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by seevolvo

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I have a problem with my mouse pointer where it will suddenly move to another location on the screen when I'm using it.
Another problem is that the 'show mouse tracks' option does not work with my mouse.For your information,when I was using Win98SE,the 'Device Manager' under 'System Properties' will show that the mouse is not working properly because my bios is reporting the device wrongly.
But then when I upgraded the OS to WinME,the same problem occurs but this time the 'Device Manager'shows that my mouse is working properly.
Instead,in the System Information under 'Problem Devices' it shows: "Device:ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering Error code:22 PNP Device ID:ACPI\*PNPOCOF\00000003"

Sorry for the long question.Thank you.

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by popeye_doyle

Go to Device Manager - Remove mouse from properties, shutdown the system, physically detach the mouse, reboot, shutdown, re-attach the mouse & reboot the system.

This should sort it.

by saihib

To work around this issue, disable IRQ steering. To do so, follow these steps:

Restart your computer. Press and hold down the CTRL key until you see the Windows 98 Startup menu, and then choose Safe Mode.

For more information about how to use the Startup menu in Windows 98, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q178548
TITLE : No "Starting Windows 98" Message at Startup.
Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
Double-click System, click the Device Manager tab, and then double- click the System Devices branch to expand it.
Click PCI Bus, and then click Properties.
Click the IRQ Steering tab.
Click the Use IRQ Steering check box to clear it.
Click OK, and then click Yes to restart the computer when you are prompted.
MORE INFORMATION
For information about PCI bus IRQ steering, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge base:

ARTICLE-ID: Description of PCI Bus IRQ Steering
TITLE : Q182604

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