Having mouse issues

[BBock727]

Im having issues where my mouse is pausing randomly as i scroll it across the screen. Sometimes after a pause the mouse scroll speed will slow down alot. im using a microsoft optical wheel mouse. I uninstalled the mouse and reinstalled the drivers, and that didnt work.

When the mouse pauses its usually for a second or 2 and makes 2 noises like "dadum dadum". (sounds like the noise when you add a usb device. I am running win xp.

Ive tried restarting, reinstalling drivers, running antivirus, not sure what else to do.


Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Jiggz]

It sounds like the mouse is already broken or has a broken connector or wire which makes it connect and disconnect intermittently. Try another mouse just to see if it's actually the mouse that is causing the problem. If the mouse is wireless, check the batteries.

 

[BBock727]

Thats not it, works fine when i dual boot into Vista. Is trickly an issue w/ my Win XP partition. Any ideas?!

 

[Jiggz]

Is the mouse USB or PS2 type? If it's USB can you use an adapter to try it on a PS2 port? And see if this will fix the problem? If it's USB it could be the USB drivers between XP and Vista that creates the problem. I would check the drivers use for the USB driver in XP and Vista to see if there is a difference.

 

[Roguestar]

Tried using it in a different USB port?

 

[0roo0roo]

only way to tell.... use it with another pc.
if it doesn't pull the same stunt, its your pc not the mouse.

 

[0roo0roo]

and yea try ps2 adaptor if it can handle that.

 

[BBock727]

i dont have the adapter i dont think, same w/ the other usb port. Its not the mouse. i thought it was the mouse driver, but i reinstalled that, maybe usb drivers. It started screwin up ever since i installed vmware. i obviously messed up the drivers somehow

 

[Roguestar]

Tried a different mouse?

 

[Jiggz]

See if you can borrow or buy a cheap PS2 based mouse, and see if that will fix the problem. If it doesn't just return the unit. If it works, return it anyways in exchange for a better one.