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Sometimes I cannot control the cursor on my desktop. I'll be moving it to a place on the page and the arrow jumps around and cannot be controlled by the mouse??
Optional Information: Computer OS: Windows VistaBrowser: IE Already Tried: Don't know what to try!!
Hi, Have you tried a different mouse? It could be a problem with the mouse (some optical and laser mice can get jumpy from time to time if defective). If another mouse works ok, then that's the problem. If not, it could be a virus or someone could have remote access to your computer. Rob
I have used another mouse and it didn't make a difference!
Ok, how often does it do this? Rob
Doing it right now. Happens many times a day.
Ok first thing I want you to do is try this: Go to the Start menu type msconfig and press enter When that loads, click the Startup tab Click "Disable All" Then apply, ok and restart your computer Save this link to get back here: http://www.justanswer.com/questions/2iis7-sometimes-cannot-control-cursor Rob
Robert, I am a real computer neophyte - don't know much!! Please be patient. I went to start button typed in misconfig/misconfigure and "no items found" showed! What am I doing wrong?
not misconfig, "msconfig"
OK
Ok. I've done that. What all did I disable? Where do we go from here?
Ok so that didn't help I assume?
It did help! It isn't out of my control anymore.
Oh great! That means that one of the programs starting up with your computer was causing the problem. Possibly a touchpad or other mouse program. I guess it's fixed. What you can do is go back to msconfig and one by one reenable the startup programs (if you need them) until you figure out which one is the problem and then keep it from starting. If you don't care about the startup programs, then we're fixed I guess! Glad it worked. Please accept. Rob
Because I am mostly "computer illiterate" I don't know what those programs I disabled are! What are the start up programs?
In msconfig, when you click the Startup tab There is a list there, right now they are all unchecked, these are programs that started up with your computer - they are not essential and usually just slow the computer down anyways, so if you don't notice any different then there's no reason to bother reenabling them. Rob
Experience: 5+ Years in IT, BS in Computer Science
As long as they are not essential, I'll just leave them unchecked! Thank you for your help!
No problem.