Re: mouse freezing in xp

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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
>
> "sha" wrote:
>
>> 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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