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Posts: 20194 · Posted: December 31, 2007 12:12 pm Post subject: mouse keeps freezing

My computer, just a few months old, has developed a new problem. After being on for a while the mouse icon freezes. Sometimes the icon jumps around randomly before it freezes. About 3/4 of the time when I restart the computer the mouse pointer is still frozen, but sometimes it works ok. I will try a new mouse, but I do not think that is the problem.
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Posts: 104 · Joined: Dec 30, 2007 Posts: 104

I've had that happen before on my desktop. I bought a new mouse it did not help. It was my crappy compaq desktop. I added more memory and the problem stopped. Also, if you have a ACER, COMPAQ, EMACHINE ....GET A NEW COMPUTER

Posts: 3509 · Joined: Jul 11, 2005 Location: Wisconsin, USA Posts: 3509

The part that doesn't sound good is that restarting doesn't help the issue. I'm assuming since the computer is quite new, you have a laser mouse. Ideally, try a different mouse and see if the problem resolves itself. If it doesn't, then you've probably got a major issue. Odds are, something is using most/all of your system resources (CPU, RAM) that is causing your computer to be overloaded and slow down or lock up. You can hit Ctrl+Alt+Del and open the Task Manager, then click on Performance. If you see your CPU usage staying above 80%, or worse yet, near 100% then you need to find out what is using all of the CPU.

You can view what is using the most CPU by clicking on the Processes tab and look for the highest numbers in the CPU column. Keep in mind that having a high number in System Idle Process is good. This is essentially how much CPU usage you have free. If your CPU is consistently overloaded, it is probably being caused by a virus or spyware that you have on your computer.

Let us know how it turns out.
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Posts: 104 · Joined: Dec 30, 2007 Posts: 104

What brand of computer do you have?

Posts: 15 · Joined: Jan 9, 2008 Posts: 15

It's probably the mouse.
It sounds like you're using a laser mouse without a mouse pad, or with out a solid-color mouse pad. If you don't have a solid color mous pad, I've found that using any color fabric works as good as a pad

If your using a ball mouse, open up the bottom and see if it's dirty or if anythings stuck. If that dosen't fix the problem, consider calling Tech Support.
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Posts: 17157 · Posted: January 9, 2008 11:45 pm Post subject:

does the mouse plug into your computer or is it a remote one? you might need to change the batteries or recharge it depending on the mouse.
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Posts: 7670 · Joined: Aug 11, 2007 Location: With Ron ? Posts: 7670

do you have virus protection ?
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Posts: 8345 · Posted: January 11, 2008 10:48 pm Post subject:

Yeah it's all what Dar said.
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Posts: 1677 · Joined: Jan 8, 2008 Posts: 1677

Check if It's in the USB right.

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