Bad KVM switch?

[ArmchairAthlete]

I got a free KVM switch at work and I think it might be bad. It was used. Sometimes when I switch between PCs whatever PC gains control will act like the mouse is going crazy and clicking everywhere, menus get opened and all sorts of crap. I also usually lose control of extra mouse buttons like back/forward on my Logitech MX500 mouse. I made sure the latest Logitech Mouseware drivers and software was installed on both PCs. Sometimes I can switch OK though, or the mouse returns to normal behavior after a moment.

So, bad switch or would all switches have problems like this with a MX500 mouse? Anyone using a MX500 mouse and a KVM switch?

Maybe I should try uninstalling all drivers and mouse software and just use default Microsoft plug and play drivers?

I don't want to spend $25 on a new one if it's just gonna do the same crap.

Thanks for any help...

 

[beatle]

Nah, it's Logitech's crappy drivers. I can't use Mouseware w/my Belkin KVM either. I use Microsoft's Intellipoint drivers for my Logitech and they work fine (though I don't own an MX500). If I load Mouseware and try to switch back and forth, the mouse does as you described. It jumps everywhere and clicks randomly. It's sad a company that makes some of the best mice has some of the worst drivers.

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

So uninstall Mouseware? Use Microsoft's Intellipoint Drivers too?

Guess I'll try this stuff, thanks man. Glad it isn't a bad switch since that means I don't have to spend cash to fix the problem.

EDIT: I do remember that Mouseware crap messing up commands bound to extra mouse buttons in most games.

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Installed some Microsoft Intellipoint Explorer software/drivers. Still getting instability. Extra buttons/scrollwheel does weird stuff like refresh the page, switch windows, etc.

Can you tell me just what drivers you used, beatle?