Mouse bugging out

desdel · 09-09-2008, 12:07 AM

Lately I've been having my mouse (a Logitech G3 USB laser mouse) lock up occasionally. It started maybe three weeks ago: I'll be playing a game or whatever, and suddenly my mouse will either only let me move up and down (it's more like up and down on a tilt, say approximately the angle of a \ ), or just jitter back and forth - kind of resisting my commands, even sometimes going the wrong direction entirely. This persists for as much as a minute and then goes back to normal for a while.

Originally I thought it was a trojan. I use Windows Defender and run a free HouseCall scan once in a while - it caught a trojan recently but didn't fix the problem. I now believe it's a power issue, though I'm pretty sure I'm using the most recent drivers.

I've actually bought a new computer between now and then, so I suppose it must be the mouse. Still, any ideas?

**mike2020learnin** · 09-10-2008, 12:19 AM

Hello ,

I Have a Client that has logitech usb mouse and hers dose the same thing

well we did all types of trouble shooting and couldnt find a solution

so we started doing some crazy trouble shooting & it turned out that the mouse was having issues with static elect !!

when ever she would wear a sweater it would be uncontrolable

she ended up having to get a new mouse

this is just a thought that i would shoot your way

also try hooking it to a differnt usb port / but commpleatly uninstall it first then reinstall to another port

Mike

09-09-2008, 12:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
desdel Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 14 OS: Windows Vista	Mouse bugging out Lately I've been having my mouse (a Logitech G3 USB laser mouse) lock up occasionally. It started maybe three weeks ago: I'll be playing a game or whatever, and suddenly my mouse will either only let me move up and down (it's more like up and down on a tilt, say approximately the angle of a \ ), or just jitter back and forth - kind of resisting my commands, even sometimes going the wrong direction entirely. This persists for as much as a minute and then goes back to normal for a while. Originally I thought it was a trojan. I use Windows Defender and run a free HouseCall scan once in a while - it caught a trojan recently but didn't fix the problem. I now believe it's a power issue, though I'm pretty sure I'm using the most recent drivers. I've actually bought a new computer between now and then, so I suppose it must be the mouse. Still, any ideas? Last edited by desdel; 09-09-2008 at 12:17 AM.

09-10-2008, 12:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
mike2020learnin Mentor, Microsoft Support Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Michigan , I donated so can you Posts: 3,331 OS: Windows XP Home & Pro. Sp3 / both compleatly updated My System	Re: Mouse bugging out Hello , I Have a Client that has logitech usb mouse and hers dose the same thing well we did all types of trouble shooting and couldnt find a solution so we started doing some crazy trouble shooting & it turned out that the mouse was having issues with static elect !! when ever she would wear a sweater it would be uncontrolable she ended up having to get a new mouse this is just a thought that i would shoot your way also try hooking it to a differnt usb port / but commpleatly uninstall it first then reinstall to another port Mike __________________ Mike, I will stick with you till the issue is resolve !! Please help the TSF site by donating How to back up and restore the registry in Windows XP and Windows Vista How to back up and restore the registry in Windows 98/ ME / NT 4.0 / 2000