Problem with my mouse...
 

Anyone ever had their mouse act sorta "jerky" ? Like, it lags a bit when you move it. I tried a different mouse, so I know there was nothing wrong with my mouse. The cursor just sorta stops for like a 1/4th of a second every 2 or 3 seconds or so when moving the mouse...

Any ideas?

maybe the drivers aren't right?

Is your computer lagging?

I tried reloading the drivers.. I've tried just about everything you can think of. The mouse worked fine for over a year. Also, I noticed that when it's doing this.. My CPU is at 100%, and thats with very few processes running, and right after a restart.. I don't know wtf else to do here.:helpme

ball mouse or optical?

try changing your mousepad or whatever surface you working on

I used to get that problem all the time with a ball mouse
never had it since i got optical

Could be a few things:

Drivers (try new one, or reinstall current version)
Background programs running and bogging machine down
Machine just needs a shutdown/restart

umm.. if you have tried another mouse then its probably not hardware. Being that its 'jerky' though, I would consider cleaning the gunk off the rollers inside the mouse.. 2 black ones and the white wheel.. on both mice to be sure..

After that.. no idea! Format, reinstall ;)



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CTRL-ALT-DELETE - Task Manager - sort on CPU and see what process is causing the load!!

this is what you need...........

IBM Mouse Balls...
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