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MOUSE PROBLEM IN DELL-8000 PORTABLE

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by pe967

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HAVE DELL-8000 INSPIRON 850 MHZ WITH 512 MEG RAM , RUNNING 2000 PROFESSIONAL . REGARDLESS OF MOUSE USED - STALLS IN ONE SPOT FOR SEVERAL SECONDS . I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CURSOR JUST STOPPING THE MOUSE MOTION - REGARDLESS OF APPLICATION . HAVE ALL SETTINGS BEEN CHANGED AND REVIEWED . JUST HANGS - WAIT A FEW SECONDS - THEN CONTINUOUS OKAY - WILL OCCUR AGAIN A WILL .

BRAND NAME OR TYPE MOUSE - SAME EFFECTS . WILL DO THE SAME IN WORD OR EVEN AUTOCAD - EXCEL ?

ANY SUGGESTIONS TO PROBLEM AREA .. ???

PLEASE RESPOND TO "PE967@aol.com" THANKS IN ADVANCE ....

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by johntech

I seem to remember this was aknown problem with that laptop.Check out Dell's website for patches.We got around this several times by using serial port mice.
Hope this helps

by blackcurrant

Hello

Two solutions that may help are:

1. Make sure you have only one mouse driver installed, and that it is the correct driver. I had the same problem, and it was caused by two drivers being installed. Deleting the unwanted driver solved it
2. In the graphics settings in ststem settings drag the slider back one notch. This often cures graphics woes.

Hope this helps.

Mark

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