Strange Tech Problem

[Swan Noir]

My cursor moves on its own. It simply moves all over the page, chart ... whatever. I have switched my mouse and am dealing with a clean computer. Any thoughts?

 

[feng456]

try a wired mouse. if that fixes it, then it's probably signal interference.

 

[Swan Noir]

Should have made it clear: I have tried both wired and unwired.

Quote from feng456:

try a wired mouse. if that fixes it, then it's probably signal interference.

 

[Hook N. Sinker]

I remember my laptop computer doing that years ago. I turned off the keyboard mouse and the problem disappeared.

 

[shortie]

virus

 

[bmwhendrix]

Try uninstalling mouse/keypad drivers and re-install. This has worked for me before.

 

[pupu]

Could be worst

http://youtu.be/IpHoozC8dJg

 

[Swan Noir]

Thanks all for your suggestions but nothing has worked. Reinstalled XP and started fro scratch. Problem remains. Any last ditch suggestions before I shop for a replacement?

 

[Scataphagos]

Laptops. Quirky. Don't care for 'em.

 

[dtrader98]

Swan Noir,

You never explicitly stated if it was a laptop. It intuitively seems easier to troubleshoot if it is a desktop, IMO. As far as I know, you'd have to go through a lot of trouble to remove the physical mouse from a laptop.

Have a look at some other forums; some have indeed found it to be software. I would try my darndest to make certain the physical hardware (mouse) is completely detached to fully debug.

http://forums.cnet.com/7723-6132_102-92767/mouse-moves-on-its-own/

In addition, there may be things you can do in the control panel to help diagnose. (i.e. try things like un-select enhance pointer precision, etc... selectively decreasing pointer control).

If you suspect a virus, you could go to task manager and start removing processes that don't appear normal, and even get to the point of running something like combo-fix (neither would I advise, if you haven't worked on computers much).

Good Luck,
dt