My mouse is giving me problem! / myLot

Singapore

October 29, 2006 7:13am CST

My cursor moves by itself towards the top or top left of my screen once in a while when its my mouse is idling. is it time to change my mouse? any good mouse to recommend?

15 responses

aureliaz

@aureliaz (1177)

• Singapore

1 Nov 06

Haiyo you cheapskate..9 bucks on a mouse haha...go to the nearest Best Denki and get a new one*lar*

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charlesming

@charlesming (1865)

• Singapore

8 Nov 06

i need a new mouse. i happen to like the microsoft mouse so i think i wanna get that again. i killed my own mouse.. dun ask me how or why.. :P i think i also destroyed the system usb port the mouse was using. sigh

hawick

@hawick (645)

• Singapore

1 Nov 06

IT sale wat, and my friend said the model (from creative, sad to say) is very good to use. but who knows... oh well, will get one soon. but actually im saving money to get a wacom tablet. for both my work and for leisure

wyykidd

@wyykidd (1459)

• Singapore

11 Nov 06

Heee, I'm quite a cheapskate too. I bought one of those cheapo mouse at some IT fair! But it's quite ok leh

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abdulbrohi

@abdulbrohi (384)

• Pakistan

12 Nov 06

purchase a new A4 Tech Optical Mouse.

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hawick

@hawick (645)

• Singapore

12 Nov 06

is A4 tech good? it doesnt look durable to me. but my friend recommended it to me b4.

sedel1027

@sedel1027 (17846)

• Cupertino, California

12 Nov 06

Don't change your mouse. You will be wasting money. Clean the mouse and try changing your mouse pad. Normally it takes awhile (well over 1 year) for a mouse to completely give out.

hawick

@hawick (645)

• Singapore

12 Nov 06

well im using a new mouse pad, and my mouse is an optical mouse, so i got no idea how to clean it. but im still using this sick mouse, so..not changing it, yet.

carmat

@carmat (2849)

• Canada

12 Nov 06

If it's an old style mouse with the little ball than I would consider taking it apart and cleaning the rollers, they get dirty over time, if it is optical try cleaning the lens. If either of these don't work, buy a new one.

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hawick

@hawick (645)

• Singapore

12 Nov 06

oh im using a optical mouse, got it cheap from some computer show. so i guess quality gotta compromise with the low price.

moreinfo

@moreinfo (3865)

• China

12 Nov 06

hmmm, you just need a good cat!

hawick

@hawick (645)

• Singapore

12 Nov 06

hahaha..so if i get a good cat, will my mouse be obedient? and follow my command?

Carzgofast

@Carzgofast (344)

• United States

12 Nov 06

Is it a kind of mouse that has batteries? If so, you may look into changing them! Just a thought!

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hawick

@hawick (645)

• Singapore

12 Nov 06

wired optical mouse im using. gave up hope on wireless mouse, cant rely on them

dellion

@dellion (6698)

• Malaysia

11 Nov 06

If you are using the track ball type I suggest you try on the optical type. I do face the problems you describe and I change the mouse.....if not optical I recommen on logitech:)

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hawick

@hawick (645)

• Singapore

11 Nov 06

i believe roller mouse are hard to find these days, guess most of us have already change to optical mouse? but not all Logitech mouse is good right? some models are better i guess.

prabuddha

@prabuddha (38)

• India

11 Nov 06

I also think that u should change ur mouse now. U may consider LOGITECH (either laser/ball).

hawick

@hawick (645)

• Singapore

12 Nov 06

change now? thats too sudden, its still usable. maybe i can wait till it really goes damn bad, then i will change it immediately..haha

amitavch3

@amitavch3 (436)

• India

11 Nov 06

get a new mouse

hawick

@hawick (645)

• Singapore

11 Nov 06

great directly answer. i will get a new mouse, im just sick of changing it within few months. i dun seems to have the luck to use a mouse that's long lasting.

Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

31 Oct 06

I am pretty sure that this is an option in the settings to move the mouse pointer to the corner of the screen when idle for a period of time. I have just tried checking the option on my computer, but I cannot find where it is. This may be due to my using Windows Vista, which is a program that I am still quite unfamiliar with and may have different settings. I would recommend checking through the settings for your mouse before considering replacing it because if this is the cause a different mouse shall behave the same.

hawick

@hawick (645)

• Singapore

1 Nov 06

i'd just check thru my system and i cant find any mouse settings, but its ok, i guess i should change to a better mouse instead

Mubashar1988

@Mubashar1988 (1825)

• Pakistan

29 Oct 06

u'll have to re-install ur windows

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hawick

@hawick (645)

• Singapore

29 Oct 06

Re-install windows? i dun think there's a need to re-install my windows, and i dun my mouse is worth the hassle to re-install my windows and my other programs. but..why did say that i need to re-install my window?

ashraf7

@ashraf7 (851)

• India

11 Nov 06

i think it is better to change ur mouse.

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hawick

@hawick (645)

• Singapore

11 Nov 06

yah, going to. although my current mouse is still usable

suzieque

@suzieque (2334)

• Canada

12 Nov 06

I had that problem with my old mouse. Basically we took out the ball and put it back in. It might need to be cleaned. But when the mouse just got worse and got the the point where it always does that, we changed with the laser king.

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wyykidd

@wyykidd (1459)

• Singapore

11 Nov 06

The last time I asked my IT folks in the office, they recommended Logitec.