cordless mouse hiccups
 

My logitech cordless mouse sometimes makes the cursor go useless and then it
just recovers by itself five or ten minutes later and works fine again.
During the time that it plays up, I can use my corded mouse (which I leave
plugged in all the time, just in case I need to switch to using it). The
corded mouse works ok during the time the cordless is not. Operating
system is windows XP.

We live in an end of terrace house and the house joined to mine is not using
a cordless mouse and so I would not get any interfering cordless mouse
signal from there.

When it happens, I have gone to windows task manager and cannot see anything
suddenly using a lot of processing power. Might anyone have a guess as to
what might be going on? Thanks.

Re: cordless mouse hiccups
 

On 07/03/2010 11:17, john hamilton wrote:
> My logitech cordless mouse sometimes makes the cursor go useless and then it
> just recovers by itself five or ten minutes later and works fine again.
> During the time that it plays up, I can use my corded mouse (which I leave
> plugged in all the time, just in case I need to switch to using it). The
> corded mouse works ok during the time the cordless is not. Operating
> system is windows XP.

All I can think of is dodgy batteries or interference or an 'old'
driver. Interference seems odd though as most mice operate in the 27meg
range whereas cordless phones are in the 50s or 900s range, whilst
garage door openers are in the 40s. The batteries are the No1 reason I
do not change to a cordless setup I would never know if it was me/my
system/the batteries that were at fault . I assume from you talking
about the device manager updating a driver is trivial to you.

You may wish to change to the latest driver for your mouse, ensure it
has 'good' batteries and make sure nothing is on that can interfere with
it. Alternatively you could go to a corded mouse and have the cable
routed in such a way that the cord is not obvious.

Re: cordless mouse hiccups
 

On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 11:17:44 -0000, "john hamilton"
<bluestarx@mail.invalid> wrote:

>My logitech cordless mouse sometimes makes the cursor go useless and then it
>just recovers by itself five or ten minutes later and works fine again.
>During the time that it plays up, I can use my corded mouse (which I leave
>plugged in all the time, just in case I need to switch to using it). The
>corded mouse works ok during the time the cordless is not. Operating
>system is windows XP.
>
>We live in an end of terrace house and the house joined to mine is not using
>a cordless mouse and so I would not get any interfering cordless mouse
>signal from there.
>
>When it happens, I have gone to windows task manager and cannot see anything
>suddenly using a lot of processing power. Might anyone have a guess as to
>what might be going on? Thanks.
>

I needed to have a cordless mouse so I went for a Logitech. It never
worked for more than a few minutes without pausing. I sent it back
when the pause became permanent. Since then I have used a Sweex mouse
and it never gives any trouble. It is a simple three button and wheel
mouse but it only cost £9.90

Steve

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Re: cordless mouse hiccups
 

On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:17:44 +0000, john hamilton wrote:

> My logitech cordless mouse sometimes makes the cursor go useless and
> then it just recovers by itself five or ten minutes later and works fine
> again. During the time that it plays up, I can use my corded mouse
> (which I leave plugged in all the time, just in case I need to switch to
> using it). The corded mouse works ok during the time the cordless is
> not. Operating system is windows XP.
>
> We live in an end of terrace house and the house joined to mine is not
> using a cordless mouse and so I would not get any interfering cordless
> mouse signal from there.
>
> When it happens, I have gone to windows task manager and cannot see
> anything suddenly using a lot of processing power. Might anyone have a
> guess as to what might be going on? Thanks.

Sounds like your hard drive needs to be formatted.


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Re: cordless mouse hiccups
 

On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:33:26 -0800, Evan Platt wrote:

> On 07 Mar 2010 17:55:26 GMT, Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> wrote:
>
>>Sounds like your hard drive needs to be formatted.
>
> Ignore Dan C. He's a troll, his answer to every question is to format
> your hard drive.

A stopped watch is right twice a day, you know.



