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by phil-columbia md

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I have a Dell laptop with built-in pointer, one of those "erasers.' It works fine. Still, when I plug in an extrenal mouse from time to time the cursor jumps sporadically around the screen. Same mouse works OK on other machines. I recall seeing there might be some kind of software/driver issue that can cuase this, but I cannot recall where I saw that. What do you think?

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by hinrgman

yes you may need a driver from Dell for that particular that you are using. The driver that came with the mouse may not work correctly. If that does not help try using a USB mouse. That interface has less problems on laptops.

by bobho

I had the same problem withan Inspiron 8000. The built-in mouse worked fine but if I used an external mouse I had problems. I corrected mine by slowing down the mouse speed to a mid-range. Go into Control Panel -> Mouse and try adjusting the motion speed.

I also found that if I used a wireless mouse and my cell phone went off the mouse would jump all over the screen. Probably some radio interference between the 2. I got rid of that and got a ps2 mouse and everything works fine.

Enjoy,

DrBob:>)

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