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by ronnonf

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I am running Windows 98 on a AMD K^2 500 machine that has 128mb of RAM. Recently I have been having problems with my pointer. I can move the pointer to the bottom of the screen and leave the mouse alone for some time. It would all of a sudden jumpback up to the top of the screen(like it is possesed). This happens constantly and happens more frequently while using it more.
Initially I thought it was a mouse related so I cleaned it and re-adjusted the configurations. Then I thought it mightbe video card related, so I lower the use of the vcard. Then I thought it might be a virus so I updated the definitions and ran a scan.
It was none of these. Please help.

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by dmiles

Go back and check the type of mouse that is on machine PS/2 has a problem at times running on drivers other than those specified,reload and use a generic driver then thru the device manager,then update the driver in properties of mouse.hope this helps
Also look back thru tech questions in troubleshooting and the problem may be similar to one from last week.

by ronnonf

Your answer wasn't 100% but you steered me in the correct direction. I search techrepublic, then replaced the new internet keyboard and bang-zoom.

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