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Re: cordless mouse hiccups
 

On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:32:15 -0800, Evan Platt wrote:

> On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 19:18:11 +0000 (UTC), Aardvark
> <aardvark@youllnever.know> wrote:
>
>>A stopped watch is right twice a day, you know.
>
> If by "Stopped watch" you mean "stupid troll", and if by "twice a day"
> you mean "once in every 5 years"... Yes, I believe you're right. In the
> way more than 5 years I've been in this froup, his answer of 'format
> your hard drive' has been correct maybe twice.

Which would be twice more than any answers *you've* ever given...

Heh.


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Re: cordless mouse hiccups
 

On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:32:15 -0800, Evan Platt wrote:

> On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 19:18:11 +0000 (UTC), Aardvark
> <aardvark@youllnever.know> wrote:
>
>>A stopped watch is right twice a day, you know.
>
> If by "Stopped watch" you mean "stupid troll", and if by "twice a day"
> you mean "once in every 5 years"... Yes, I believe you're right. In the
> way more than 5 years I've been in this froup, his answer of 'format
> your hard drive' has been correct maybe twice.

Should I instead have referenced the infinite number of monkeys with an
infinite number of typewriters scenario?



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Re: cordless mouse hiccups
 

On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:44:05 -0800, Evan Platt wrote:

> On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 20:40:06 +0000 (UTC), Aardvark
> <aardvark@youllnever.know> wrote:
>
>>Should I instead have referenced the infinite number of monkeys with an
>>infinite number of typewriters scenario?
>
> Are you trying to insinuate there's an infinite number of monkeys in
> this froup?

< chortle >



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Re: cordless mouse hiccups
 

"john hamilton" <bluestarx@mail.invalid> wrote in
news:hn020t$ohi$1@news.eternal-september.org:

> My logitech cordless mouse sometimes makes the cursor go useless and
> then it just recovers by itself five or ten minutes later and works
> fine again. During the time that it plays up, I can use my corded
> mouse (which I leave plugged in all the time, just in case I need to
> switch to using it). The corded mouse works ok during the time the
> cordless is not. Operating system is windows XP.
>
> We live in an end of terrace house and the house joined to mine is not
> using a cordless mouse and so I would not get any interfering cordless
> mouse signal from there.
>
> When it happens, I have gone to windows task manager and cannot see
> anything suddenly using a lot of processing power. Might anyone have
> a guess as to what might be going on? Thanks.
>
1. Replace the batteries for the mouse.
2. Try using a normal ps/2 or usb non-cordess mouse. Does it work any
better?

If so, then the problem *has* to be something to do with the mouse
itself and the way it works. Do the instructions (you *did* read them
completely before you ever hooked up the mouse right?) say anything
about range? Do they mention any different troublshooting suggestions
when resception is a problem?

IF none of the above works, replace the thing. It's probably junk. In
the last two years I've replaced more mice for not working at *all* - as
in dying inside of 6 months than I have in the last 20 years. Mouse
quality is on a definite decrease.

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Re: cordless mouse hiccups
 

"john hamilton" <bluestarx@mail.invalid> wrote in message
news:hn020t$ohi$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> My logitech cordless mouse sometimes makes the cursor go useless and then
> it just recovers by itself five or ten minutes later and works fine again.
> During the time that it plays up, I can use my corded mouse (which I leave
> plugged in all the time, just in case I need to switch to using it). The
> corded mouse works ok during the time the cordless is not. Operating
> system is windows XP.
>
> We live in an end of terrace house and the house joined to mine is not
> using a cordless mouse and so I would not get any interfering cordless
> mouse signal from there.
>
> When it happens, I have gone to windows task manager and cannot see
> anything suddenly using a lot of processing power. Might anyone have a
> guess as to what might be going on? Thanks.
>
Try a different USB port. I had problems with strange
behaviour drom a Logitech cordless mouse, swiched to
a different port, problem solved.