Re: mouse freezing in xp

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"sha" <sha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "rapporman" <rapporman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Hi Sha. I have also had that problem, especially when using a USB
>> mouse..
>> If you have not already done so, try unplugging and replugging the mouse
>> connection or change it over to another USB port. This doesn't work if
>> Windows itself has frozen but if you can raise Task Manager, unplugging
>> sometimes works.
>>
>>
>> From Portsmouth UK
>>
>
> Hi, Thanks for your suggestion - thing is though, its not a USB mouse. I
> have already tried unplugging and replugging the mouse but am still
> experiencing the same problem with it freezing.
>
> Sha

PS the odd thing is. Windows itself appears to carry on working, I can use
the keyboard, tab between programs without a problem, its just the darn
mouse...

>> "sha" wrote:
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>>> I'm having a problem with my pc's mouse intermittently freezing. There
>>> doesn't appear to be anything that I can do to "un-freeze" it, other
>>> than do
>>> a manual shutdown and restart.
>>>
>>> I've not been able to pinpoint any specific set of circumstances that
>>> causes
>>> it to happen - sometimes it's happened simply when I've double clicked
>>> to
>>> open My Documents, or it can happen when using any program whatsoever.
>>> Any
>>> open programs continue to run fine whilst the mouse is "stuck".
>>>
>>> It doesn't appear to be a CPU issue, as the Task Manager (which I can
>>> still
>>> open after the mouse has frozen) will show normal CPU usage (i.e.
>>> varying
>>> depending on the programs tasks being carried out)
>>>
>>> Things I have tried so far:
>>>
>>> Defragmenting the hard drive
>>> Running anti-virus and anti-spyware programs (both came up negative)
>>> Updating the video-driver
>>> Un and re-installing the mouse driver
>>>
>>> Not tried so far:
>>>
>>> Reformatting - I would like to avoid this for the moment if possible,
>>> due to
>>> the amount of backing up I will need to do!
>>>
>>> The other weirdness on my PC at present is that DOOM3 has started
>>> running
>>> with a very noticeable lag/jitteriness - I only mention this in case it
>>> may
>>> help explain what's going on (I'm wondering if there is some sort of
>>> bottleneck somewhere in the system)
>>>
>>> PC stats:
>>>
>>> Athlon XP3200+
>>> 512mb (not a huge amount, but my PC has run fine on it for almost 2
>>> years)
>>> Windows XP Home (SP2)
>>> Bog standard PS2 mouse
>>>
>>> Any help/advice will be gratefully received!
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Sha
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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