xp pro strange things going on?

[Frank]

Hi
Winxp pro sp2 Dell Laptop insoiron 8100 512mb ram. Every once in a while the
mouse (trackpad) cursor starts to click on things, highlight stuff, etc on
it's own. I know it sounds like a virus or spyware, but I use comondo
firewall, high security settings, BitDefender AV (one of the best. I ran
Spybot, highjack this 20, aa complete scan with Bit Defender, 2x normal deep
scan and 2x in safe mode. Nothing looks out of the ordinary? I am on Cable.
This is extremely wierd. I thought of heat, temps are fine, did a long
memory test with doc memory, fine again.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks
Luke

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Winxp pro sp2 Dell Laptop insoiron 8100 512mb ram. Every once in a
while the mouse (trackpad) cursor starts to click on things,
highlight stuff, etc on it's own. I know it sounds like a virus or
spyware, but I use comondo firewall, high security settings,
BitDefender AV (one of the best. I ran Spybot, highjack this 20, aa
complete scan with Bit Defender, 2x normal deep scan and 2x in safe
mode. Nothing looks out of the ordinary? I am on Cable. This is
extremely wierd. I thought of heat, temps are fine, did a long
memory test with doc memory, fine again. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Defective (or getting there) hardware.

 

[Frank]

OK, any idea's for narrowing it down? It's not memory, so Hard drive, cpu,
motherboard? any free or trial programs for testing?
Thanks
Luke

 

[SingaporeWebDesign]

Hello,

Most likely your touchpad itself is defective.

Try connecting an external mouse, disable the touchpad and see whether it
fixes the problem.

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Singapore Web Design
http://www.bootstrike.com/Webdesign/
Singapore Web Hosting
http://www.bootstrike.com/WinXP/faq.html
Windows XP FAQ

OK, any idea's for narrowing it down? It's not memory, so Hard drive, cpu,
motherboard? any free or trial programs for testing?
Thanks
Luke

 

[Frank]

I've hooked up a mouse and disabled the touchpad. So far so good. While the
touchpad was still active last night I ran SiSoft Sandra 2007 lite. It
reported temperature warnings for my CPU and mother board.
CPU: 72 centergrade/161 F
MBoard: 58 C/156 F
Seems pretty hot?
Thanks Luke

Hello,

Most likely your touchpad itself is defective.

Try connecting an external mouse, disable the touchpad and see whether it
fixes the problem.

--
Singapore Web Design
http://www.bootstrike.com/Webdesign/
Singapore Web Hosting
http://www.bootstrike.com/WinXP/faq.html
Windows XP FAQ

OK, any idea's for narrowing it down? It's not memory, so Hard drive,
cpu, motherboard? any free or trial programs for testing?
Thanks
Luke