Re: Arrow doesn`t move on monitor?

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'James' wrote:
| Does anyone on this group know what should be done when the arrow is
| frozen and
| will not move? It isn`t that way most of the time, but it does get
| stuck some. And does it harm a computer to turn it off with the power
| button, when this happens.
_____

I assume you mean the cursor, and that you use a mouse.

Is it only with some applications that the cursor will freeze, or can the
problem occur in any application?

IF the freezing cursor is not related to a particular application, try the
suggestions below.

* If you have a wireless mouse, check the batteries.
* If you have a wired mouse with a rolling ball, clean the ball (and perhaps
the shaft encoders though that will require dismantling the mouse.)
* If you have an LED mouse or a laser diode mouse, clean the bottom of the
mouse and check the surface on which the mouse is used.

If the above does not solve the problem, try a known good mouse with your
computer AND try your mouse with a known good computer system, then post the
results here.

As to turning the computer off with the 'Power OFF' switch; doing that has
no bad effect on the hardware, but it will allow gunk to collect in the
software and perhaps leave open files in bad shape (how much gunk collects
depends on, among other things, whether you use FAT32 (not so good) or NTSF
(much better.)

Phil Weldon



"James" <moore_guys@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1148946369.241910.304700@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Does anyone on this group know what should be done when the arrow is
| frozen and
| will not move? It isn`t that way most of the time, but it does get
| stuck some. And does it harm a computer to turn it off with the power
| button, when this happens.
| Thank You,
| James
|


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