Re: Cursor Jump!!!

stillarfish wrote:
I have followed all advice and cannot stop the cursor from erratic
jumping in all applications. Not the mouse battery, touchpad,
nothing works. I can leave it sit untouched and watch the cursor
jump randomly. All in all, while I can use my notebook, this has
been my worst Windows experience and I've been using a PC since I
met Gates in ABQ in the early days with his Altair strapped to his
bicycle pedaling down Central Avenue. Even my old Commodore Pet was
more user friendly. It seems to get worse with every Windows
Update!!!

Shenan Stanley wrote:
Since this is probably a new posting with all of the advice you
followed missing - I have no idea what that is other than what you
have given.

I am unsure why you believe that your mouse pointer jumping around
would be Windows' fault.

- Have you tried another OS on the machine and it works fine?
- Did you try booting with a BartPE CD to see if it was something
with your configuration/something you had installed?
- Did you try imaging the machine as is - installing BASE Windows
XP and all the latest hardwware drivers to see if it jumps on the
clean install?

stillarfish wrote:
I don't buy a car expecting to rebuild the engine ergo I don't buy
a PC expecting to fiddle with the operating system adnausem. Been
there, done that for too many years. I just turn it on and that's
it!!!

Sucks that the world of complicated devices (like cars, computers, etc -
with many components working together for many purposes) doesn't work that
way. Sooner or later you have to work on (or pay someone to work on) the
car - the computer is no different.

Given that - you really did not answer my questions - or were you posting
just to complain and not to get help with your issue?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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