Losing my pointer!
 

My mouse pointer has started to disappear off the edge of the screen. If I keep moving the mouse to the right, off the edge of the screen, I then have to bring it all the way back to the left before it appears again. Any suggestions as to how to keep the wee beasty within sight? :confused:

Aerbabe

I have mouse problems as well, on my laptop when the separate (cordless) mouse is plugged in. (Its a logitech cordless optical type). In my case when I'm typing the cursor sometimes jumps to another part of the screen which is pretty annoying, especially when I'm slow, as it is.

Is your computer a desktop type, or a laptop? Wonder if its worth running defrag' - it just might help...


Fujiflyer :)

It's a lappy, and I've recently run defrag :(
I forgot to mention that I had to use my desktop monitor with it for a while... I think that could be the root cause! The monitor problem is hopefully being sorted under warranty, but the mouse/nipple is still driving me mad :rolleyes:

Just a thought: I know my work laptop (which has one of those "nipple" things) occasionally drifts sideways as if there is a slight offset pushing it. Assuming you use a separate mouse for normal day to day use (as I do, for convenience) try disabling the built in mouse. I'm not sure how to do this (but know it can be done) - I guess its in the Control Panel + System + Hardware area.

This way at least the problem can be narrowed down.

Good Luck,

FujiF

What OS are you using?

Ahh yes, that sensitive nipple problem.

What could be happening is that the video controller thinks it's a higher resolution than the screen can handle. What happens if you maximise a window - can you still see it all (including the X icon in the top right corner) or does it seem to be bigger than the whole screen?

What operating system is it?

I don't know what the exact problem is but it may have been caused by something you have installed or 'fiddled' with. You could try doing a system restore back to a date when you know the mouse was working correctly (if you are using windows me or xp). You don't lose documents etc but you will have to reinstall anything that was installed after the date you restore it to.
System restore can be found under start menu/programs/accessories/system tools/system restore. It's pretty self explanitory and user friendly.

Good luck.

I agree that it's probably something that's changed recently, however I'd be a little reticent about doing a restore until I'd found out what the problem is. It sounds like it's a small settings change, probably to do with the video driver and doing a 'system restore' may well cause far more problems than it cures.

Without actually seeing the problem for myself, I would hazard a guess at the nipple mouse calibration thing.

On a work Toshiba laptop I had, I tended to keep my finger on the nipple for too long, and it started to wander off on its own, then stopped after a few seconds.

It appears this is the internal self-calibration thing - it thinks the push is coming from the mouse mechanics and tries to be smart about correcting it. I got around the problem by teaching myself to take my finger off the mouse when not actively moving the cursor.

The other culprit is a screen resolution thing. Easier to see a problem with good old CRT, as the display are could easily be set to be beyond the physical bounds of the phosphor - less of an issue with the LCD as the screen res. will still be in view somewhere.

And if you're unlucky enough to have a touch-pad mouse, simple leaning on the damn thing can move the mouse well away. And cordless meece and nearby active mobile phones don't like each other too much on occasion either . . .