds my mouse cursor freezes for about 3
seconds. I'm running XP Pro on a Presario 900 laptop.

Any help would be appreciated.

Don

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Have you tried scanning for malware? I'd guess spyware or virus would be the
cause of this sort of resource usage unless you're running a lot of programs
at once when this happens. Below are my standard cookie cutter answers. I'm
not going to bother to edit out the firewall ones just in case you're
interested in adding some additional security to your computer.\

Firewalls:
www.agnitum.com - Outpost Personal Firewall
http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm - Sygate Personal Firewall
www.kerio.com/us/kpf_download.html - Kerio Personal Firewall

Virus:
www.grisoft.com - AVG
www.antivir.com - AntiVir
www.clamwin.com - ClamWin
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/index.cfm - CA eTrust*

Spyware:
www.lavasoft.de - AdAware
http://security.kolla.de/ - Spybot
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx -
Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta

Trojan:
www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/ - a
http://swatit.org/

All of these are free for home use. All of them are acceptable solutions to
your security needs.
Does not provide full real-time scanning engine.

*My understanding CA is available free for a limited time. Please note that
the page says this:
@free software offer expires 2/1/05.@
The number of times it has been given out as a viable option leads me to
believe that this has been extended. You should, of course, verify this on
your own.

I'm sorry for the cookie cutter answer but I hope that it gives you the
tools to debug your problem.

Galen

 

[Don]

In Don <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:


Have you tried scanning for malware? I'd guess spyware or virus would be the
cause of this sort of resource usage unless you're running a lot of programs
at once when this happens. Below are my standard cookie cutter answers. I'm
not going to bother to edit out the firewall ones just in case you're
interested in adding some additional security to your computer.\

Firewalls:
www.agnitum.com - Outpost Personal Firewall
http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm - Sygate Personal Firewall
www.kerio.com/us/kpf_download.html - Kerio Personal Firewall

Virus:
www.grisoft.com - AVG
www.antivir.com - AntiVir
www.clamwin.com - ClamWin
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/index.cfm - CA eTrust*

Spyware:
www.lavasoft.de - AdAware
http://security.kolla.de/ - Spybot
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx -
Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta

Trojan:
www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/ - a
http://swatit.org/

All of these are free for home use. All of them are acceptable solutions to
your security needs.
Does not provide full real-time scanning engine.

*My understanding CA is available free for a limited time. Please note that
the page says this:
@Free software offer expires 2/1/05.@
The number of times it has been given out as a viable option leads me to
believe that this has been extended. You should, of course, verify this on
your own.

I'm sorry for the cookie cutter answer but I hope that it gives you the
tools to debug your problem.

Galen

Thanks Galen for your reply. Yes, I've tried Virus checkers, spyware/adware detectors, etc.. But,
just can't seem to get it fixed. I may have to reinstall the whole mess, OS and all. I hate doing
that, what a job!

Thanks anyway.
Don

 

[Galen]

In Don <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

Thanks Galen for your reply. Yes, I've tried Virus checkers,
spyware/adware detectors, etc.. But, just can't seem to get it
fixed. I may have to reinstall the whole mess, OS and all. I hate
doing that, what a job!

Thanks anyway.
Don

While that might (and probably will) fix your problem it seems a bit extreme
to me. Could you give us any more information to work with? Re-installing
the OS is, in my opinion, the LAST choice to be made. In almost every case
I'm able to get a client PC or network up and running without resorting to
extreme measures such as those.

Let's back down and think?

In the mouse properties is the enhances feature disabled? Does your mouse
have any special drivers? Any "driver helpers" that are normally loaded? Is
this mouse a little nub on a Toshiba or a touchpad? Were can we go from
here? Don't re-install... Troubleshoot Nothing can't be fixed so long as
you can get into the OS and the hardware is supported.

Galen